Occasionally here at Puzzled Daily, we like to answer questions rather than pose them. Today we thought we’d share a sure-fire way to clear your brain from all clutter. Seriously, busy minds, this works.
There’s an old Chinese saying we just made up, “To think of something, think of a bird. To think of nothing, think of a bird and cough syrup–at the same moment.”
When you try to think of two incompatible things at the same time, there is a kind of middle ground of nothingness that can really clear your head. Sure, if you get creative enough you can come with a reason why there’s a bird flying around with a bottle of cough syrup in its beak, but don’t. How easy is that! Here, let’s do an exercise.