Human minds run on stories. Identity is the stories you tell about yourself. At least that is what I hear. I kept my identity small.
I can relate to your description of how ‘natural’ chunks of time influence how you think in them. Recognizing common features of a day, a week, an episode like a walk, is what the brain is good at. And also providing the relevant (more salient) thoughts and memories and associations in these situations.
I can less relate to there being a different mood at the start or end of an episode. Except in so far as the border of the episode or situation requires naturally a change of gears. going to sleep making sure to set the alarm to a proper time for the schedule of the next day (and thus thinking of the next day). Or collecting your thoughts of the day—whether to appreciate (and thus reinforce) good things or to memorize things before they are lost to sleep.
Human minds run on stories. Identity is the stories you tell about yourself. At least that is what I hear. I kept my identity small.
I can relate to your description of how ‘natural’ chunks of time influence how you think in them. Recognizing common features of a day, a week, an episode like a walk, is what the brain is good at. And also providing the relevant (more salient) thoughts and memories and associations in these situations.
I can less relate to there being a different mood at the start or end of an episode. Except in so far as the border of the episode or situation requires naturally a change of gears. going to sleep making sure to set the alarm to a proper time for the schedule of the next day (and thus thinking of the next day). Or collecting your thoughts of the day—whether to appreciate (and thus reinforce) good things or to memorize things before they are lost to sleep.