20-04-2021, 09:41 AM
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Re: Do You Discipline Your Thinking?
Don't you think that putting any sort of restriction, on your thinking, can be very negative - and dangerous?Shouldn't our Brains be able to surge around all of our remembered experiences, and knowledge, to be able to find the right links & responses?
I hear that the brain is auto-programmed to react to an emergency.
I think mine likes to find something positive (or amusing) if it can!
That's why I'm such a miserable so & so!
20-04-2021, 11:16 AM
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Re: Do You Discipline Your Thinking?
Originally Posted by Surfermom
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Your mind never wanders?
Of course my mind wanders, but only when I let it. I can allocate it a job and away it goes, or I can shut it down on those nights when I can't get to sleep for thinking of stuff. It does take practice though.
I find that it doesn't work too well trying to do two jobs at once. And these days most of the everyday things I do have to be carefully choreographed so I can think of something else while completing the task in hand, if I do something out of order and everything goes tits up...
Road running is best for mind wandering, and before you know it the problems have been solved and lots of miles have been covered.....
20-04-2021, 02:36 PM
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Re: Do You Discipline Your Thinking?
Several years ago I realized I was trying to stay a jump ahead of unforeseen circumstances in daily life, thoughts were in overdrive.I decided to spend an hour every morning over coffee to mentally sort through things and people needing attention, and what I intended to do about them that day.
It has worked for me, then the rest of the day there is no subconscious niggling to get serious. If a crisis arises, I let my "worry and concern side" kick in for two hours, decide what to do, then let it go.
Did I say these nice folks around me often unlock the doors and my straitjacket twice a day for exercise? So very kind of them.
20-04-2021, 03:01 PM
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Re: Do You Discipline Your Thinking?
Originally Posted by Tedc
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Don't you think that putting any sort of restriction, on your thinking, can be very negative - and dangerous?Shouldn't our Brains be able to surge around all of our remembered experiences, and knowledge, to be able to find the right links & responses?
I hear that the brain is auto-programmed to react to an emergency.
I think mine likes to find something positive (or amusing) if it can!
That's why I'm such a miserable so & so!
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Sorry Surfermom, I misunderstood the question....Of course my mind wanders, but only when I let it. I can allocate it a job and away it goes, or I can shut it down on those nights when I can't get to sleep for thinking of stuff. It does take practice though.
I find that it doesn't work too well trying to do two jobs at once. And these days most of the everyday things I do have to be carefully choreographed so I can think of something else while completing the task in hand, if I do something out of order and everything goes tits up...
Road running is best for mind wandering, and before you know it the problems have been solved and lots of miles have been covered.....
You are smart to avoid multi-tasking. Though they say women are better at it, it has been proven to result in less desirable outcomes. I though that very interesting!
Aaaah, the pleasures of letting the mind wander when we do...
Originally Posted by Right Now
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Several years ago I realized I was trying to stay a jump ahead of unforeseen circumstances in daily life, thoughts were in overdrive.I decided to spend an hour every morning over coffee to mentally sort through things and people needing attention, and what I intended to do about them that day.
It has worked for me, then the rest of the day there is no subconscious niggling to get serious. If a crisis arises, I let my "worry and concern side" kick in for two hours, decide what to do, then let it go.
Did I say these nice folks around me often unlock the doors and my straitjacket twice a day for exercise? So very kind of them.
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