Cue of not rationalizing: I find myself thinking new thoughts, hearing new ideas (if talking to someone else), and making updates I’m interested in—even if they aren’t about the specific decision I’m trying to make. The experience feels like walking through a forest looking around, and being pleasantly surprised by parts of my surroundings (“oh! maybe that is why clothes with buttons and folds and detail are more fashionable”).
Cue of not rationalizing: I find myself thinking new thoughts, hearing new ideas (if talking to someone else), and making updates I’m interested in—even if they aren’t about the specific decision I’m trying to make. The experience feels like walking through a forest looking around, and being pleasantly surprised by parts of my surroundings (“oh! maybe that is why clothes with buttons and folds and detail are more fashionable”).