Lly

Just a girl figuring out life, people & everything in between.
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I made a dopamine menu because someone on TikTok told me to and then a neuroscientist politely explained I was misunderstanding dopamine...

Apparently it's not a "Pleasure Chemical" you can just refill. It's more like your brain's way of saying "this was worth it, remember it"

BUT the menu still helped....just not for the reason i thought. You see....when you're overwhelmed, even deciding what might help feels like another task like having a list removes that friction

So I ended up ditching the dopamine framing entirely and just wrote down what I actually need:

💠overwhelmed = warm light + fiction
💠restless = bad watercolor or a new café
💠burnt out = walk with zero headphones

And here's the expert's warning that's stuck with me: Don't optimize your rest.....Sometimes the menu item is "do nothing"

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We've been measuring happiness wrong.

Turns out "who you eat dinner with" predicts life satisfaction about as well as your income or job status. Researchers looked at 150k people worldwide......And it's not just mood.....solo eaters had measurably smaller brain volume in memory regions.

The word "companion" literally means "with bread."
👉🏻"companion" = cum + panis = with bread. The romans knew this.

Italians still get this (~9 shared meals a week). The rest of us are just forgetting.
Text someone. They probably want company more than you think.

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What keeps you motivated to make the most of your day?

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Be honest. Have you ever entered a restaurant, looked at the prices, made eye contact with the menu, and immediately decided you were no longer hungry?

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@notthatmean__ Okay, I thought i was the only one 😭

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I love how adulthood gives you unlimited freedom to make your own decisions and absolutely no idea which decision is the right one. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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@Panda_Insider Honestly 😂 realizing nobody has it all figured out is weirdly comforting.

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Growing up is realizing nobody actually knows what they’re doing.
Some people just have better Wi-Fi and more confidence. 🙂‍↔️

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@lsloops No words. Just WOWW😍

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@lalisaorbit Queen 👑

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Starting this account with absolutely no idea what I’m doing.
So basically… a very accurate representation of my life. 😂

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Hello World!!