The brain's pleasure circuits drive impulsive behavior, from phone-checking to substance use. To break the loop, you have to sit with the urge and boredom until it passes. A pause of a few minutes can open space for new ideas instead of habit.
It's like our brains when we're, you know, so pleasure seeking, whether that be getting on your phone or meth or whatever, it's like we get that trigger and we do the urge. I mean, we, we, we, we do the impulse, we do that impulse behavior and your brain is constantly in that circuit all the time. And if you're going to jump off that circuit and go down a different path, you're going to have to sit with the urge. You're going to have to sit with the trigger. And it's a hard thing to do even with boredom. I love that example. It's like, That's an experience that I get all the time. You know, it's like, I'm on my research day. I'm trying to think about what next to write. And I'm like kind of bored and like trying to grab my phone and like, okay, what's the next thing I can do? You know? And it's like, okay, maybe if you just sit with it for 5 minutes, 2 minutes, maybe even, it's remarkable what can come from that as opposed to just automatically going with the impulse.
