Neurodivergence, New Years Resolutions, and Future Focus

We welcome the New Year by

• evaluating the usefulness of New Years resolutions
• sharing the honest struggles we’ve had
• small triumphs
• Ali shares her journey to quit smoking and the strategies she employs.
• a positive version of sunk cost fallacy, where we are motivated to defend small gains and build on them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost
• making excuses and justifications for not taking responsibility
• tricking yourself into doing things your mind is resisting
• quitting/reducing drinking
• cleaner living, bad skin after xmas blowout
• the power of vanity in keeping motivated
• Ali and Sam pleased about looking younger than some of the other school mums
• how the concept of future thinking and goal setting has influenced our lives
• touching on the psychology concept of ‘delay discounting’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_preferenceas a key to understanding addiction, financial errors and not getting around to acting on our ambitions
• debate the relevance of the neurodivergent label for individuals and the three of us
• the present and future of the show. Our personal and collective mission, methods, and reasons for doing it.

Meta pod discussion for the stans:

• As we reflect on our podcast journey, we contemplate whether to foreground our identity as neurodivergent individuals and how it plays into the show.
• We also share our ambitions for the podcast going forward, including our New Year resolution to de-emphasize diagnoses and just be ourselves.
• Sam digresses into the huge value gained from listening to niche and highly specific podcasts
• Joe advocates having ‘no angle’ and ‘no identity’
• the value of anything should be in the doing, in the process. Bhakti Yoga and many other traditions teach we should not do things for reward, nor should we be attached to any particular outcome.
• Podding is more like a zine and having absolute intellectual freedom
  Success is to have critics as well as praise
• we express our gratitude towards our listeners and each other, and acknowledge the affirming impact of their feedback on our personal lives and our collective journey.
• Sam offers some recent pod finds that taught the wisdom of ‘I am becoming’ statements, versus ‘I am’ statements

Creators & Guests

• Ali Catramados - Host
• Joe Loh - Host
• Sam Ellis - Host

• (00:00) - TTTT 37 - New Year New You
• (00:36) - New Year, New Me: Debunking the Myth
• (01:15) - The Reality of New Year's Resolutions
• (02:21) - Alis Struggle Quitting Smoking
• (06:04) - The Power of Incremental Changes
• (09:43) - The Impact of Habits on Appearance
• (11:59) - The Benefits of Sobriety
• (18:29) - Maintaining a Healthy Relationship with Alcohol
• (19:45) - The Impact of Alcohol on Mental Health
• (20:34) - Understanding Delay Discounting
• (20:57) - Delay Discounting in Marketing
• (21:32) - Delay Discounting and Addiction
• (23:28) - The Power of Visualization
• (24:35) - Overcoming Personal Struggles
• (26:35) - Redefining the Podcast's Identity
• (37:32) - The Value of Listener Feedback
• (40:57) - New Year's Resolutions and Personal Growth

0:00 TTTT 37 - New Year New You
00:36 New Year, New Me: Debunking the Myth
01:15 The Reality of New Year’s Resolutions
02:21 Alis Struggle Quitting Smoking
06:04 The Power of Incremental Changes
09:43 The Impact of Habits on Appearance
11:59 The Benefits of Sobriety
18:35 Maintaining a Healthy Relationship with Alcohol
19:52 The Impact of Alcohol on Mental Health
20:40 Understanding Delay Discounting
21:03 Delay Discounting in Marketing
21:39 Delay Discounting and Addiction
23:35 The Power of Visualization
24:41 Overcoming Personal Struggles
26:41 Redefining the Podcast’s Identity
37:38 The Value of Listener Feedback
41:03 New Year’s Resolutions and Personal Growth