#brain hacks

Sure, This Thing is the most important and I should do it first. But I don't wanna.

So perhaps I can do That Thing instead, and also This Other Thing, and oh hey look I can fit That One in without any real effort...

“Bought a giant ball of twisted tangle fidgets online and took them all apart to re-assemble into an ARMY of fidget toys!”

“I also bought two new visual timers! Because I couldn’t decide between them! They’re both great!”

Just pick up five things.

Five is a nice, round, attainable number. Your room won’t be fully clean, but you’ll have Improved the Space, even if only slightly, and it helps combat the “oh no I haven’t done anything today this space is getting gradually messier” feeling.

It also helps me when I’m having a REALLY hard time getting out of the “oh gosh where do I start there’s just so much” overwhelm because I don’t have to deal with ALL of it. Just the five easiest out-of-place objects. A pair of socks can count as two things if you’re having a bad day.

For example; I’m finally getting up to pee after willing myself to do so for like an hour. Already on my feet, so might as well put Shoes in the shoe spot, laundry in the basket, mug in the sink - that’s three things already! Toss a couple pieces of trash, and you’ve done it!! Every tiny bit helps!

One thing I really like to do to "train" my brain, is doing little manifestations

Like what I did a few minutes. I was getting off the shower, I was putting my clothes

Sometimes my cat happens to go on the other side of the door and meow so I let her in

But this time she was outside, but I wanted her to come, so I decided to manifestate it with LOA (aka Law Of Assumption)

I simply started to pretend she was already outside the door wanting to come in

But I thought to myself that I was only going to let her in when I finished putting my clothes on

Sure enough

When I put my shirt on she meowed outside the door

🔥 Read this if your brain is glitching today.

7 Forbidden Ways to Control Your Body (They don’t want you to know this)

Your mind is not “mysterious.”

It’s manipulatable — especially by you.

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1. Can’t wake up?

Hold your breath until your chest burns.

Your brain hates losing control — it’ll jolt you awake instantly.

Fear is the fastest stimulant.

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2. Can’t sleep?

Blink rapidly for a minute.

Overstimulate the eyes → shut the system down.

Your brain shuts up when it’s tired enough.

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3. Anxiety high?

Put your hand on your heart and breathe slow.

Your body thinks you’re protecting yourself from danger.

Self-comfort is a biological hack — not a feeling.

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4. Feeling lazy?

Use your non-dominant hand for anything.

Chaos wakes the brain.

Comfort kills energy. Disorientation creates it.

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5. Nervous?

Pinch your nose or the skin on your arm.

Pain steals the spotlight from fear.

The brain cannot panic and process pain at the same time.

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6. Low energy?

Splash cold water on your face.

Your body goes into survival mode for a split second.

Adrenaline doesn’t ask permission.

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7. Mind racing?

Plant your feet on the ground. Stay still.

Your brain is a slave to posture.

Stabilize the body → silence the chaos.

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The forbidden truth:

Most people don’t “lack motivation” —

they just never learned how to override their own programming.

Your body obeys signals.

Your mind obeys patterns.

You?

A look inside the front cover of my Hobonichi Weeks. I have my word of the year, a place to put whatever Gloomies card is speaking to me in the moment, and my DopaMenu. The DopaMenu is a list of activities that increase dopamine in the brain, divided up into a menu that makes activity selection easier during times I have trouble with decision-making.

Note: Gloomies cards are by @petite-gloom .