Any time someone goes on about "dopamining" from the act of enjoying things that are, well, enjoyable (yummy food, sex/masturbating, relaxing, treating yourself to anything, etc), all I hear in my head is Immortan Joe saying "Do not, my friends, become addicted to water"
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And Captain Rex again, showing off what I consider now the most attractive shoulder pauldron of the GAR đâ¨đ
But today Iâm here with a mission 𤊠I screeched đŚ when I saw beeing tagged here (<-) thank you so much @justanotherdikutsimp and now you can call me the new stylist of the GAR hehehe đâ¨
Captain Rex himself mentioned to wear a topknot or even a Weequay braid in a joke. Ooooh, he shouldnât have said that đ¤Šđ
Hmmm, why not đ⨠But grow this outâŚ
The Weequay braid gives me Riders of Rohan vibes â¨đąđŤ
What do you think and prefer? Also I've got the idea of hair and beard clone restyling on my project list since I have a masterlist (<-) full of my previous artworks, incoming projects and rambles collected and this thing already grown huge đ
Still on my ongoing ALT text mission (1 additional ALT text for a previous artwork with each new art posting!):
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"The Spicy Fox": EXCITING UPDATE
It's no longer a one-shot! đ
When a situation inspires a fic, and that fic inspires art, which inspires more fic, inspiring more art, more fic, more art...
⨠IT'S TIME FOR A TEAM-UP! â¨
This is a multi-chapter fic now! Beginning with Chapter 2, the (insert eighteen complimentary adjectives here) @eobe and I are creating more of this Fox x Reader story TOGETHER! đŚââď¸
Exhibit A: Procrastination, Gratification, and Initiative
and what it means regarding dopamining, and living life to the fullest.
i am not a professional! this is my interpretation of feelings i (and most likely many others) have experienced.
the meaning in life
is defined by what you do
and how you move through
- me. just now âď¸âşď¸đ¤łđ¸
think of a time you had things to do. everyone has a time like that. in that time, you know you have things to doâbut youâre distracted by something. perhaps by doomscrolling, or planning something with friends to avoid homework, or needing to tell someone something vital. they are hard situationsâŚbut why?
your body evaluates that youâd feel better once youâve completed the goal you have to do. whether it be by going outside, finishing that assignment, or talking to that someone. however, doing it would have you leave the established comfort youâre enveloped in now. you donât want to change your situation because youâre comfortable, so you continue to recline. maybe you try to ignore the thought by busying yourself further, but it never works.
you are now conscious that you are wasting your time. everything becomes stressful. just one more video. just one more game. just one more minute. youâve connected with your body, listened to its needs, but put them off. declining the offer for the sake of reclining with just one more video, game, or minute. the constant dopamine surge of your comfortable situation makes it hard to leave, and you try to reinforce that. you know youâll be happier with the task done, but you try to make up for that âlost gratificationâ in your current situation. you could be happier, but you donât want to make a change that would alter your situation. so you bury yourself deeper with meaningless work all to try and find meaning.
this is procrastination.
itâs a spiral of meaningless longevity that can last for hours. and once one is conscious of it, it turns your moments of forced dopamine into a bad time filled with only regret and misery.
âyou could be doing something more fulfulling.â says your body. your body knows your needs better than you do sometimes, so why not listen to it?
we humans fear change. we humans like when we know where we are in life, and knowing that itâs comfortable. knowing that itâs safe. who knows what could happen while you do that task? youâll have to sit up, actually move again, and paramountly, actually stress about something. youâve have to use energy you donât think you have, or could reserve for something else. you can watch or play some more with that energy instead, so why not?
change has to happen. especially when itâs for the better.
your body is telling the truth when it says youâll be happier after you finish that task.
while you try to finish that task, youâll be doing something different. this is understandably scary! but youâre listening to yourself instead of suppressing your wishes and bottling your feelings.
this time-wasting activity youâre so caught up in is so addictive because it involves instant dopamine. your brain wants more, so you keep giving energy into an activity that, as a bonus, helps you forget the world and your problems alongside it.
the task you need to do is a transitional period to dopamine. itâs an effortful wait that feels unbearable at first glance because youâre so enveloped in the dopamine-generating-machine (dopamining??). but this dopamine is so much more fulfilling that anything you can gather while scrounging deeper into that activity youâre desperate to keep going.
this is gratification.
gratification comes as personal celebration after youâve completed something. it comes with the dopamine generation, yes, but itâs so much powerful when youâve worked for it (so itâll be used as a term in that work-for-it sense). gratification is your body being relieved of pressure and burden because of the effort youâve put in to better your situation. you feel safer now, less anxious, and more free. you have one less to-do on your list, and that deserves to be celebrated. more will always come, but why not stop for a moment?
this task has stressed you out to the point of desperately avoiding it with meaningless activities. but itâs done now. itâs completed, and itâs all thanks to you. the effort you put into this task could have been any level of difficult, but you did it. whether the task be big or small, you did it. if you had to do it in parts, thatâs ok. taking a break between work lets you refocus your thoughts and reflect on what youâve done, which also summons gratification. youâre working! youâre in the zone! maybe the confetti can wait until after itâs completley done, but you deserve a snack and a brain break (or so).
you feel so great doing something so much better for your stress levels. youâre living life fuller than you did before. before you were suffering by your own handâŚbut why?
it didnât have to be like this.
procrastination is caused by being rewarded for not getting things done. dopamining at itâs peak. itâs self-induced, because only you control it. and you have the capacity for changing your situation. hereâs how:
this is initiative.
taking initiative is being proactive about your situation. you take opportunities as they come to better your situation; you notice when youâre uncomfortable, reflect, and make a change. sometimes keeping in touch with your body is hard because of the face-paced nature of dopamining and procrastination, but your body will never stop reaching out. this is why when you take a break, you realize how hungry or etc you are. take a moment after a video, game match, or something of the like finishes. breathe. take a moment to remember and reevaluate yourself. how long has it been? what do you need to get done? why would you rather avoid it? and even, how can you make it easier?
taking initiative is listening to yourself when you start to feel uncomfortable. track the feeling, and understand where itâs coming from instead of pushing it away. assess your situation. what is easy, and what would make you happier? think twiceâdopamining is a habit thatâs hard to break.
taking initiative is taking a deep breath, getting up, and looking at your task. examining the difficulty and breaking it up into parts if necessary. maybe you need music/ambience if itâs monotonous, but try not to make that too distracting. get a snack and water (etc) if you feel fatigued or discomforted. examine the big picture in steps, and reward yourself when youâre finished.
breaking out of a dopamining session means a lot. you remember your body and ergo what you need. it might take some time to develop the habit of checking in on yourself, but it is possible. you are not lazy. you are not a time-waster. you can live life to the fullest when you chase the proper gratification.
when you break out of dopamining, even just a session of it, potential opens up. even before you finish your task, you recognize what you can do. you could go on a walk, draw, write, read, organize, explore some music, do some more chores if youâre in the zone, and so much more. and then when you finish that task that feels so daunting, the gratification feels earned. it feels different. it feels personal. you just did something that mattered more. and steps like that build persistence, self-awareness, and proactivity. steps like that make life fuller.
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helpful articles that make points i donât + stand strong at the possibility i make a mistake in this post!
It may not be widely used, but the concept of âdopaminingâ describes the thrill of the chase of doing things that lead to a release of dopam
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Time to try again. Need to start finding free and healthy sources of dopamine because my reward centres are fried and I canât afford to keep looking for dopamine where I currently do.
Hello Brains! Having trouble Doing the Thing? Youâre not alone. Motivation is one of the biggest challenges most ADHDers face. This episode is all about how to fix Motivation Bridge.
Special thanks to Doctor B from TakeThis.org for coming up with the clever phrase âfill in the planksâ â and for motivating me in so many ways.
And of course, a giant thank you to my brilliant editorsâŚ
Cantina soup is served! 𤊠I couldnât resist to draw the scared little Kaminoan shinies in the very second before DOOM during the cantina fight in âAftermathâ â this piece aka âHere comes the sun â Part 2â đĽđ
The sun, or rather doom is here đŁ
Iâm sure they wouldnât have accepted Wreckers invitation and interpretation of fun if they knew better đ¤ˇđ˝ââď¸
Trivia: Inspired by a creative thought of @nika6q and the following creative brainstorm brainrot these shinies are the Cantina Soup Squad named River, Horn, James and Brown (Brown seems to be shy), the new support band for the Tango Pack band Hot Lips Havoc and the Hypno Sex Rays! â¨đś
You know, sometimes creativity escalates quickly and life is too short to complain, so letâs flow with it and show it to to foster fun headcanon and some smirk đ