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Novelty + Intensity = A Fuller Life

Before my trip to the deceptively cold and not-as-boring-as-you’d-guess midwest, I was contemplating backing out last minute– at the airport.

I wanted to ditch the flight and take up my friends alternative offer– which was to drive to Cali in a Tesla Plaid.

But I gave someone my word, so I knew I had to go.

This post isn’t about keeping your social contracts– it’s about TIME.

My trip only lasted 4 days but felt like 4 months. I squeezed more life from that extended weekend than I did for the last six months, but why?

IT was new.

It took me out of my routine and each day was basically an entirely new life in a new land.

This is what most of us are missing.

Novelty.

Turns out, we experience time SLOWER when we have new experiences and when those new experiences are paired with being some place new– an unfamiliar environment, your brain becomes intensely focused.

You’re so engaged in the moment you can’t daydream the hours away.

Which means you’re literally LIVING more by each minute.

We don’t need fancy trips to do this— we just need to say yes to new shit. Do something different on the weekends, take a course, take a short trip, a hike, doesn’t matter.

BUT STOP repeating the same old crap.

Think of newness as fullness, because it is. I can’t tell you what your calling is, but this will help you on your way to living a fulfilling life.

–FOOL

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