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Differentiation is important. Here’s an important one: GARDEN/notes/Dopamine is about expecting to feel good, not actually feeling good. We need to get better at knowing which one we are seeking or experiencing at any given moment.

The fact that instant gratification fools us into thinking it’s the same as Feeling Good is a sign. We lack discernment. We accept different experiences as equal because it takes thought and effort to identify and understand what distinguishes them.

Feeling good isn’t the same as instant gratification. GARDEN/notes/Dopamine isn’t that great. But we forget that because we pay more attention to the potential for reward than we do to the actual experience of reward.