An Organised Off

Switch it off.

Most of us know that our computers need switching off from time to time.

And we’ve all had that moment when we turned our phone off, then noticed how much faster it feels after you switch it back on.

But for those among us passionate about our work, there’s one device we forget to switch off to reap the rewards.

Our brains.

It’s harder than turning off the computer. It’s harder than turning off the phone (though many among us find that difficult, too!) It’s hard because it requires another place to go inside… an organised mind that can reconcile its affairs before “leaving it alone” for a while, without coming back to a mess on your return.

Marcus Aurelius challenges us in his journals to know our own thoughts, such that we could at any point give an immediate and confident answer to the question, “What are you thinking?”

With an organised mind, not only do we know our own thoughts. But we can keep an organised mind.

And an organised mind is the ultimate hack for switching off.