When do you notice your head clearing?
“When I go for a walk and talk to myself. My feet keep moving, I say out loud what’s going through my head, and a lot of it sorts itself out.”
Head out, think out loud, keep thinking.
News, feeds, and crises talk at you all day long. Right here, your head clears and your thoughts start moving. How you think shapes how you feel and what you do. Listen to your own thoughts at your own pace, and you’ll notice what actually helps and what steadies you.
What sounds good right now?
Three questions
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Glad you stopped by. Three answers, all of them yours. Maybe you’re already thinking further.
What sounds good now?
I’d like to see how this works day to day →Six thoughts
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How do you hold on to an important thought?
“I jot it down. As soon as it’s on the page in front of me, my head frees up and I notice what matters to me right now.”
What thought keeps you going when things get hard?
“A picture from nature helps me: every winter is followed by a spring. Then I breathe out and just take the next step.”
How do you tell others what’s on your mind?
“When the two of us talk honestly. When someone just listens and the thought can sit there between us, we move a little closer.”
When is a thought worth it to you?
“When it turns into something small that makes someone’s day easier. If I help someone today because I stopped to think, it was worth it.”
How did THOUGHTS actually start?
“Out on the road on my scooter, a Honda Forza 750, wind in my face. That’s where it hit me how good it feels to listen to my own thoughts and sort through them at my own pace. That’s how THOUGHTS started: we head out, listen to our own thoughts, and keep thinking together.”
Maybe a thought of your own is showing up as you read. Would you like to grab a pen and a piece of paper and write one sentence about it? Just for you.
I’d like to see how this works day to day →Listening to your own thoughts.
Every day throws a lot at you. When you take a few minutes now and then to listen to your own thoughts, you notice where they’re pulling you.
I’m Torsten. Here are three things that help me:
- Say it out loud or write it down.As long as a thought spins around in my head, it feels huge. Once I say it on a walk or put it down in one sentence, it sits in front of me and gets smaller.
- One thought at a time.One thought at a time is enough for me. When I hold on to one that does me good today, the rest can wait.
- A thought turns into something small.A good thought often points to something simple: who I’d like to listen to today, when to take a breather, what to do next.
Four paths into the Repository
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Clear your head at your own pace.
Finding minutes in the middle of a noisy day when you can hear your own thoughts again.
#01 – How we think shapes what we doOne clear thought in the morning can change the whole day, because it shows you what you really want to do with it. #10 – Collecting what goes through your headWhen you collect what goes through your head, one day you can read back how you think.Stay steady when things get rough.
Thoughts and pictures that keep you going when a lot is happening around you.
#32 – Seeing the next doable stepWhen the whole road ahead looks long, it’s enough to just look as far as the next streetlight and keep walking. #33 – Keeping your own notes handyWriting down your own notes helps you keep a clear head, even when a lot is going on outside.Talk things over.
How we move a little closer at the kitchen table or around the neighborhood when someone listens.
#419 – Tongue, language, and the heartWhen we speak from the heart in plain words, we understand each other across different languages and backgrounds. #139 – Just being there and listeningThe best conversations happen when two people can simply talk things over and let a thought sit quietly between them.Do something small for someone.
How a thought turns into something small that makes someone’s day a little easier.
#412 – Looking out for people nearbyChange often starts with something simple: looking kindly at the people right outside our door. #415 – Whose day does my work help?When we ask whose day our work makes a bit easier, we remember what we’re doing it for.