To connect with chemicals of calm, identify some activities that promote presence through connection, accomplishment, and challenge.

Here are the steps I’d recommend to conduct a stimulation fast of your own.

Disengaging from the dopamine that comes from stimulation and replacing that with dopamine sourced from engagement is one of the best trades you can make for your mental health.

The very act of savoring lets us set aside the mindset of more so we can enjoy ourselves. As Bryant puts it, “Just because you’ve obtained something doesn’t mean that you’ll enjoy it. In fact, you’re often just driven onto the next thing you want to acquire.” We don’t automatically feel grateful, and if we’re not careful, we focus far too much on

(I find that knitting leads me to come up with a ton of new ideas. It’s easily one of the most underrated productivity habits.)

It’s important that we strike a balance between striving and savoring.

Identify and adopt more well-rounded activities.

while burnout might be common, it should

“wealth may fail to deliver the happiness one might expect because of its detrimental consequences for savoring.”)