At 13 days, it is something new. A novelty. There is a sense of: I can do this. And novelties trigger the release of dopamine which enhances our mood. For example, at the start of the pandemic, many people responded to lock down (the first time) with a sense of excitement because it was a novelty. There was a purpose to it. Novelties help to sustain good intentions.
At 13 days, it is something new. A novelty. There is a sense of: I can do this. And novelties trigger the release of dopamine which enhances our mood. For example, at the start of the pandemic, many people responded to lock down (the first time) with a sense of excitement because it was a novelty. There was a purpose to it. Novelties help to sustain good intentions.
Roy Keane is a cranky middle-aged man selling things cranky middle-aged men like to cranky middle-aged men They have a short shelf-life; a best before date. When a novelty becomes a quotidian occurrence, we became bored by it. The same thing that had initially buoyed up our enthusiasm quickly becomes anathema to us. I have started to wonder is there such a thing as an addictive personality. In other words, is one born with it or does one’s environment play a role? Instead, a lot of time has been investe
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