How to shock yourself out of a rut

Stuck in a rut and want to get out as fast as possible?

I’ve got a simple solution.

I was recently on a call with a client who told me he stopped feeling productive. No school, so no structure — and he just slipped straight into a rut.

I gave him one single piece of advice that completely shifted everything for him:

change your environment.

Here’s why this works.

Our brains love novelty. When we see something new, our brain releases dopamine — the molecule of motivation. And when dopamine goes up, motivation follows.

So your environment is more powerful than you think, bro. Different environment = more novelty = more dopamine = more motivation.

What I told him was simple: change up your desk setup. Move things around. Add something new. Change your space so your brain says, “Wait… this is new.”

That’s enough to trigger a slow dopamine rise — and enough to pull you out of the rut. Now, you do have to put in effort after that, otherwise you'll stay stuck. And if you want help with that, DM me.

So if you’re stuck, don’t overthink it.

Change your environment.

Give novelty a try.

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