Scheduling time to think

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I’m thinking about scheduling time for thinking. Putting 5 minutes each day or 30 minutes once a week on my calendar, dedicated to thinking.

What would I think about? My goals, my plans, my work in progress, ideas, anything that’s on my mind or on my list.

Use the time to figure things out. Make decisions. Figure out what went wrong.

Contemplation is important, especially for cerebral and creative types like you and me. And we don’t do enough of it.

Scheduled thinking time should be used just for thinking, not for brainstorming ideas. We can do that at another time. Thinking time should be used to evaluate ideas we’ve already had, not create new ones.

Thinking helps us to weigh consequences, evaluate plans, and solve problems. It helps us to decide to go forward, incubate further, make changes, or cross things off our list.

True, our subconscious minds do a lot of this for us. We think about something, let go of it, and suddenly, somehow, we know what to do.

And, we do a lot of thinking while we’re doing other things: driving, showering, exercising, washing dishes.

But I want to build some regular “contemplation” time into my schedule so I can do more of it. (I have a naval. I might as well use it.)

So, what do you think about my idea? Are you going to try it?

I know, you need to think about it.

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