I Tried a 7-Day Dopamine Detox. Here's What I Learned
After my first 48-hour dopamine detox failed to create lasting change, I tried 7 days. Here's what I learned about entertainment, daily work, and building a simple system that worked for me.
Previously, I tried 48 Hours of Dopamine detox. Where I successfully completed it, but just after one day I was back with my addiction.
To solve that I continue the detox for next 7 days.
I have successfully completed it.
You will probably think that I have controlled my addiction. right?
Not exactly.
I am same like before.
But I have understood something more important.
Life is too short to focus on controlling this. Why I even have this kind of problem.
From this 7 days I only know one thing. That life is good without it. And I don't need to eliminate it either. Just do your work and treat it as a reward.
Now I am able to control it better and you can too.
Here is what I have did every single day.
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Plan the day before.
- I always plan, what I am going to do next day. Exactly what, in priority order.
- I never allocates time, just this are tasks of the day you have to complete it.
- I use a minimal app which I made by myself, you can use it too or just use a notebook. -
Start working before motivation comes.
- This is always true for me.
- I start working even if I have no mood at all.
- Motivation often comes after doing some work.
- So start with small. -
You are allowed to have entertainment.
- Now after completing all work, I have free time.
- It's on me weather to use that free time to watch Anime, Social Media, Hanging with friends or just walking.
- But this is free time I can do what ever I want.
This is the most practical way that worked for me.
And it may work for you too. So start experimenting.
One Trick
Now when I was doing this I had same thoughts coming repeatedly.
Why I am not watching Anime or Social Media. When I will watch it? Time will fly quickly and I need to catch it up. Why I am wasting my free time doing nothing?
Yeah! That's stupid thoughts. But I am not running out of time.
It's never like elimination. Just complete your daily work and your are allowed to watch it.
That's simple. No complication systems and methods. Make it extremely simple.
I already tried several ways and I can say that this is what worked for me.