BY   : @TheBlogFAZ |   SUBSCRIBE When the Loop Isn’t Life—It’s a Lie You’re Still Living | From Ad-Libs To Zephyrs™ You ever catch yourself mid-thought and realize you’ve been rehearsing the same excuses for someone else’s bad behavior… again? Or maybe you’ve just pulled off your tenth “fresh start” in the past six months—only to land in a situation that feels eerily familiar. That’s not coincidence. That’s a pattern . And it’s not your personality, your destiny, or some universal setup. It’s your nervous system doing what it was trained to do: repeat what it knows, even if what it knows keeps you stuck. We don’t talk about this enough. We talk about “leveling up,” “leaving the past behind,” or “choosing better”—but never the invisible rewiring it takes to stop reliving the same internal scripts. No amount of motivation will break a loop you’re emotionally loyal to. And that’s the part that hurts most—the emotional loyalty to stories that stopped serving us years ago. ...

BY   : @TheBlogFAZ   |   SUBSCRIBE We’re Not Addicted to Our Phones—We’re Just Wired to Respond | From Ad-Libs To Zephyrs™  You ever glance at your phone just to check the time… and twenty minutes later, you’re watching someone organize their spice drawer with neon labels and Gregorian chants? Yeah. Same. This isn’t about willpower. This is about wiring. The more I studied it, the more I realized: we’re not addicted to our screens—we’re looped in by design. And most of us never stood a chance. It Starts With the Ping—But It Ends With Our Peace That quick hit of dopamine when a notification lights up? It’s no accident. Tech designers have studied human behavior with the same intensity pharmaceutical companies study chemistry. And the results are eerily effective. Every scroll, every like, every "wait, what did I come here for?" moment—it’s all part of a larger behavioral blueprint. We think we’re choosing to stay on longer… but most of the time, we’re just rea...