<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>SenseOfPurpose on behaviorengineering.ai</title><link>https://behaviorengineering.ai/tags/senseofpurpose/</link><description>Recent content in SenseOfPurpose on behaviorengineering.ai</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +1100</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://behaviorengineering.ai/tags/senseofpurpose/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>⚡ Why does purpose change your mitochondria?</title><link>https://behaviorengineering.ai/human-condition/2026-07-24-purpose-runs-on-mitochondria/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +1100</pubDate><guid>https://behaviorengineering.ai/human-condition/2026-07-24-purpose-runs-on-mitochondria/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="your-body-runs-on-a-fixed-budget"&gt;Your body runs on a fixed budget&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Energy is real.&lt;/strong&gt; Most of us feel it as the gap between having the agency to change our lives and barely getting through the day. The &lt;strong&gt;energy resistance&lt;/strong&gt; model treats the body as a &lt;strong&gt;fixed energy budget&lt;/strong&gt; that decides what gets paid first. Extra food refills the pool; the &lt;strong&gt;budget&lt;/strong&gt; stays fixed. When infection, threat, or rumination flares, repair, pigment, brain maintenance, and anti-aging work wait in line.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>