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There's also the long-standing idea that people come up with great/interesting ideas while in the shower (so much that it's an internet meme), and that's attrib
by jerlam 4y ago
There's also the long-standing idea that people come up with great/interesting ideas while in the shower (so much that it's an internet meme), and that's attributed to the shower being one of the few places where you don't have media or electronics trying to capture your attention.
- kevinventullo 4y agoNot just media and electronics; nearly all sensory input is minimized in the shower.
- arvinsim 4y agoI should stop bringing my smartphone to the shower!
- mbg721 4y agoIndeed, that's what bubble-baths are for. How else are you going to do that rubber-duck debugging?
- gofreddygo 4y agoThat phenomenon is very real in my personal case. Unfortunately the ideas go away by the time i get hold of pen and paper after the shower. Possible solutions to this are welcome.
- jahewson 4y agoI had one of these for a while, water proof: https://www.amazon.com/Aqua-Notes-Water-Proof-Note/dp/B01AS5I0ZS https://www.amazon.com/Aqua-Notes-Water-Proof-Note/dp/B01AS5...
- kumarvvr 4y agoHave a voice recorder record your thoughts while in the shower.
- binkHN 4y ago> Unfortunately the ideas go away by the time i get hold of pen and paper after the shower. I've been in this situation. For better or worse, I have a Google smart speaker outside of my shower. On more than one occasion, I have asked Google to remind me to do something the following day and have provided enough detail for me to recollect the thoughts I had in the shower.
- bubblebaker 4y agoI write my ideas on the bathroom walls with crayons. Those crayons are for kids to play with in the bath and can be easily erased.
- neither_color 4y agoI sometimes drive without any music/podcasts/radio on and get the same effects as shower thoughts. The mind is good at promising things when you dont have to follow through with them immediately.
- theshrike79 4y agoI can't do audiobooks in the car because my mind starts wander and I notice that I've missed a ton of relevant plot - and it's damn hard to skim backwards in an audiobook.
- fauxreb 4y agoIt less about the devices and more about giving the mind some simple physical task. I have the same thing with any solitary sport. Rowing/Sculling in particular. No phones in the boat (since they're very tippy), and an hour of reasonably delicate physical activity. The rowing movement requires a little concentration so it absorbs say 40% of the mental activity, what's leftover flows into light thinking and connection-making, without much angst.