I noticed a trend a couple of weeks ago when I wrote about my running thoughts here: a lot of us write the perfect blog post in our heads while running, and then can’t for the life of us recall that perfect wording when we’re done!
It’s so frustrating, isn’t it?
What if we could somehow download those thoughts while running?
All my great ideas in one place!
Ever since this idea came to me, I’ve been wondering just how this could be engineered. I don’t think anyone would want to have something inserted into their head — I know I definitely wouldn’t.
What if it was a little pod, like the foot pods you use in your shoe — only it attached to a hat, visor, glasses or headband? Press a button and it’s quietly collecting your thoughts as you run. Come home, take it off, plug it into your computer and voila! Just think how your blog posts would improve!
Or maybe it’s an app on your phone. So maybe a pod that just connects with your phone, and all those thoughts are waiting for you when you’re done with your run. No more angst about forgetting stuff.
Creepy, right?
We all need our own space, and sometimes that’s just going inside our mind. A little mental vacation if you will. It would be too easy for someone to hack an app on your phone or steal your pod.
Final “Thoughts”
Running isn’t the only thing that allows thoughts to bubble up; I often get great ideas while meditating. That’s when the idea for this post came to me. I know almost everyone thinks meditating is about not thinking — nothing could be further from the truth!
In case you thought I was serious, just joking! The idea of someone actually being able to hack into my thoughts — because you know it would happen — is super creepy!
Want Alexa in your head?
Creeped out by the thought of someone getting into your thoughts somehow?
Did you think I was actually serious, LOL? Sometimes you gotta lighten up!
Linking up with Zenaida Arroyo and Kim @ Kookyrunner
This week I am also joining up with the new Runners’ Roundup linkup.
Chocolaterunsjudy 
Weird. I thought I just commented on today’s post.
But I can repeat what I said because it sort of applies.
I listen to podcasts. I need to stop thinking. Maybe because my job drains my brain.
Anyway I learn a lot listening to them.
I am the rare blogger that doesn’t think about my blog when I run.
But your phone can record messages so when you have an idea that you don’t want to forget, just record it. Lol
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I can’t hold my phone while running. I know so many but not me!
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I stop. I don’t either.
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Haha, Judy, it would be creepy, but also very convenient if something like that was possible!
I often get blog ideas when I’m lying in bed, just before I go to sleep. Thankfully, I usually manage to remember those thoughts the next morning. Not like after a run – I forget most of that!
Do you use Alexa?
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I NEVER remember dreams. Well, almost never.
Yes, we have & use Alexa.
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Haha!! Just imagine that, when you come in from your run – you sync your watch and phone to get the stats, and while doing that, your thoughts are automatically loaded onto the app, as well!! What a brilliant thought but yes creepy!
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Ooh, yay, just sync those thoughts in Garmin Connect. 🤣. Albert this should’ve been Ann April Fool’s post!
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Hahaha That would be great for the blog, but I tend to also think about life in general and people I know. Some of those thoughts are NOT something that needs to be recorded. LOL
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Well of course there would have to be a way to quickly erase some thoughts. 😉
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Great idea! I always think about blog posts on runs and have the perfect wording and then forget it all! It helps though as sometimes I’ll bounce ideas off of my running friends which helps (like for pet peeves, etc.)
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Crowd sourcing can be a great thing!
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Haha this would be creepy but SO very useful! There have been multiple times I have an idea for a blog post and then it just disappears as soon as I get home. I would love for a way to capture those thoughts instantly.
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It would be great to capture them to a pod that isn’t connected to a cloud somewhere. Seriously who wants more clouds? 🤣
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I have thought of grabbing my phone & recording certain things (like a video clip of my thoughts LOL), because I seldom remember the exact (perfect) wording by the time I have access to paper or computer. I know such devices exist (for doctors, etc.) to speak into, but I doubt they’d be very portable for a run. ooh, there’s an idea for a patent…a slim-line, portable, dictaphone LOL (or maybe it already exists?)
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I’ll bet that does exist!
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This would have been a good April 1 post!
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I know, right? Didn’t think about that til after I posted!
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I have alot of thoughts when I run that I forget about! I do think it would be helpful to have them recored somehow, but there are also times I just want to let me mind wander.
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I usually remember the ideas. It I write in my head — it’s so good— if I could only remember it!
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Ha that would be weird but stranger things have happened! I have come up with some great ideas on runs and chats on runs. Sometimes I stop and immediately make notes in my phone to remember. It’s kind of like when you wake from a dream and then can’t remember it
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I rarely remember dreams! I do sometimes stop & jot down notes.
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Hmm, I really could use something like this even if it’s kind of creepy. So many good ideas go to waste! Maybe just a mic connected to an app on your phone. You’d have to speak out loud, which is kind of weird but at least it’s not actually reading your thoughts.
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So many people already talk on their phones while walking. Although that’s also Olof my pet peeves!
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I was thinking you could just dictate into your iphone, but then speaking out loud isn’t the same thing as just letting your thoughts wander. It would probably be pretty funny if you could see a transcription of all your thoughts… it would be so random and you’d be like “what in the world is all this???”
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It might just be kind of scary knowing what I’m actually thinking. 🤣
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Hahaha! I have a lot of inside thoughts. And they should probably stay inside. Although sometimes I don’t “fix my face” quickly enough, so my thoughts are very clear.
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Sometimes I have a good poker face — I’m REALLY good at keeping secrets. Other times I don’t — I’m generally a really poor haggler. If I want it, I want it!
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Man do I wish there was a way to do this! I constantly have thoughts I want to save and I rarely remember them if I don’t write them down right away.
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Well if you figure out how to do it, I will help you patent it. 😉 It needs to be water-proof too, for all those brilliant ideas I have in the shower.
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I rarely have ideas in the shower but you’re right cause I certainly get rained on on the run. Although I must admit to often cherry picking when I run. I might even Eritrea post about that!
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I sometimes quickly use voice to text on my phone to record ideas I have. My brain always has the best ideas when I’m not actively thinking!
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I almost never leave voice memos on my phone. I don’t know why!
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That is definitely a great idea! I run with my phone but don’t carry it in my hand (I use a Koala Clip). Sometimes I write it down on paper but that only works when I remember what I was going to write. 🙂
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I usually have my phone in a pocket somewhere — never in my hand though.
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Have you checked out the Koala Clip? I have a couple and I could send you one if you want.
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Thanks but no thanks! Having my phone in my pocket works well for me. Luckily I don’t have a big phone.
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