Walk
Go for a walk, and use the time to be mindful, daydream, visualize, or contemplate.
sometimes its difficult to get into a state of Mindfulness or Contemplation and you need a little help.
When our body isn’t moving, it can be difficult to get our mind moving; when our body is moving too much, it can be difficult to calm your mind.
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Walking leads to innovation, according to Ferris Jabr of The New Yorker: “Because we don’t have to devote much conscious effort to the act of walking, our attention is free to wander—to overlay the world before us with a parade of images from the mind’s theater. This is precisely the kind of mental state that studies have linked to innovative ideas and strokes of insight.”
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In his article “Designing Lively Scenarios With the Pattern Approach of Christopher Alexander”, Takashi Iba describes how Ludwig von Beethoven was most creative during walks: “…he brought blank scores and a pen on his walk, and wrote his ideas whenever he needed to.” He then explains that his creativity is a synergistic effect that emerges from combining the activities: “It is impossible to capture his creative activity as a whole when we consider his act of composing and walking as individual actions. That is because the liveliness of his creative activity comes from the interaction of his composing and walking.”
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Depending on the type of person you are or the kind of day you’re having, walking can either get your mind moving or force you to slow down so your mind can think more clearly.
Therefore:
Depending on your current energy, either get yourself up or slow yourself down and go for a walk. As you start your walk, decide how you want to spend your time: letting your mind wander, practicing mindfulness, contemplating a topic, or some other activity.
It can be tricky to maintain your Thought Flow while walking because it’s harder to write in a notebook, for instance, but you can still talk out loud, perhaps into a recording device, or you can stop periodically and empty your ideas into your Notebook