Atomic Habits day 72

Habits are a dopamine-driven feedback loop. Every behavior that is

highly habit-forming—taking drugs, eating junk food, playing video

games, browsing social media—is associated with higher levels of

dopamine. The same can be said for our most basic habitual behaviors

like eating food, drinking water, having sex, and interacting socially.

For years, scientists assumed dopamine was all about pleasure, but

now we know it plays a central role in many neurological processes,

including motivation, learning and memory, punishment and aversion,

and voluntary movement.

When it comes to habits, the key takeaway is this: dopamine is

released not only when you experience pleasure, but also when you

anticipate it. Gambling addicts have a dopamine spike right before

they place a bet, not after they win. Cocaine addicts get a surge of

dopamine when they see the powder, not after they take it. Whenever

you predict that an opportunity will be rewarding, your levels of

dopamine spike in anticipation. And whenever dopamine rises, so does

your motivation to act.

It is the anticipation of a reward—not the fulfillment of it—that gets

us to take action.

Interestingly, the reward system that is activated in the brain when

you receive a reward is the same system that is activated when you

anticipate a reward. This is one reason the anticipation of an

experience can often feel better than the attainment of it. As a child,

thinking about Christmas morning can be better than opening the

gifts. As an adult, daydreaming about an upcoming vacation can be

more enjoyable than actually being on vacation. Scientists refer to this

as the difference between “wanting” and “liking.”

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✅feedback loop: حاقه بازخورد

✅ behavior : رفتار

✅ drugs : مواد

✅ browsing : گشتن

✅ social media : شبکه های اجتماعی

✅ associate : ربط داشتن

✅ higher levels : سطوح بالاتر

✅ interacting : تعامل

✅ pleasure : لذت

✅ central : مهم

✅ neurological : عصبی

✅ including : شامل

✅ motivation : انگیزه

✅ punishment : تنبیه

✅ aversion : نفرت، ناسازگاری

✅ voluntary : داوطلبانه

✅ movement : حرکت

✅ takeaway : نکته مهم

✅ anticipate : پیش بینی کردن

✅ gambling : قمار

✅ Cocaine addicts : معتادان کوکایین

✅ spike: افزایش پیدا کردن

✅ opportunity : فرصت

✅ anticipation : پیش بینی

✅ rise: بالا رفتن

✅ fulfillment : برآورده سازی

✅ attainment : دستیابی

✅ gift: هدیه

✅ daydreaming : رویا پردازی

✅ upcoming : نزدیک و در آینده

✅ vacation : تعطیلات

✅ enjoyable: لذت بخش

✅ actually : واقعا

✅ wanting: خواستن

✅ liking : دوست داشتن

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