Walking: Take a Walk That Will Reboot Your Brain

obmar · Walking: Take a Walk That Will Reboot Your Brain

Walking: Take a Walk That Will Reboot Your Brain
from Lifehacker by Annalee Newitz

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If you're suffering from the dreaded Brainlock Syndrome, in which all attempts to think are met with failure, you need to get out of your chair and take a walk. But how to take a walk that will get those creative ideas bouncing? Urban design expert Geoff Manaugh, editor of BLDG BLOG, thinks a lot about how cityscapes inspire people. He offers Lifehacker three tips for taking a mind-expanding stroll:

1. Don't weigh yourself down. Leave the briefcase and the backpack at home. If you need to write something down, bring one piece of paper and a pen. If you fill that piece of paper, then you've had a productive walk.

2. Take a strange route around a familiar area. Focus on the idea that you'll never see these buildings and spaces in the same order again.

3. The best walks involve pauses. Don't be afraid to linger—on a park bench, in a bookstore, at a friend's house, even inside Urban Outfitters.

The main idea, he emphasizes, is to take your time and look at your world from a new angle. If you can't spare a lot of time, a good walk can "be five minutes long," Manaugh says. Just remember to take that piece of paper with you so you can jot down stray thoughts. Photo by dAVIDb1.

Blue1moon

I have used a walk in the woods as a stress reliever most of my adult life.
The woods is such a calming, ever-interesting, and beautiful place - in all seasons.

The Inquisitor

I believe this was the picture you were looking for, obmar

I strongly recommend taking a walk through uncharted areas. It is very refreshing. I prefer different countries to do this as they provide the greatest amount of uncharted lands

obmar

I did a lot of walking when I was in Vancouver and Wellington.

The Inquisitor

Exactly,

That's how I find the most startling and colorful pictures I've taken. Getting up early and galavanting around lesser known sites, just about anything becomes photogenic.

obmar

I have got some photos that my son and me took while in Singapore.

It must be somewhere.

I put it up if I could locate them.

Yes, It was nice to walk in a city with the son.

The Inquisitor