I’m married and have kids so there’s always something going on in my life and I don’t get many opportunities for “peace and quiet”.
What works wonders for me is swimming. I only do front crawl so I’m basically staring at the bottom of the pool for the entire duration of the swim. It’s incredibly boring. But something happens in my head, I can just think better. I will often take a problem from work and mull it over in the water, and very often I come up with either a solution or otherwise put it in perspective or some other strategy to deal with it.
Highly recommend. Also at my age (mid-40s), some form of movement that is gentle on the joints is appreciated.
Beginner question, do you use a snorkel for this? I’d love to get into regular swimming
myself but not sure if I’d be a dork showing up at the pool with a snorkel. Freestyling with the breathing movements would take too much focus I think.
Sorry, I guess that was confusing. I still turn my head at 3 or 5 strokes to breathe. But with some routine, the breathing movements become second nature and it feels like I’m looking down most of the time.
But I do see other swimmers use a snorkel mask for a few of their sets.
What works wonders for me is swimming. I only do front crawl so I’m basically staring at the bottom of the pool for the entire duration of the swim. It’s incredibly boring. But something happens in my head, I can just think better. I will often take a problem from work and mull it over in the water, and very often I come up with either a solution or otherwise put it in perspective or some other strategy to deal with it.
Highly recommend. Also at my age (mid-40s), some form of movement that is gentle on the joints is appreciated.