Very disciplined, and I hate distractions. Sometimes too rigid and staunch, so I'm told....

I don't see the need, no one can read others thoughts, so I think what I think. The problem would come if I said things aloud.

My mind is like a nervy spooky horse it jibes here and there runs at any small distraction and shies away from difficult situations .
I can calm a nervous horse but have never been able to tame my mind..

I'd be interested to know Muddy whether your mind is calmed when you are drawing.

I did manage this mom in my mid twenties when I was totally drained and stressed after a chest bug. Before this my mind would be chasing its tail all the time.

A combination of (stillness and decluttering) visualisation exercises, a complete clear out of physical clutter, healthy diet, focusing on healing and sheer determination by constantly bringing my mind back to observing mode.

Of course it all went to pot after my father died, but the inner peace at the time was immense and it's amazing how much you can achieve just by letting it flow without a cluttered mind.

it really depends on the type of learning style you have as to what will suit you. I find visualisation has a really powerful effect on me. I stopped smoking for example by visualising I was right next to an exhaust from a car breathing in the smoke every time I took a drag. Other people might be able to focus using ambient sounds or white noise. I do think it's a lot easier when you are young (well I guess everything is!)

Maybe once upon a time, folks change, circumstances change, tomorrow is another day.

PK, I mostly let my mind run amok.

I don't put a lot of thought into metacognition, but Pauline got me thinking about it from another thread. My mind tends to be an over-active and disorganized mess of contemplating ideas, solving problems, making lists, organizing my time, wondering, wonder.....but sometimes I allow myself to travel down a path of dull-witted negative thoughts without putting on the brakes.

I try to stay disciplined in other aspects of life - diet, exercise, work, responsibilities, why not more so in thinking? I am thinking that the older I get, the more I should try to exercise more mental discipline.

Mind running rampant? Over active, over thinking mind?
Welcome to my world. I’m horrible for this. I literally have to remind myself daily to simplify , simplify, simplify because I can over- complicate anything needlessly.
Meditation helps a lot and so does daily journaling.
Some people even go as far as not talking for a month or more.
That takes a huge amount of discipline but I DO get what you mean.

This is a very unfair conversation. Women don't have a "Nothing Box"

If I did, I'd waste no time in filling it up with something important like the measurements, cutting, and sewing needed for a 20 inch decorative pillow with bias cording, zipper, and covered buttons .

That's a funny and too-right clip, Bruce. Compartmentalizing is a gift I envy, but I wouldn't trade it for the camcorder running in my brain.