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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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We tried growing trees in glass domes and they grew so good. Like damn. Nothing to challenge them.
But oops. Brittle as fuck. They hadn't even been exposed to wind.
Friction is necessary for sturdy growth.
Take the risk. Failure is ultimately better than complacency.
Wow. I’ve never considered why we don’t do this and it’s amazing it works out to such a beautiful metaphor.
You can find it kind of more meaningfully in folks who accomplish crazy things recounting their trials.
One guy who swam the English channel like a couple dozen times explained, from memory
...that you have to start at night to avoid freightliners. So you swim toward blackness. And like 4 hours in, youve accidentally drank so much seawater, you're vomiting. Not sure which way is back to safety. Might as well press on.
And later the sun breaks the sky and it feels like relief even though there's still no land in sight and your limbs are cramping.
And the feeling of swimming to shore, getting your feet underneath you on solid ground... Addicted. Like speed running a whole emotional lifetime overnight.
Do the hard thing. Take off the guardrails. Press on through the night. The sun will rise. Find solid ground.