NotRocketSurgery: A Shower for Your Thoughts

A Shower for Your Thoughts

kit — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:49:00 -0500

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?

"A Shower for Your Thoughts" by Nikita

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:29:13 -0400

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 :)

"A Shower for Your Thoughts" by Ryan Norbauer

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:43:43 -0500

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.

"A Shower for Your Thoughts" by Nathaniel Talbott

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:50:17 -0500

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