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Comment by laurieherault

2 days ago

Thank you for your comment. Seeing the tickets in the jar really helps you feel like you actually got something done.

I cannot wait for you to try my app :)

One comment: You're dopamine hacking. My belief is that eventually the process will stop rewarding you with dopamine, and you'll drop it.

Games eventually stop rewarding you with dopamine, and your brain loses interest in them. Same goes for the jar. ADHD brain needs to keep changing the process, in order to keep the reward novel. What works today won't work in six weeks.

(With me it was tearing the index card in half when I'd finished the task. Very satisfying - for a while)

  • > dopamine hacking

    Can we just not? Can we wean ourselves from the "addiction" instead?

As a former chef who lived by tasks on paper tickets for several years, I recommend getting a tab grabber and spike, for an extra little dopamine hit. It's very satisfying to pull the receipt from the grabber and spike it

  • Definitely a tactily-satisfying motion. Those spikes always freaked me out- you're one slip away from a Final Destination "spike through the eyeball" situation.