From Scrolling to Pushups: Rethinking Dopamine with ClearSpace

I recently listened to an episode of the Huberman Lab podcast featuring Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis. One insight really stuck: the idea of spending vs. investing dopamine.

Dr. Andrew Huberman described how we often spend dopamine on quick, low-value rewards—like social media—when we could be investing it in things that truly benefit us: reading, movement, learning.

Enter ClearSpace, an app that helps you pause before opening distracting apps. Since downloading it, my social media usage has dropped significantly.

Even better—they offered a 5-day challenge: earn 1 minute of Facebook time for every 3 pushups. I signed up, and suddenly I’m doing way more pushups… and spending way less time scrolling.

It’s been a simple but powerful shift. Fewer taps, more reps. Less mindless dopamine spending, more intentional investing.

Learn In The Flow Of Life

— Jason