Wednesday
Dec022009
Pavlov's Writer - Training yourself to Write
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 9:04PM For the first half of the month I did fairly well, every time I was able to sit down to try to write I wrote. Halfway through the month that stopped working, I had trouble writing and kept getting stuck. I just realized why. I'd trained myself, just as Pavlov trained his dog, to write on cue. Specifically, this cue. Whenever I listen to that pandora station now I have the urge to write and, if I am at a computer, actually do so. I'd also stopped listening to it around half way through the month.
I've trained myself to write on cue. Woof.
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That's wild! Very perceptive and insightful. I was thinking not too long ago about the relationship between environment and activity - how certain places may remind you of specific events. It makes sense.
Also, great Pandora station! Wow! =D
Nice! I love piano and John Fluker sodding rocks!
I enjoy Delerium when I need a kick in the pants.
Concerning the anchor (cue) you mentioned, they teach those in many styles of psychology. You can use them for almost anything: confidence, focus, breaking state, changing a bad habit (smoking, chewing your nails, etc), and just about any mental pattern. It's simply a powerful and obvious (once you see it) way to access the deeper workings of your brain and establish or break routines.
Tee hee, listening to Fluker really got my brain juices going. So I keep heading back to share notes. Here's another great one for piano music (try the free html stream): http://www.solopianoradio.com/
Yeah, it's actually entirely because of Pandora that I found John Fluker. I was aware of the whole anchor concept on a general scale but I'd never really used it on myself before, it actually works pretty well.
Yeah, Fluker's good for the brain juices. I'll have to check out solopianoradio.com when I get home later, always looking for good piano music.