A Shower for Your Thoughts

kit / Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:49:00 GMT

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Yesterday I heard someone say that they did all their best thinking in the shower. Now, that would be fine if it weren’t simultaneously said with a tone indicating that the person saying it thought they were the most idiosyncratic individual since Andy Kaufman and the 8 billionth time someone has said something along those lines.

And so I ask this: does anyone NOT do their best thinking in the shower? Can we all agree that this at least very common?

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  • Nathaniel Talbott said about 5 hours later:

    I do my best thinking in the bathroom, but its not in the shower…

  • Ryan Norbauer said about 10 hours later:

    When I’m in the shower, all I do is worry about things I have to do or things that I’ve forgotten but that I can’t do anything about at the moment.

    I do my best thinking when I’m reading things other people have written, or going out for a walk. I need external stimuli to trigger truly useful and creative thought—otherwise all I do is mull over my anxieties.

    That’s why my ADD self hates showering: no stimuli, too boring.

  • Nikita said 36 days later:

    My best thinking starts at midnight and till I accidentally fall asleep. It’s just that in the shower I have still routine problems to solve this day, but when I get to sleep my mind elaborates…

    Well, so far I’m not Apple or 37signals so my model may not be really productive :)

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