Scuttle Buttin'
Demons at bay
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I listen to music or a podcast while getting ready often, but sometimes I will just be with my thoughts. There have been plenty of times I've worked out issues I've had with a story. I've had some of my best ideas in the shower or bath.
My problem mainly is that I can't really shut my brain off, and I get tired of the flow of random thoughts.
It's also why it bugs me sometimes when people will ask me what I'm thinking, because there's always an answer they're hoping for, and it's rarely going to be what they get from me. I've said before that I'm just as likely to be thinking about elk in Montana as I am about something going on right then.
I don't think it'd ADD or something like that, I can focus when I need to or when there's something specific to focus on, but.. in the shower, washing dishes, cooking, doing yard work, any of those types of things, I often have headphones on or just music playing because I'd rather let my mind be occupied with that than with elk in Montana. It's also why I fall asleep watching something, because my mind will not shut off if I don't. All those things that say your room should be dark and quiet in order to sleep make me laugh. I would take forever to fall asleep that way.
Though I will say that I don't have any real way to listen to anything in the shower here, and it's where I've come up with a lot of the ideas for my Odyssey thread.
*blinks* Apparently I should write a book about this. Other than the one I just did, I mean.