Count the clicks, not the thoughts

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  1. 0:00When thoughts keep running
  2. 0:06A click for every stretch
  3. 0:14Count on the way up
  4. 0:23And on the way back
  5. 0:30Slower, further apart

When your thoughts keep running, give your mind something small to count. Slide your thumb slowly: every short stretch, there's a click.

Count them on the way up, then on the way back. Lost count? Start again at one. Go slower, and the clicks come further apart.

Try it

  • Gravitational Violin suits it: its clicks come evenly.
  • Count in your head, one number per click.
  • Slide slower, and there is more room between the clicks.

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Transcript

When thoughts keep running

  1. 0:00When your thoughts keep running,
  2. 0:02give your mind something small to count.

A click for every stretch

  1. 0:06Slide your thumb, slowly.
  2. 0:09Every short stretch,
  3. 0:10there's a click.

Count on the way up

  1. 0:14Count them on the way up.
  2. 0:20Lost count? Start again at one.

And on the way back

  1. 0:23And again, on the way back.

Slower, further apart

  1. 0:30Go slower, and the clicks come further apart.