Well the lifestyle changes some of us need are incompatible with modern expectations of labor, so it’s easier for everyone else if quick fixes work. You see this more obviously in universities than work places where they push antidepressants on everyone that goes to therapy for depression/anxiety (which the medical community is waking up to this being more of a secondary symptom rather than an idiopathic “chemical imbalance”).
I went to a pretty hard university, a lot of our profs were from cal tech and MIT and I had one of who was a Fields medalist which was intimidating. Maybe my degree wasn’t that difficult for me. Most courses were just a midterm or two and a final and that’s that. So the week or two before the midterm and the two or three weeks before the final had to be really planned out. The first half of the semester was always boring and the time after midterms was also a lull. Then again anyone I knew taking O-Chem seemed like they wanted to end their life.
To steal a term from CompSci, tasks can be overloaded aka the same task that’s social and a hobby can also be a pro health or focus task. Like going hiking, surfing, or a sound bath meditation with friends. I could never develop a gym habit. It’s too boring. Got into a habit though of exploring the mountain biking trails near campus with a few people. Same type would be like, “hey let’s check out the rock climbing gym on campus”. Also fun to hike down to the local nude beach for shenanigans.
Well the lifestyle changes some of us need are incompatible with modern expectations of labor, so it’s easier for everyone else if quick fixes work. You see this more obviously in universities than work places where they push antidepressants on everyone that goes to therapy for depression/anxiety (which the medical community is waking up to this being more of a secondary symptom rather than an idiopathic “chemical imbalance”).
I went to a pretty hard university, a lot of our profs were from cal tech and MIT and I had one of who was a Fields medalist which was intimidating. Maybe my degree wasn’t that difficult for me. Most courses were just a midterm or two and a final and that’s that. So the week or two before the midterm and the two or three weeks before the final had to be really planned out. The first half of the semester was always boring and the time after midterms was also a lull. Then again anyone I knew taking O-Chem seemed like they wanted to end their life.
To steal a term from CompSci, tasks can be overloaded aka the same task that’s social and a hobby can also be a pro health or focus task. Like going hiking, surfing, or a sound bath meditation with friends. I could never develop a gym habit. It’s too boring. Got into a habit though of exploring the mountain biking trails near campus with a few people. Same type would be like, “hey let’s check out the rock climbing gym on campus”. Also fun to hike down to the local nude beach for shenanigans.