Committee of Sleep and Committee of Waking

The committee of sleep and the committee of waking are nearly the same as FLOW. I used to wonder how writing or practicing my instrument was better when focused for a specific time ten minutes, 15 minutes 30 or 90. Whatever is possible and then I'd let go and walk or swim or cook and my brain would be cogitating on the back burner. This is true for so much in life. But if we measure everything as our society loves to do we miss the point and the opportunity to really LEARN and GROW.

“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.”

― John Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday