"Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder."
-Stephen Chbosky, "Perks of Being a Wallflower"
For some, clarity can occur when your mind and body feel somewhat of a disconnect from the everyday grind. Whether you're on vacation or somewhere local, in that moment--answers to your questions begin to flood your mind and everything seems to fit together so easily...... Like pieces of a puzzle. Clarity. For me, I've recently discovered it occurs the most during motion.
Whether I'm in a car, plane, or train--most of my thoughts occur during some form of movement. During my drive to work, or on my way home, multiple images are flying through my mind when I hear a favorite song. But what I find myself doing the most during this time is creating. Creating ideas that I want to happen. Some ideas are big, others are small. Heck, I have this horrible habit of changing my lesson plans on my way to work because I think of something different. Is this normal? Maybe it's just the writer in me....
Either way, one thing is for sure: it's the brief break from the everyday that brings me to an entirely different level of thinking.
I'm curious, what gets your wheel spinning?
