Sep 30 • General discussion 🤝
Procrastination Isn’t Laziness - It’s Dopamine
Today I realized something important: procrastination isn’t just about being “lazy” or “undisciplined.” It’s heavily tied to dopamine.
Every time we scroll endlessly on TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram, our brain gets little dopamine hits. The problem is that these quick hits make it harder to focus on long-term, meaningful work that doesn’t give the same instant reward. That’s why opening a doc to work on a project can feel so much harder than opening an app to scroll.
Some ways I’ve thought about to fight this:
- Reduce instant triggers: delete or limit apps that keep pulling you in (check the Screen Time app to identify).
- Use grayscale mode: turn on the black-and-white filter on iPhone so the colors on your screen don’t overstimulate your brain.
- Make your iPhone a “dumb phone”: activate Assistive Access (found under Settings > Accessibility > Assistive Access). This lets you choose only the essential apps you need and still receive phone calls, but removes other distractions.
- Replace with healthy dopamine: exercise, cold showers, learning something new, or even a short walk outside.
- Make work rewarding: break tasks into baby steps. Each small win gives your brain that “checkmark” reward.
- Set rules for yourself: e.g. “No social media until after I’ve done my deep work block.” Honestly, I wouldn’t recommend using it at all unless you’re actively creating or making money with it. We need to be more aware of our usage so we don’t get dragged in and lose control.
This is something I’m still experimenting with - trying to find a system I can keep forever, not just something I switch on when I need to post content, only to turn it all off again and get hooked back on social media for weeks.
I definitely feel the difference when I manage my dopamine instead of letting it manage me.
Also, always try to follow one simple rule in life: create more than you consume.
- Sell more things than you buy.
- Create more content than you watch.
- Move your body more than you sit still.
- Share more value than you take in.
This way you make sure you’re always living in abundance - giving, building, and moving forward instead of getting stuck in consumption.
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Procrastination Isn’t Laziness - It’s Dopamine
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