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My Mind is a Steam Engine
By Laura Thomas, ABC | March 16th, 2008
At least, that’s the conclusion I reach this morning. I’d gone into the shower with the intention of it being a quick one. I was running late getting ready for church and if I don’t get there early, my Sunday School students beat me and there’s no one there for their parents to drop them off with before classes of their own.
But, instead of rushing through, the next thing I know my mind has wandered to my latest project at work - a rush job to redesign the home page - and I’ve lost track of time. But, it reminded me that many of my best ideas have come to me in the shower.
For some reason, when I’m trying to wake up every morning in a nice hot shower, my brain kicks into gear before my body. I’m thinking maybe the steam loosens up the ideas that my subconscious has been churning all night.
The trick, though, is not to forget them again as I make breakfast, get myself and my girl ready, and head out the door in a frantic rush.
Because I’ve already forgotten what it was I thought of this morning.
March 20th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I often write blog posts, articles, whatever in my head before I ever put them on paper/monitor, and I think the shower is conducive to that because there is absolutely nothing else vying for my attention. One of my other places for getting inspiration is in the car. I used to drive back and forth to Boerne every week, and got lots of good ideas driving through the Hill Country. Sounds like I need to get up in the morning, take a nice long hot shower and go for a drive.
March 21st, 2008 at 5:22 am
So true! The car is another great place for thinking. Early in dating/marriage, I think my husband was worried when I didn’t talk much on road trips; but, he’s come to understand that I’m just inside my head and not intending to ignore him.