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This may be today's least original comment, but I've recently discovered the magic combination of podcast and treadmill. (I knew them both, separately, for a l
by biztos 10y ago
This may be today's least original comment, but I've recently discovered the magic combination of podcast and treadmill. (I knew them both, separately, for a long time already.)
In addition to helping make 30 minutes of sweating go by much faster, I find it almost always generates a bunch of ideas. Like a little brainstorming walk, if you will, but all-weather and easier to schedule.
My current favorite podcast for this is the Andreessen Horowitz "a16z podcast."
http://a16z.com/podcasts/ http://a16z.com/podcasts/
- rahuldracula 10y agoThe a16z podcast would generate a bunch of ideas irrespective of what your feet are doing.
- AriaMinaei 10y agoThe combination of (roundtable discussions|debates|audiobooks) with (walking|cleaning house|washing dishes|other chores) is the most productive procrastination technique I have. It changes mental context, stimulates the brain, and makes the chore enjoyable. I even sometimes do it while writing code. Of course, I can't take it all in, but I still find that it enriches my experience.
- agumonkey 10y agoI do chores as yoga exercise, never thought of adding podcast to the blend..
- petra 10y agoI work in manufacturing, and sometimes i listen to podcasts, but sometimes i meditate(like tai-chi, attention to body movements) while working. Meditating is harder(and coffee is helpful), but when successful, is much more satisfying.
- agumonkey 10y agoI'm still not sure I approached a meditative state by "meditating". When I play drums I do get into a slight trance / bliss where I kinda become music and my mind shifts off.
- petra 10y agoThe key to flow/meditativr-state is sussposed to be fitting the processing capability someone's brain has , to the task. That way all of your attention is given to a network called "task mode network" and no attention is left to the "default mode network " (which is resonsible for mental chatter and self in past/present) so the brain becomes quiet. So maybe there's a way to make chores more demanding of attention[1] ? Like deciding to do them in a different way or focus on more/different details ? Maybe that's why the Japanese tea ceremony is so complicated ? [1]As drumming is , altough maybe there's something meditative about music?
- AriaMinaei 10y agoThat's quite interesting. Any reading material about that?
- petra 10y agoSome of it from internet research about flow, so hard to pinpoint specific material. Some of it from this very good youtube lecture: "the end of suffering and the default mode network" .
- AriaMinaei 10y agoThank you. I'll make sure to watch it :)
- morokhovets 10y agoVery interesting lecture! Thanks!
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- realharo 10y agoIt also works with audiobooks. It's especially great if you can't find the time to read books the traditional way.
- bendavis381 10y agoAudible 2x during any walk or mindless activity means you can easily get through a book a week without any lifestyle changes. Literally has changed me life.
- kaeluka 10y ago*Literarily has changed your life. Sorry, I'll show myself out :-)
- jasonkostempski 10y agoAudible 2x: Literarily change your life, without any lifestyle changes.
- dexterdog 10y agoI do all of my podcast from 2-2.4x depending on the speaker. Silence skipping gets it to an effective 3x speed. Most people hear me listening for brief periods and wonder how I understand any of it. It's a progression to get there, but it is totally doable. I'm sure some people can go faster, but I just tell them to go up .1x at a time until it sounds right.
- walterbell 10y agoWhich podcast app do you recommend?
- unprepare 10y agopocketcasts on android is what i use, and i know it has silence trimming and playback speed from .5 to 3.0 in .1 increments. I have the paid version so im unaware if some/all of these feature require the paid version