The positive effect of walking on creative thinking (2014) [pdf]
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Re: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking (2014) [pdf]
#2Reminds me of Houellebecq: "A writer needs to walk," said Houellebecq [...]
"Trying to write if you have no possibility of walking for a few hours at a brisk pace is extremely unadvisable. [...] The accumulated nervous tension of thoughts and images (conjured at the writing table) will not dissolve and continue to turn in the poor head of the author, who becomes rapidly irritable if not mad."
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#5I’m studying for interviews. Also unfortunately don’t have adhd medication for another week.
I have to take a walking break at least every hour to make any progress. It really is a life saver for me right now.
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#6We are meant to walk. Sample size one, but I increased my walking from from maybe two miles per day to about seven miles a day about two years ago and essentially everything in my life has improved. There are so many benefits but if you choose your routes wisely, it allows for a kind of mental improvisation that is hard to do when sitting down. You can't write anything down, so you are forced to allow your thoughts to wander. This creates a kind of harmony because both you and your thoughts are in motion. Unfortunately most American towns and cities are indifferent at best and hostile at worst to walking, but I sense that this may change over the coming decades.
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#7"Sit as little as possible; do not believe any idea that was not born in the open air and of free movement — in which the muscles do not also revel… Sitting still… is the real sin against the Holy Ghost." -Nietzsche
In fact, he composed most of his works during long walks:
"I would walk for six or eight hours a day, composing thoughts that I would later jot down on paper."
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#8I’m studying for interviews. Also unfortunately don’t have adhd medication for another week. I have to take a walking break at least every hour to make any progress. It really is a life saver for me right now.
I'm in a similar boat, I find even a 10 minute walk with no phone in my pocket can help the things I've been studying coalesce into understanding.
Re: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking (2014) [pdf]
#9We are meant to walk. Sample size one, but I increased my walking from from maybe two miles per day to about seven miles a day about two years ago and essentially everything in my life has improved. There are so many benefits but if you choose your routes wisely, it allows for a kind of mental improvisation that is hard to do when sitting down. You can't write anything down, so you are forced to allow your thoughts t…
What's your pace when walking? Do you walk fast like you're going to some place? Or do you walk slower than your default walking speed?
Re: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking (2014) [pdf]
#10I've always thought that it's a form of animal cruelty to have people stuck in offices forced to sit through all meetings etc. when many 1 on 1 or other small meetings for creative purposes could be conducted while out walking.