Cheap Thrills vs Meaningful Rewards

Cheap Thrills vs Meaningful Rewards

(selecting what you really want).

My 20's were filled with seeking adventure, fun, and dopamine.
As I've gained more years, so have I gained more responsibilities.
Not all the things I enjoyed doing are worth the same anymore.

I began to see things in two groups.

Doing things like mindlessly scrolling Instagram, watching TV, or seeking out desserts feels like "cheap thrills"

Doing things that matter more to me and feel more rewarding, but take more time to achieve or require discomfort to do well. I call the later "meaningful rewards." These are the things I want to do with the life I've been gifted.

The way I've done fewer actions for "cheap thrills" and more actions for "meaningful rewards" is to categorize the behaviors I used to do into these two groups.

From there, I eliminated the consideration of "cheap thrills."
The interest in these "cheap thrills" still arises occasionally, but when I see how low value they are to me in comparison to the "meaningful rewards," I let them go to have more resources for the "meaningful rewards."

Now the focus is on increasing the percentage of my resources spent on "meaningful rewards" and reducing the percentage on "cheap thrills" and "not genius zone tasks."

What percentage of time are you spending on "cheap thrills?"
What percentage of time are you spending on "meaningful rewards?"

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