Do you know how many articles I have started and abandoned on this topic over the last few weeks? I would be hard pressed to count them all. But I’m glad I waited. The topic at hand touches on four points from my 22 in 22: First, learning to escape Dopamine Loop, second, the HedonicContinue reading “The Science of Self-Control”
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22 in 22: Hedonism, Hot Chocolate and Psychology
You knew I wouldn’t get to the end of my 22 in 22 without talking about the Hedonic Treadmill, didn’t you? Here are the last four on my list of 22 in 22: #19: Get off the Hedonic Treadmill The discovery, late in December, that there is an actual psychological phenomenon akin to what IContinue reading “22 in 22: Hedonism, Hot Chocolate and Psychology”
Week 2: Connecting and Becoming Royalty
As I have been saying all week, my resolutions this year are myriad. Well, twenty-two to be exact. Although I can’t update progress on the whole lot of them the way I did with my five little rules last year, I can give you a few highlights. Progress Point: #1 Connect better with the scalawagsContinue reading “Week 2: Connecting and Becoming Royalty”
A Zebra For All Seasons
At the risk of imagining myself one of those people who unboxes new toys for their millions of YouTube fans (about which I have zero delusions), or TikToks themselves showing off their latest thrift store haul, I do still want to tell you about how I came to possess not one but two zebra dresses.Continue reading “A Zebra For All Seasons”
Week 1: Meet the 22 for 22
One of the very most beneficial things I did for my Buy-No-Clothes-in-2021 Challenge was to do a weekly check-in. Each Saturday, I sat down with the list of rules and goals I had set for myself, and I considered how I may or may not have made progress towards them. Naturally, knowing me, I can’tContinue reading “Week 1: Meet the 22 for 22”
The Ideal Life Round-Up Contentment
Similar to the Ideal Life Theme of “Gravitas”, “Contentment” is quite idiosyncratic. If “Gravitas” is part of my Ideal Life, it is because I have always felt as though, for some reason, I never properly grew up into an adult. If “Contentment” is part of my Ideal Life, it is because I have never beenContinue reading “The Ideal Life Round-Up Contentment”
Sing With Your Feet 