Yes, you read that title perfectly correct.
Wouldn’t that be awesome though?
Just pushing all our thoughts away from our brains but still having access to them whenever we wanted to.
Imagine what we could use the remaining brain capacity for then…
Well, what if I tell you that there is actually a way to do this?
I’ve been doing it for a while now and my brain feels amazing.
It’s a bit annoying and boring at first but trust me, you’ll be more present and your ability to focus improves drastically.
It’s got nothing to do with any cloud services or computers, but the principle is the same.
What is it then?
Journaling, sort of.
Not as fun as you thought?
But it works.
It’s called brain dumping.
So, for the last couple of months, I’ve been doing this 3 times every single day.
Sitting down and for the next 10-15 minutes writing down every single thought in my small notebook, usually get to fill one page.
Without worrying about grammar or using the right spelling.
No sentence structure whatsoever.
Just simply right down whatever is on your mind currently.
Your brain switches thoughts very quickly and so should you.
Be sure to write it by hand or it will not have the same effect.
Remember, we’re trying to reduce the number of screens we use.
And for it to be even more powerful, you should look at your previous sessions to remember any thought that might be of importance.
If you’re willing to take this a step even further, you can rewrite and organize the thoughts into categories to make them even more accessible and memorable later.
How far you go is up to you.
I only did the dumping part when starting off to get the routine going and later introduced the rewriting and organizing parts.
It was sufficient for me at the time because I wanted to use my time on other things.
But when gotten used to, it was easier to expand upon this even more.
There’s always going to be some thoughts of not having enough time or thinking that you don’t need this.
Those thoughts are the ones stopping you from living the way you want.
Because, to get to a new point in your life, you have to put in new work.
I challenge you to do it for a week.
See how you feel afterwards.
Doesn’t have to be 3 times a day.
Doesn’t have to be 10-15 minutes.
You decide your own strategy and the easiest way is certainly to start off small.
I have an alarm going every 5 hours to remind me that it’s time for this.
I was so into the things I did that I often forgot about the time and skipped doing it entirely.
And also, having an alarm takes off even more pressure from your brain because it then doesn’t have to constantly think of the time and remember things.
Your alarm goes when it goes and you just do what you do until then.
Brain dumping helped me drastically reduce burden on my brain.
But done with other sorts of mindfulness activities, is when you’ll see the most amount of change.
Like, after my sessions of dumping thoughts, I take a 10-minute break and doing nothing, just staring into the roof when lying down and letting my brain think even more.
It might seem intimidating and time-consuming, but it’s totally worth it.
I used a very small notebook and filled one page with my thoughts, and I still noticed a difference.
My point is, you don’t have to go all out from the get-go because then it will be hard to keep the routine going.
Think big but act small and expand as you go.
You wouldn’t be here if you thought everything was perfect in your life, so why not give it a try?
I was questioning everything at one point and found no answers to any of it.
But then I stopped asking questions and just did things instead, and that is when I found my answers.
We’re so busy, stressed out and distracted today that our brains have real trouble keeping up.
Do yourself and your brain a favor and at least try it out.
If it’s not for you, fine, you tried.
But until you try, you have no saying.