As someone who has struggled with depression, focus, motivation, anxiety, and other things, I found this very helpful. The simple principle being, it's far healthier to work for pleasure than to indulge in it for free.

"Dopamine itself is not the reward, it's the build up to the reward".

"The problem is that pleasure is experienced without prior requirement for pursuit". ← if that doesn't describe first world society today, idk what does.

brb, gonna grab some ice for a cold plunge. 🥶