Mental Walks
Do you remember daydreaming? As kids we're quite familiar with the idea - cooking up stories and imagining things on our own. Daydream often has a negative connotation to it because itβs considered synonymous to lack of focus . The way I look at it? Itβs a mental walk.
Just as we go out for a walk physically to feel better and be healthy, these mental walks help nourish our intellect.
While taking this mental walk on mental walks (pun intended) I thought of 3 kinds of mental walks I have found myself taking -
Walking down a known path
βSomeday I will have my own company/house/partner and it will look like <insert a Pinterest board>β. We take mental walks where we slowly push the limits of our thinking one day at a time. This could be a project, an idea or simply a topic - these help us subconsciously build something over time.ο»ΏWalking down a known trail
Content consumption of any kind helps us do this. From books to articles to videos and everything in between, content helps us walk down the same path that other peopleβs mind did. This helps us form our own opinion, get inspired and sometimes even build on it!Walking down an unknown path
Creating something from scratch often feels like being lost in a jungle you donβt quite recognise - it makes you anxious yet excited at the same time. I know I know, everything is a remix but inspiration is like knowing there is a path not having the map in front of you.
Personally for me, the third one is the most rewarding of them all. But I also know that I need to do the first two in order to be able to do the third.
What kind of mental walks do you take?