But it seems that the best ways to give your diffuse mode a chance to work out a difficult problem are through activities like sleeping, exercising, or going for a ride in a vehicle.
The best way to allow your brain to work in diffuse mode is by doing activities: taking a walk, exercising, sleeping, etc.
“All the names I’ve called you through the years—my chick, my pumpkin, precious dove, darling, sweetheart, dinky, smudge … I know why the Jews and Muslims have nine hundred names for God; one small word is not enough for love.”
― Voyager
― Voyager
“Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, why is my honor not a suitable exchange for your life?”
― Outlander
― Outlander
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