How I Think I Think

I like to think. I think you do to, but do you think like I think. Perhaps the most puzzling question I have ever asked myself is, "How do other people think?" I can't answer this question right now, so instead I'm just going to write about how I think about everything. For one thing I am always thinking, I literally can't stop thinking. I assume other people are like me in this way, but I almost feel like the highest a human can succeed spirituality is to be able to not think. I'm not talking about being stupid, but being able to just go blank and only be stuck to the mortal world through their senses.

A lot of how I think is through me closing my eyes, and being in the quiet. I almost make a path in my mind, with me going through it like a slideshow, trying to find the specific memory I'm looking for. This technique I have found I can almost never use if there I have my eyes open, or if there is noise in the background.

When I am alone, especially when I am bored, I start to categorize everything based on the reward for doing it and the consequences or risks I entail by dong it. What is the reward for walking through that puddle, and what is the risk (Ex: for the puddle-Reward: momentary fun, Risk: soaked shoes. The strange thing is that 9 times out of ten even if the reward is minuscule and the consequences for my action real I still do it like in the puddle scenario. When I am talking with people I often plan out what I am gonna say, but if someone asks me a question my response is weird. If it is a simple question I already know the answer to I just tell them, but if I don't have the answer I go through a very weird process. EX: For a math problem-- First I start by stating what I already know until my voice and explanation goes past what I have figured out . Next as I let my brain catch up to my mouth I start to go down a path with my voice that I know won't really work, but for some reason lets me understand the problem. During this time when I am not really saying anything important I am figuring out the answer to the question. In this example of the math problem I would then tell them to scratch the last half things they've done and go back the point where I actually knew what I was doing. I then try to explain my thought process, but even when I know what to do I have had trouble with me not being able to explain it to them well.

My organizational techniques are often criticized, but they generally work for me(My technique is basically shove all papers into my backpack and use no binders). I think it works for me because like when I was looking for a memory, I often have snapshots of pictures of where I put things in my backpack. 16 minutes has gone so I have to say goodbye, but that's a snapshot of how I think, and please have a super awesome day!