Are you a turtle or a rabbit ?

Some of us are driven by achievement and progress. Others find it easier to be satisfied with what they already have. What type are you?

Just like Dopamine can be held accountable for our unsatisfactory nature and wanting more (see my previous post here), serotonin plays a major role in being content with what is.

To preserve our mental health, we need to be able to do both. Think of it as shifting gears.

We need to be good at accelerating as well as slowing down to enjoy the ride. If you are good at only going fast — you will fall out of the race.

How do we teach ourselves to shift those gears and allow ourselves to be satisfied with what we currently have?

1.Find time for consistent meditation practice.

Many people treat mindfulness meditation as a purely stress-relief tool, but it can offer so much more! In mindfulness meditation, we don’t only achieve a certain state of mind (calmness and relaxation) — we also grow new traits of character: the capacity to be more accepting, optimistic, joyful, and content when this is the wise thing to do.

Many people think that mindfulness meditation practice will make them lazy, reduce their ‘hunger’ for success, and downplay their motivation to win. But this is far from being true.

Your motivation and drive will always be at your disposal, but you will also have access to the quality of enjoying what you have achieved, recharging, and choosing wisely your next area of focus.

2.Support your gut health.

Most serotonin is produced in your gut. Your gut microbiome will play a massive role in it. The support rules are simple.

Add more fiber in your diet and at least two portions a day of food with probiotics — plain yogurt, kefir, miso, pickles, green olives, kombucha, kimchi, sauerkraut, tempeh.

3. Do your gratitude practice.

Think of a moment when someone was grateful to you. Remember what was the problem and how you helped someone?

Remember the feeling of receiving someone’s gratitude. Sink in it for a few seconds. Make it your regular practice.

Remember what was the problem and how you helped someone? Remember the feeling of receiving someone’s gratitude. Sink in it for a few seconds. Make it your regular practice.