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Related is Paul Graham's essay, "The Top Idea in Your Mind" [http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html]. He doesn't address the ques
by dreeves 15y ago
Related is Paul Graham's essay, "The Top Idea in Your Mind" [http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html]. He doesn't address the question of why but proposes shower-taking as a litmus test for finding out what the top idea in your mind is (or your ambient thoughts, as he dubs it).
First paragraph:
I realized recently that what one thinks about in the
shower in the morning is more important than I'd thought.
I knew it was a good time to have ideas. Now I'd go
further: now I'd say it's hard to do a really good job on
anything you don't think about in the shower.
- lawn 15y agoThanks. This was what I was searching for when I saw the title.
- hammock 15y agoI'd say it's hard to do a really good job on anything you don't think about in the shower. That's so true. My morning shower is where I think about what my goals are for the day- it's also usually where and when I come up with the seeds of the best strategies for achieving said goals. If I haven't found a executable solution by the end of my shower, it usually won't come to me until 3am later that night when all other distractions are gone.