17 - Head in the Clouds
There's nothing like unfocusing your mind, your brain, and daydreaming...
I do this a lot - thinking about things far too much than I should be
When I see something that I could have done differently, or that someone else could have done differently, I always dream up the scenario, and how I could have changed it or changed things. I overthink the things I could have said, if I was a different person, or I was able to think up things more quickly.
Often when I'm on the bus in transit, I'll think of random things and watch as my brain moves from one track to another, building from things as simple as how seats on a bus could be different (fully standing? lying down? why we all gotta sit!) to more involved daydreams around if someone decided they wanted to throw a racist remark at me on a bus. It feels like it's unravelling in front of me, without my conscious effort to control much at all.
On one hand, I like to think that it's the product of an over-active imagination meaning that I'm secretly a super-creative being that just needs to find the right outlet to unleash this raw power on.
On the other, I wonder if it's a survival thing - visualising what the possible futures are, and preparing for them. Instead of it being a subconscious, gut-feeling way of thinking about the future, I like thinking through what might happen, so that I can think through all my mitigation strategies and plan out a response :D
What can I say? I love a good plan.
It's very time-consuming, and often can be paralysing...if it's something I haven't envisioned then I have to go through the whole process again! Here's an example - if I'm trying to follow a recipe for pasta, I'd go to supermarket and look at all the different brands and types and get paralysed! Is this the right type of pasta? What meat do I need? That sauce doesn't look like the one I usually get!
...which is why I'm trying to get more out of my comfort zone and experience things in real life, with the view that it'll probably turn out alright! This provides a lot more information to my thinking so that I have an actual experienced base of something to be able to compare to, instead of just trying to think through what might happen. There are lots of people who have gone through the exact same problems - I just haven't actioned mine.
What I do like, is that this sort of daydreaming helps me come up with really fun ideas (check my twitter for #ideaperday) and is...probably my mind's way of engaging in the creativity it may lack?
Chat soon :)
✔️ Real Life Recommendations
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The Mill House - a nice bar in the city with some great price gins! Tuesday is gin night AS WELL AS a $12 bucket of chicken (they said it was a kilo of chicken but it seemed less...oh well. I'm here for the gin not the chicken).
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James Acaster's Repertoire - a friend of mine recommended this comedy special on Netflix to me, and he's instantly become a favourite comedian of mine. His bit about celebrity gossip - SO GOOD!! That mix of self-deprecation, as well as a super funny presence just does it for me :D Hoping to catch him next year at the MICF if I can! Didn't know about him until after all his tickets were sold out T_T
🚌 Adventures on the Information Super-Highway
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How many people are looking at this room? - a hilarious yet ominous dive into those booking sites that say '34 people are looking at this room right now'; the method used to build that number is literally a random number generator!!
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Why don't I see you anymore? - an interesting article about why we don't see people anymore...overburdened by work and other commitments, there's just no time to do the things we want to do! Shifting work commitments and 'flexibility' can actually make it harder to spend time with the people we love.
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Traffic lights are changing? - never cross a Swedish engineer.