Playing with the ideas of Compartmentalization. It is something I naturally do- put things in boxes, so to speak, and deal with them as time or need dictates. However, I sometimes get tangled up in irrelevancies- thinking about training when I should be sleeping, thinking about work when I am not working...the usual.
Last night as I was struggling a bit to settle down and fall asleep, I visualized my main thought-streams as colored cloths. I folded them up, place them in my bike bag, and left them for morning. Did this again when I awoke in the we small hours, and rapidly fell back asleep. Useful.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Compartments
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My sister says she has many tiny packages in her mind, all neatly wrapped and tied and put aside, and she really has no interest in opening them - sort of like my niece's favorite saying, "There is much to be said for the unexamined life." As for me, I keep opening them or at least shaking them to see if I can guess what's inside.
As for late-night mind quieting, I generally tell myself I can't do anything about "that" now anyway and turn over and go to sleep. Sometimes, when I remember to, I'll put the project or problem or question in the back of my mind and let my brain do its thing while I'm asleep. That "I'll sleep on it" thing most always works. Of course, I can't explain my rationale very well for whatever I decided if I come up against analytical types because I really don't know all the "whys", but I can live with that.
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