5 minutes to think

1. 5 minutes timer on my wrist
2. close my eyes
3. think

“Oh wow, I should think more often”

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Everything is competing with our attention, we spend most of our day reacting to things happening around us, and just putting attention on what it’s in front on us is hard to prioritize, even for 5 minutes

But when I do I fell immediately better. Is like I’m putting order is my mind, sometimes it sparks ideas, sometimes it makes it clear that I have no idea what I’m doing, but that’s still progress right?

Theres two times I do this exercise, one when I’m feeling uneasy in general, one when I feel confused on a specific thing

Here’s how I do it, I start a timer close my eyes and start make my mind wander, no deep breathing, I’m not following any traditional meditation, I just let my mind go wild on anything already there, is liberating.

Some other times, I have a specific problem or idea or doubt, and I try to focus on that, having a predefined boundary makes me feel I’m wasting time if I go outside if it, it helps me keep focus.

The more I’m doing it the more these 5 minutes are easy start, can’t unsee something that works