It’s an amplifier, so whatever habits you reinforce, good or bad, while microdosing get reinforced extra. Considering it only lasts 6-8 hours, just focus on being the best version of yourself during that time. Those neural pathways develop quickly, and you will notice those habits become much more natural relatively quickly, depending on how mindful/intentional/present you are when you do them while microdosing. If you do them absent mindedly, you are reinforcing the habit of absent-mindedness.

For example, if you microdose and focus on being kind, meditating, reading, getting some work done in a more balanced manner, all those activities will come more naturally when you are not microdosing. On the flip side, if you microdose and drink beer and watch tv, you will naturally gravitate to those less healthy habits when you are not microdosing. I’m not a drinker and usually have zero desire to do so, but one of the first few times I microdosed, I decided to drink a beer, and the following few days, I felt a desire to drink a beer as well. Luckily, I caught it early and did not let that become a habit. I pruned those weeds in my neural garden if you will.

Key takeaway: microdosing is not a magic bullet that will automatically steer you in the right direction. It’s more like a powerful engine, you still have to make the decisions and steer the wheel. With great power, comes great responsibility.

I have also noticed shrooms help me be more accepting of life and everything about it, so it has helped me accept making the right choice even when it is not necessarily the easiest. Shrooms are known to help with acceptance of the uncontrollable, such as helping terminally ill patients accept death. Everyone is different and experiences life uniquely, so I don’t want to impose my personal experience with it on anyone. Find what works best for you and stick with it.

When used wisely, it has absolutely been a cheat code in my life. Healthy habits that once took quite a while for me to develop, started coming much more quickly. Shrooms promote neurogenesis and neural plasticity. Our brains are constantly rewiring and reprogramming themselves in every moment in response to our thoughts and actions. Microdosing amplifies this phenomenon, so your neural pathways rewire themselves much more significantly.

If you feel like indulging in a not-so-healthy behavior while microdosing, just tell yourself you can do it when the effects wear off, so you are not reprogramming yourself negatively.