Yesterday was the start of the NBA season and today the Kings play their first game of the 2021-2022 season. The Kings are currently tied with the record of 15 missed postseasons. It has been eons since I’ve regularly watched winning basketball. Will this be a chance at pent up redemption or will the Kings be the sole leader of the longest playoff drought in NBA history?
Whenever I lean into the present season, I feel that I’m in better sync with the world around me, and I feel more connected. The same goes for listening to music. After a tough summer filled with heat, smoke, and anxieties, fall has invited me to decompress and reflect. In this playlist, I have 10* calm melodies that attune me to feeling peaceful, and the sensation of rustling through the leaves and foraging for goodies.
Today, Sora, a beloved character to many was revealed as the final character to be added to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate video game. When I reflect on all of the joy I’ve felt whenever a character gets revealed and how often I’ve broken down into tears at the mere announcement that there is simply another character in a pile of now over 80 others than you can play, it boggles my mind how head-to-toe the absolute rush of ecstasy can be. I can compare this to a sports team winning at the buzzer, or what I imagine winning the lottery feels like.
In this blog post, I’m going to express the grateful history I have with the reveal of new fighters in the game, dissecting some chemicals I’ve felt along the way. Random articles on the internet deduced four main chemicals of feeling joy to be dopamine, oxytocin, seratonin, and endorphins. There is surely more to joy, but I will be focusing this post on these four emotions and how I’ve felt it since the first invitation I can remember.
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