Fun question:
How many thoughts do you remember from yesterday?
George Mack
Fun question:
How many thoughts do you remember from yesterday?
Most people struggle to recall any clear unique thought.
Data suggests humans have 10,000-20,000 thoughts per day.
The forgetting paradox: You forget how many things you forget... because you've forgotten them.
If you realized how many things you forget, you wouldn't have forgotten them.
When you hear transient thoughts in your head, it's easy to take them so seriously -- especially negative thoughts.
The human thinking experience is like meeting 10,000-20,000 people per day and worrying about each interaction, but then barely remembering anyone the next day.
If you're annoyed at a thought, remind yourself of the golden rule:
You probably won't remember this thought tomorrow.
It rug pulls the power that thought has over you.
If you have a noisy neighbor, it's hell. If you know the noisy neighbor will move out in 24 hours and you'll forget all your memories of them, it's heaven.
If our thoughts are so forgettable, why do we take them seriously in the present moment?
Reminder to self:
If you can't change the radio station in your head, remember a new radio station will be on tomorrow -- and you'll have no lasting memory of today's DJ.
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Fun question:
How many thoughts do you remember from yesterday?
Most people struggle to recall any clear unique thought.
Data suggests humans have 10,000-20,000 thoughts per day.
The forgetting paradox: You forget how many things you forget... because you've forgotten them.
If you realized how many things you forget, you wouldn't have forgotten them.
When you hear transient thoughts in your head, it's easy to take them so seriously -- especially negative thoughts.
The human thinking experience is like meeting 10,000-20,000 people per day and worrying about each interaction, but then barely remembering anyone the next day.
If you're annoyed at a thought, remind yourself of the golden rule:
You probably won't remember this thought tomorrow.
It rug pulls the power that thought has over you.
If you have a noisy neighbor, it's hell. If you know the noisy neighbor will move out in 24 hours and you'll forget all your memories of them, it's heaven.
If our thoughts are so forgettable, why do we take them seriously in the present moment?
Reminder to self:
If you can't change the radio station in your head, remember a new radio station will be on tomorrow -- and you'll have no lasting memory of today's DJ.
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