or after that 10th straight hour in the lab—it comes “in a moment of distraction or else burst forth from the subconscious while we sleep”
Exactly what I would expect. I like to mix and match. I benefit from concentrated work and then I have my biggest breakthroughs in the shower or while running.
I benefit from concentrated work and then I have my biggest breakthroughs in the shower or while running.
That you have to be in the shower or something to have an idea is probably indication that in the lab you are doing it wrong. Maybe there is a good manual on how to think productively? It’d be a right topic for a post.
I think this might be about right. I rarely have interesting insights while doing other things, but there was this one time where I was trying to fall asleep and suddenly figured out what the bug was in the code I had been working on a couple hours before. I had it down to the exact line that was wrong. But that’s very much the exception for me. I’d be interested in such a post.
I’ve spent some time studying research on how to think productively and I can say with some confidence that I am in fact doing it all wrong. Of course, I also have enough knowledge to be a master seducer and know all the techniques of a martial artist far beyond my meagre belt. Alas...
Some attempts at writing a good manual describe ways to promote the kind of relaxed dreamlike thinking described here and how to exploit it to best effect.
Agree.
Exactly what I would expect. I like to mix and match. I benefit from concentrated work and then I have my biggest breakthroughs in the shower or while running.
That you have to be in the shower or something to have an idea is probably indication that in the lab you are doing it wrong. Maybe there is a good manual on how to think productively? It’d be a right topic for a post.
I think this might be about right. I rarely have interesting insights while doing other things, but there was this one time where I was trying to fall asleep and suddenly figured out what the bug was in the code I had been working on a couple hours before. I had it down to the exact line that was wrong. But that’s very much the exception for me. I’d be interested in such a post.
I’ve spent some time studying research on how to think productively and I can say with some confidence that I am in fact doing it all wrong. Of course, I also have enough knowledge to be a master seducer and know all the techniques of a martial artist far beyond my meagre belt. Alas...
Some attempts at writing a good manual describe ways to promote the kind of relaxed dreamlike thinking described here and how to exploit it to best effect.