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Environmental inputs:

• Cycle: Follicular – Day 25
• Location: Home – desk
• Activity: Reading Claude’s response about tracking
• Context: Post-148 entry selection

Thought emergence:

“What will this lead to? Growth? Exciting prospect”

Biological cascade:

• Dopamine activation (excitement sensation)
• Forward-projection thoughts emerged
• Narrative construction attempted (“journey” framing)
• Anticipation chemicals released

Observable patterns:

• Stimulus: Novel framework exposure (deterministic tracking)
• Response: Immediate meaning-making attempt
• Similar to: February pattern when starting thought-tracking
• Duration: 10 minutes

Additional data:

• Organism attempted story (“led me to deterministic”)
• Reality: Burkeman chapter → cognitive dissonance → behavior change
• No leading, just sequential events

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