cravings for excitement

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onto today’s topic: cravings for excitement 🎇 

i could be the most content person in the world, but i’ll always have this unquenched thrift and craving for excitement. a lot of us say that fulfillment is the end-goal, but i like to tack on “joyful” to the beginning of that.

not only should we strive for fulfillment, but also the ability to continuously inject it with joy and wonder.

novelty introduces an unparalleled excitement. ⚡️ it’s in our nature to chase it. we’re always exploring, experimenting and ideating to come up with something new. to try something new. to venture into the unknown, because there’s a thrill involved in uncovering unchartered territory.

i crave excitement. it might be an unhealthy one now that contentment and satisfaction isn’t good enough for me. i love my current ability to experience a new adventure every single day while traveling — i’m looking forward to how this will translate into working on projects and starting college as well. will it manifest through me trying out different learning methods or prototyping ideas i’m excited about?

who knows, and that exact unknown excites me. 🫧 i’ve stopped blocking my travel so strictly to enable thrill-fuelled exploration and have even started assigning myself daily discomfort challenges to charge my day with excitement.

it’s joyful. (:

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