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I am a distance runner and for years after I graduated running was my time to work through daily issues and contemplate project ideas and solutions to the harde

I am a distance runner and for years after I graduated running was my time to work through daily issues and contemplate project ideas and solutions to the harder problems that take some time to think through. It was amazing how an half hour to an hour of just thinking to myself let me step back from the keyboard and let me architect solutions and ideas. Same thing applied to my relationships (work, personal and romantic). Unfortunately I discovered audiobooks and podcasts, but I have been fighting to get back the motivation to just disconnect and think while exercising. I just got back from an 7 or 8 mile run totally disconnected and it felt great!

VLM 13y ago
"Unfortunately I discovered audiobooks and podcasts," As an experiment, mess around with the subject. I'm about 10-15 years further along the path than you by description. I found that liberal arts / history / pretty much any lecture series from "the teaching company" really cleared my brain and gave me things to think about. On the other hand trying to listen to "tech" stuff just turned into an extension of work, drained more than recharged. Nothing wrong with that stuff while puttering around or doing yardwork, but it didn't recharge me like doing something "new". So do some A/B testing like this: Podcasts : "Software Engineering Radio" "The Linux Link Tech Show" vs Podcasts : "The History of Rome by Mike Duncan" "In our time with Melvyn Bragg" "Dan Carlin's Hard Core History" Now see which "group" of media clears and refreshes your mind better. Takes you off task, lets the unconscious cook for awhile. New ideas sprout to the surface. Comparisons and Contrasts and historical analogies...