My brain does not like to be idle. It always wants to be engaged on multiple levels. I habitually read while I eat. I’ll listen to music or watch a show while doing manual tasks like folding laundry. There is this almost incessant need for new information. Sometimes it is fiction, other times it is factually based. But every so often I find a day where some instinct tells me “enough.” Then I find myself avoiding input sources. I’ll turn off the music, leave the books laying, walk away from the internet. On these days I have a strong need just to stare at nothing in particular and let my brain wander. Today was such a day. I found myself seeking out manual labor tasks that I usually find boring. No profound thoughts emerged from all the thinking. I had no epiphanies. But my house is cleaner now than it was and I feel calmer. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.
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I understand this SO well, I could have written it myself if I was a better writer. 🙂 You really have a gift. I relate to so many of your parenting/budgeting thoughts. Even though I don’t comment on everything, I love reading your entries. Thank you for putting words to my experiences.
Yep!
I often have a movie I’ve seen before on in the background while I’m on the computer. Books on CD or fast music help me get kitchen work done.
It’s good that brains can say, “Enough input please” to us and get us to have a slow, quiet day.
Especially in this age of Too Much Information.
Cleaner and Calmer sound really good.
And thank you for taking my words and making them useful beyond just me.