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Use Specific Habitual Routines to Segment the Day
Place specific habitual routines at particular intervals throughout the day to leverage dopamine and divide the day into functional units. Have one specific dopamine-evoking habit after waking, insert another regular habit around breakfast or later in the morning, and keep the sequencing regular without being obsessively precise about exact timing. Example given: habit markers around 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. to define distinct epochs within the morning.
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“Placing specific habitual routines at particular intervals throughout your day is a very, not just convenient, but a very good way to incorporate the dopamine system so that you divide your day into a series of what I would call functional units.”
huberman · Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones · Nov 15, 2021 · 1:08:01 · open ↗
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