Our Brains Are Amazing
Did you know that your brain only accounts for only 2% of your body weight, but requires 10% of the calories your eat everyday to function at capacity? That's way more than it's fair share, if you ask me.
Our primitive (survival) brain has three main functions:
Seek pleasure
Avoid pain
Conserve energy
Our primitive brain is VERY good at keeping us alive, thank goodness. But it also creates a lot of issues for us humans. Our brain wants us to stay in the cave, or in modern terms: eat potato chips, lay on the couch, and watch Netflix. All day. Everyday. Which is why it tries to talk us out of trying new things, taking risks, and setting goals. We need to be onto our brain. We need to take charge and boss that brain of ours from time to time so we can have the life and dreams we want in our future.
So when your brain gets bossy and tells you to hide and just stay small, boss it back.
