Aishwarya

@TGG · Aspirant Tapri · 28 Jul 2025

Study motivation: Comfort vs progress and dopamine detox for aspirants

Comfort is the enemy of progress. When we are not studying, we do something that is comforting us. Whether it is watching a web series, playing video games, or simply lying on bed with our phones. This is so comforting, so kills our time too. Try “Dopamine Detox” 👉 Every activity is associated with release of dopamine (feel good hormone) to different extent. 👉 Some activities like watching movies or browsing your phone release large amount of dopamine, whereas activities like studying are associated with small amount of dopamine. 👉 When someone becomes used to large dopamine level, less dopamine activities become futile. Similar is with addicts, they are used to to a very high levels of dopamine, every other activity seems useless. With the advent of technology (and social media), we all are exposed to useless but high level dopamine activities. So, why would our brain be interested in studies (a low dopamine activity) ? 👉 Your brain has become used to new but high level of dopamine baseline. Brain doesn’t want to do any activity falling below that line. So, using dopamine detox we can try to lower that baseline. There are variety of dopamine detox routine. Lets try to understand it with few simple routines. 👉 Chose a day in a week, where you will cut off from all the activities releasing large surge of dopamine. (For e.g. social media, your phone, video games, web series etc) You can do exercise, take walk, talk to your friends but offline, listen to music. Over the time the requirement of dopamine level for your body will reduce to new normal, where you won't find boring stuff (like studying ) that boring. Do give it a try. 👉 If doing ☝️ point to a full extent is very tough then you can do it for few hours every day. Choose your suitable time and don’t do any high dopamine activity during that time. 👉 Never ever start your day with high dopamine activity. Very important: Don’t do any high dopamine activity at least 30 mins before studying. Try to follow 10 mins rule even if it doesn’t work initially. At any cost study for 10 mins, nothing less than 10 mins at every scheduled time of your time table. For e.g. you are supposed to study 9 am – 11 am, 2 pm – 4 pm, 8 pm –10 pm. At all these 3 times, sit for 10 mins. Yes only 10 mins forcefully, continue beyond 10 mins only if you feel like. Force yourself for these 10 mins only not beyond. After certain time, you will yourself feel like increasing this 10 mins time frame. Remember this 👇👇👇 When you can't do anything that is significant for your career, then you need to give up the things that are insignificant.