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Is it writing did the trick, or any verbalization will do? Maybe all you need is to spend 8 minutes on thinking about task?
by ordu 9y ago
Is it writing did the trick, or any verbalization will do? Maybe all you need is to spend 8 minutes on thinking about task?
- fernly 9y agoI think the point is to externalize the concerns. If you only think about them, they are still "on your mind", whereas if you write them down, they are in a conceptual external storage and you can stop thinking about them.
- fsiefken 9y agoThere are cognitive benefits to talking to an imaginary person. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/smarter-living/benefits-of-talking-to-yourself-self-talk.html?mcubz=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/smarter-living/benefits-o... http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/05/the-perks-of-talking-to-yourself.html http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/05/the-perks-of-talking-to...
- userbinator 9y agoSometimes it doesn't have to be a person, or even alive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging