A skeptical dive into the weird, sketchy, occasionally life-changing world
of self-improvement.

  • The UNBELIEVABLE results of dopamine detox

    The UNBELIEVABLE results of dopamine detox

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    Last week, and by last week I mean “two weeks ago,” I wrote about how I was mid-way through a dopamine detox, which is a terrible name for something that isn’t actually possible. What it actually entailed was avoiding social media and video games for a couple of weeks. What I wasn’t expecting was for […]

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  • A cynic’s guide to self-improvement

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    I’m pretty sure most of self-improvement is a scam, but that hasn’t stopped me so far. I’m a sucker for self-improvement, born again every minute. Or at least every ninety days or so, which seems to be…

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  • Coming soon

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    This is The Cynic’s Guide To Self-Improvement. I don’t know why this post is here, how long it’s been here, or how it got published. I think it was some kind of glitch in the Substack setup…

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