11/09/2025
Monday Motivation!!!
This weekend, I finally tackled a project I’d avoided since we moved to the Boundary: going through all of mine and my husbands clothing - all seasons!
Here’s what surprised me: once I started, the dread evaporated. I got into a rhythm. Of course, playing music at full tilt helped. When I finished, I felt lighter, proud, and oddly energized. That feeling wasn’t an accident—it’s our brain’s "motivation loop" doing its job.
We often wait to “feel motivated” before we act. But the brain also works in the other direction. Your brain releases dopamine when you make progress toward a meaningful goal. Dopamine tags the action as valuable and says, “Let’s do that again.”
A feedback loop forms:
Doing → Dopamine → Desire → Doing
Over time, this loop recalibrates the brain’s attentional filter and begins prioritizing cues related to progress and completion. Your nervous system learns, “hard + finished” = safety + reward.
How to use this this week
Pick one small task you’ve been avoiding. Do it to completion (even if imperfect).
Notice the shift—pride, ease, momentum.
Repeat tomorrow with a tiny “level up.”
That’s mastery, one notch at a time.
