Train Your Brain for the Long Game

With the advent of smart phones, it has become easy to get addicted to what is called ‘cheap dopamine’. We get a little mini high from scrolling through short videos.

The algorithms feed into this, giving creators more benefit from making their content shorter and shorter. It is now recommended for us to make reels on Instagram that are only 7 – 15 seconds.

The issue is that this feeds our brains a reward for jumping from one subject to the next. Puppies! War! Celebrity gossip! Comedy! Anger!

We get a ‘cheap dopamine’ high from this habit. Like sugar, the more we feed on it, the more we desire it.

So I am proud to share that this month, I accomplished a goal of a tarot lesson that combines movie archetypes and tarot.

It took me over 30 hours to create in many sessions where I had to choose to sit down and write, then edit, then prep tech tools and lights, then film, find clips, then edit, then edit, then edit some more.

When we stay vigilant on a long-term, self-motivated goal, it can be very disconcerting and even physically uncomfortable at first.

Over time, our brain gets the “real dopamine” of meaningful accomplishments, and final completion gives us a deeply satisfying continual flow.

I got to enjoy this quality of dopamine this week as I got a wonderful response from my community who enjoyed the video and shared it and messaged me to share what they liked about it. So I am also now high on the love drug of oxytocin.

If you have seen the film Poor Things, please enjoy my video essay, Poor Things Explained: Through the Tarot Lens. 

It just won 4 Oscars for it’s outstanding art designs and for Best Actress, so I am not alone in my love of it.

Spoilers alert! If you have not seen Poor Things yet, please add my video to your watch later list and see the film first. It is currently streaming on Hulu in the US. It’s weird with a lot of sex scenes, so not for family movie night.

If you enjoy strange and insightful films that question the norms of society, then I hope this might inspire you to watch Poor Things and then check out my interpretation afterward. 

What about you?

What is one of your personal goals that you want to put effort into this month?

Which part of your day can you begin making a choice to add working on a long goal into your routine?


Let’s talk about which of your long-term goals are most meaningful and figure out a path toward them during a personal tarot reading together.

Use Intuition Coaching to develop a sense of how to tune into the part of your mind that knows where to focus yourself from a psychic place.

If you like the style of teaching in the video, sign up for a Tarot Reading Lesson. Bring a friend along to split the cost at no extra charge, and more friends for only $10 extra per person.

Keep On Keeping On,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

Present Path Tarot