I really enjoy cable management
The susurros of people laughing and enjoying themselves nearby.
Paint by numbers! Great to just turn off brain and paint away
Fixing things. Doesn’t matter what it is, but I find deep fulfillment and satisfaction in taking something that is seemingly beyond rescue and bringing it humming back to life with nothing but a wrench and a little hard work.
I love taking things apart and putting them back together broken or not. 9 times out of 10 all fixing is is doing that and cleaning in the middle
Prepare cocktails and coffee
Hear me out. Have you ever tried naps?
I WFH, so once I get everyone else out the door I take 10 min to sit on the back porch to drink my coffee. I don’t bring my phone or anything else. Just my coffee.
Sitting on the porch in the middle of the night in October/November. With a blanket. Or any other cooler month.
People don’t realize. That yes. You can bring a blanket outside. To your porch.
And no one is around at 3 am and it’s so silent and eerie. And perfect. Even in the city, there is way less people. But outside the city it’s dead silent. Like everyone disappeared.
It feels… Different than the rest of the time.
3-4 am is the most interesting hour of the day.
Try it next time you wake up with a full bladder in the middle of the night. Or have insomnia. Don’t go back to bed. Instead Grab your blanket. Step outside.
I find that my best writing happens within those hours. It is, after all, the witching hour.
There is actually some science to this phenomenon of creativity.
It’s called “aha!”. That’s the actual technical term in psychology research. With the explanation point. Aka “eureka moments.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect
So basically what happens is you are at your most creative when your brain goes into the “default mode network”. Which can (simplified) be described as loose, undirected thought.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_networkFor instance while showering. Taking the dog for a walk. Sitting in traffic. It can be any time when your mind wanders aimlessly.
The reason this increases creativity and unique problem solving is because when we intentionally direct our thinking, we box ourselves in with related concepts already associated with the idea we are working on.
To truly think unconventionally with more unique creativity, one has to stop thinking of the issue intentionally yet still have the goal of that problem in the unconscious.
It’s a difficult state to get to intentionally unless you know how your own mind works and can put yourself into an unfocused mindset intentionally.
Explaining a problem to another person can sometimes re conceptualize a problem and help solve it.
But being in a “mentally unconstrained” state is also very helpful.
I can say I often have some of my best ideas for projects or solutions to things I’ve been working on , as I’m falling asleep. To the point I have to get up and write things down all the time.
High quality ideas.
Another pattern is people can also have a lot of creative ideas when procrastinating from a task they don’t want to do.
The task at hand looms and the mind distracts itself by mind wandering. Increasing aha! moments.
I’ll think of that, thanks for the suggestion! in december 24 after Chido hit we had no AC or ventilation so I slept on the roof for a week or so. It was full moon, and I’ve never slept so well before or since
Maybe you should just sleep on the roof?
it’s impractical for a number of other reasons, but yes, it’s a good idea. When I build my house I’ll make sure there is a dedicated space
How can u say this and not pay the cable-management tax somewhere deep in the comment section
Gardening
Is your friend alright?
He looks too skinny.
Sweeping stairs
Lately, I’ve really been enjoying Lemmy and posts like this. All of it makes me feel like I’m still able to surf the web like I did 5-10+ years ago, interacting with other humans on the Internet in passing rather than a botnet like so many other popular sites.
I’m also a huge fan of cable management. I love the process of cleaning up my home/office to blend devices into the space.
Homemade pizza, and some often unhinged (but delicious) topping creation to go along with it.
Playing music from the playlists I make for my ttrpg games I prepare, to get inspired and write down ideas for the next game. It is like having a mental trailer about an upcoming show that we’ll see when we get together to play it.
You can come over for pizza and cable managing if you want. My mom said it’s cool
Cable management is just the thing sometimes.
Sitting at the beach of the Baltic sea in early spring or late fall when its too cold for the other beach folks, kept warm by my decades old leather biker gear and a bit of whiskey.
