ZenRaiden
One atom of me
I was kind of over indulging in thinking, and in many ways it is both productive, but can be deceptive in what way it makes you productive, because the mind has a way of making us think we are productive.
I committed to write out my thoughts on a blank sheet of paper a few times and truly to my amazement most of the thoughts were kind of demented and crude and not really helpful.
But by writing them on piece of paper they disappeared in a way. It became clear those thoughts are mindless chatter rather than constructive way out of a problem or some higher awareness.
But it occurred to me that not all thinking is made equal, some edited and well formatted thinking can be of great utility, other is just garbage. However the problem is they often come both in one package, as if one needs a sorting hat to discern which thoughts are useful and usable and which are just after farts or just metabolic over-product of thinking that should be vented and discarded.
So morning is usually best time to think, but the problem is the more you think in the morning, as clear as your mind can be upon the waking hour, it will tank your will power and it will take away from rather good chunk of productivity. Its almost like you can choose between being highly efficient and productive or just thinking and productive.
When it comes to noon hours I think thinking on empty stomach will produce more judgmental and more snappy judgments and will be underlined with bit of anxiety and somewhat limited narrow mindedness.
After lunch your thoughts will be more dopamine and serotonin driven, there will be more balance and equanimity in your thinking and less hassle, you will be more open-minded and concerned with your own well being when making decisions, but it also might be a little sluggish and less bold to think outside of confines of comfort zone.
In the evenings your thinking will be carefully shaped by days events, tainted and sort of influenced by how well your day went, how many social interactions you had and how well they went.
If the day was emotionally fulfilling your thinking will be open, almost frivolous and open to suggestibility. You will find joy in simple thoughts and your will be slower thinking and more loose in associations, but nevertheless creative.
If the day was difficult and interactions were making you feel diminished you will feel broody, ruminating, and often you will find yourself thinking in worn out paths, less creative, more analytical and problem oriented, perhaps tad bit too critical of society and oneself even. Also more risk averse and less suggestible to good things, but highly suggestible to doom and gloom.
At nights the world stops and its only you and your self, you have more time to reconnect with what you lost along the way during your day, in this space you can explore dreams, wishes, but also your shortcomings and be honest with big problems that seem overwhelming during the day. You can also commit to thoughts that are rather strongly held at bay during day and so you can kind of vent and also appreciate certain things that would have gone unnoticed.
I suspect night owels are often people who kind of lead double life, where the best parts of their thinking get to be repressed by days duties and errands and also conflicts, so often some energy erupts in night hours where the more free flowing almost likely flow seeking mind wants to play a game or two.
One can also immerse oneself in ideas that would surely get interrupted during day.
Please share your own experiences with thinking.
I committed to write out my thoughts on a blank sheet of paper a few times and truly to my amazement most of the thoughts were kind of demented and crude and not really helpful.
But by writing them on piece of paper they disappeared in a way. It became clear those thoughts are mindless chatter rather than constructive way out of a problem or some higher awareness.
But it occurred to me that not all thinking is made equal, some edited and well formatted thinking can be of great utility, other is just garbage. However the problem is they often come both in one package, as if one needs a sorting hat to discern which thoughts are useful and usable and which are just after farts or just metabolic over-product of thinking that should be vented and discarded.
So morning is usually best time to think, but the problem is the more you think in the morning, as clear as your mind can be upon the waking hour, it will tank your will power and it will take away from rather good chunk of productivity. Its almost like you can choose between being highly efficient and productive or just thinking and productive.
When it comes to noon hours I think thinking on empty stomach will produce more judgmental and more snappy judgments and will be underlined with bit of anxiety and somewhat limited narrow mindedness.
After lunch your thoughts will be more dopamine and serotonin driven, there will be more balance and equanimity in your thinking and less hassle, you will be more open-minded and concerned with your own well being when making decisions, but it also might be a little sluggish and less bold to think outside of confines of comfort zone.
In the evenings your thinking will be carefully shaped by days events, tainted and sort of influenced by how well your day went, how many social interactions you had and how well they went.
If the day was emotionally fulfilling your thinking will be open, almost frivolous and open to suggestibility. You will find joy in simple thoughts and your will be slower thinking and more loose in associations, but nevertheless creative.
If the day was difficult and interactions were making you feel diminished you will feel broody, ruminating, and often you will find yourself thinking in worn out paths, less creative, more analytical and problem oriented, perhaps tad bit too critical of society and oneself even. Also more risk averse and less suggestible to good things, but highly suggestible to doom and gloom.
At nights the world stops and its only you and your self, you have more time to reconnect with what you lost along the way during your day, in this space you can explore dreams, wishes, but also your shortcomings and be honest with big problems that seem overwhelming during the day. You can also commit to thoughts that are rather strongly held at bay during day and so you can kind of vent and also appreciate certain things that would have gone unnoticed.
I suspect night owels are often people who kind of lead double life, where the best parts of their thinking get to be repressed by days duties and errands and also conflicts, so often some energy erupts in night hours where the more free flowing almost likely flow seeking mind wants to play a game or two.
One can also immerse oneself in ideas that would surely get interrupted during day.
Please share your own experiences with thinking.
