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Weekend Catch up

Weekend Catch up

Weekends *should be* for resting, exploring, and participating in beloved hobbies. Yet for so many of us, our weekends are bogged down with housework. Errands too.

On today’s show Tyler Moore explains his system for centering his weekends — and his life — around what’s most important.

 

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[6:00] Be efficient about it: The order in which you perform household tasks matters!

[9:00] Mondays are for bathrooms! 3 benefits to maintaining a weekday cleaning routine

[18:00] Is it really as simple as lowering expectations, or is this terrible advice?

[25:00] Surthrival = getting through a stressful time while simultaneously noticing moments of thriving

[28:00] Home rhythms and routines can indeed secure space for more of what actually matters, and here’s how

 

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Weekends *should be* for resting, exploring, and participating in beloved hobbies. Yet for so many of us, our weekends are bogged down with housework. Errands too. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: 5 strategies for centering your weekends — and your life — around what's most important.

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Unhappy? You're Normal

Cultural messaging and suggests you should be happy all the time. But your "happy chemicals"—dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin—evolved to motivate survival behavior, not make you happy.

In fact, unhappiness is your brain's default state.

On today's show Dr. Loretta Breuning argues that you can manage your happy chemicals when you know how they work in the state of nature, and she's here to show us how.

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[9:00] Serotonin is about social dominance. Enter comparison and competition

[13:00] Want a dose of oxytocin? Be part of a herd

[15:30] Endorphin is the brain's natural opioid. But you can habituate to it!

[18:00] Just got something you want? That flood of happiness is dopamine's doing, but dopamine runs out

[25:00] We are living in an era of immense abundance. So why aren't we happy?

 

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