(comic) Thinking on your feet https://workchronicles.substack.com/p/comic-thinking-on-your-feet

[pacovelobs@mamot.fr]

@workchronicles
So much this !
Oh dear yes !

My dog is my best colleague.

(And no, it's not a border colleague)

[metacosm@mastodon.social]

@PacoVelobs @workchronicles also: showers!

[flamekebab@toot.wales]

@workchronicles I do this at work all the time. On Monday I was relaxing in a coffee shop for a while doing no work. Came back to my desk a while later and hit flow state, smashed the problem.

A huge chunk of my work is getting my brain to the state where I can quickly solve a problem. Time spent not working is literally some of the most valuable for solving a problem.

[cleuss@mastodon.social]

@workchronicles I prefer taking a shower instead of a walk. Which is also why I have a whiteboard in my bathroom.

[maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza]

@Flamekebab @workchronicles In my experience, both parts of the process are needed. You sit, and think about the thing, turn it over in your mind, predigest it, in a way, then go out and give your back-brain a chance to process it without you.

[flamekebab@toot.wales]

@maccruiskeen I was thinking more about when my brain is tired from a previous problem and I know I've got another one to tackle. I could sit at my desk getting more tired and frustrated or I could do something that gets me back to a good state.

On Monday it was rewriting MP4 boxes with dynamic values based on various inputs. I needed a bit of a mental run up, so to speak!

[kopio@mas.to]

@workchronicles

Idle walking helps me think.

[issacsamor@mastodon.social]

@workchronicles too accurate 🤪

[softicecreamlesley@famichiki.jp]

@metacosm @PacoVelobs @workchronicles YES!

[ralph@hear-me.social]

@workchronicles

#alttext

Four panel cartoon with two stick people siting at computers.
Panel 1:
Person B: I REALLY NEED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
Panel 2:
Person A: WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
Person B: FOR A WALK.
Panel 3:
Person A: I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
Panel 4:
Person B: YES. THAT'S WHY I'M GOING FOR A WALK.

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[neuromancer@bonn.social]

@workchronicles
Stupid little walk for my stupid mental health! 🫶🏻