Pure pleasure

There is a lot of pleasure activities that have pain side effects.

For example overeating, drug consumption, excess social media usage etc.

But for some reason or other, walking in nature feels like a pure pleasure source that has no pain side effects.

Yes it’s a much smaller high than drugs or TikTok but there’s a simple beauty to it that makes it feel good for the soul.

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Shout out to Dr. Anna Lembke and her book Dopamine Nation for the inspiration for this post!