Mondays diagnosis: acute motivation deficiency caused by sudden exposure to responsibility. Symptoms include sighing, caffeine dependency, and questioning all life choices. 💊
What’s your worst Monday symptom?
your brain is a sophisticated meat computer that still thinks every unread email is a lethal threat to your survival
1 prehistoric humans had to prioritize high stress memories of being hunted over remembering where they left their keys because forgetting a tiger was a one time mistake
2 anxiety is just a background antivirus scan that has been running since the stone age and your software is too old to realize the wolves are gone
3 your hardware is programmed to ignore contentment because a satisfied animal is a distracted animal and distracted animals do not make it to the next season
as leonardo da vinci famously wrote in his 1984 masterpiece the art of war the mind is a fortress designed for safety and not for happiness
diagnosis evolutionary panic disorder
is your life actually stressful or is your brain just bored and looking for a reason to dump cortisol into your system