How to Avoid Getting Lost in Thought
Say you’re walking through Death Valley, trying to find your way back to the highway. Luckily you’ve got a good paper map. As you walk, you scan the territory around you for landmarks. You see some large-scale details: hills, rock formations, and gullies. Also some minute ones: pebbles, gangly plants, trails through the dust where snakes have been. These smaller
How to Avoid Getting Lost in Thought Switch to mobile version Raptitude.com Menu About Archives Experiments Courses Contact Best posts RSS How to Avoid Getting Lost in Thought { comments closed } 99 Facebook Email 1 Pinterest Reddit Share 100 SHARES Say you’re walking through Death Valley, trying to find your way back to the highway. Luckily you’ve got a good paper map. As you walk, you scan the territory around you for landmarks. You see some large-scale details: hills, rock formations, and gullies. Also some minute ones: pebbles, gangly plants, trails through the dust where snakes have been.
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