52 - Savor

Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is savor. Our brains are not built for prolonged enjoyment. Instead, we’re novelty-seeking machines, always trying to find bursts of pleasure, because that’s how we used to find food and reproduce. We do have the ability to train our brains to stop and enjoy for short periods, though. It’s called savoring the moment. With this practice, you can kind of trick your brain into stretching out the bursts of pleasure into a slow burn. Today’s concrete challenge is to savor the moment right now. You can use food or drink to enhance the experience by paying attention to every flavor, or you can simply sit and focus on the good parts of your life. Use the next few minutes of this podcast to experience this moment in your life. I’ll keep the music playing while you do, and don’t miss the soundtrack at the end of this episode. Before you go, repeat the following soundtrack, “I am the kind of person who appreciates as many moments as possible.” Let me know if this made a difference in your day by leaving a comment in your podcast app or at concrete.win/today. Check back tomorrow for a new challenge. Until then.