Focus diaries, March 2026

The two most valuable skills to work on if you want real change: getting back on the horse and doing nothing.

Right after writing the article “Mastering dopamine and seasonal productivity to embrace winter”, I actually had a severe dopamine chasing crisis. Like if writing about it had given me the strength to resist and suddenly, for some days, I had lost that capacity.

At the same time, I finished a contract at a childhood dream job that gave me meaningful human connection during hard days, so I assume altogether it overwhelmed me.

But something happened: I felt like this time I had the tools to “get back on the horse”, quite easily.