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Try digging a tunnel. Sensory deprivation combined with meticulous hard labor can be enlightening.

• bordakt 5y ago
  Very interesting you said that here. I regurarly walk aimlessly, I regurarly have this impression that i have to skip a day of sleep to be exceptionally productive, and i also used to be obseessed with digging large holes especially when i was younger and able to dig like that in my parents garden.
  • meristohm 5y ago
    I also enjoy digging holes since I was a child. The sense of space and control over that space might be part of why?
  • PartiallyTyped 5y ago
    As a person that often exhibits characteristics and symptoms of depression (but has never been officially diagnosed), I find that staying awake for well over a day can clear my symptoms and reset my brain. I Scott Alexander has written an essay on this [1]. [1] https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/sleep-is-the-mate-of-death https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/sleep-is-the-mate-of-d...