There’s usually an escape hatch.
Like most red blooded engineers, I sometimes get overly analytical about a situation or problem that I am facing. I’ll think myself into a corner and have a hard time finding my way out. Today I fixed that.
I closed my laptop, went for a stroll in a nearby park, sat down on a bench, cleared my mind for a bit and before I knew it the solution was right in front of me.
It’s important to give yourself an escape hatch. Alternative solutions come from alternative thinking.
Same thing happened to me today. Stuck on small nitpicking details, motivation went down so I closed the laptop, went to do laundry... :) anything away from the computer can be an escape hatch !
Absolutely! Glad you found some refuge. 🏝
Naps, long walks, and meditation do wonders.
I think being away from concrete low- level things like text, images, docs etc helps you focus on the high-level ideas, assumptions, or aims.
Yup I do the same thing. Usually the answer comes out of nowhere, not from sitting in front of my screen and agonizing over it.