05/01/2026
The first Monday of 2026 and my brain is full of thoughts and ideas for the year aheadā¦Have you ever stood on a pebbly beach and noticed how many shapes, colours, and textures sit beneath your feet?
Our minds are surprisingly similar.
The human brain generates roughly 80,000 thoughts a day, thousands of mental āpebbles,ā each with its own weight and edge. Some are smooth and harmless, others feel sharp or intrusive, just like the tide, your brain keeps them moving, shifting, tumbling, sorting.
Neuroscience shows that much of this mental activity is automatic.
The brainās default mode network is constantly scanning, evaluating, imagining, predicting. Itās busy by design, not broken.
The skill lies in learning which thoughts deserve our attentionā¦ and which can simply roll back into the sea.
If you ever feel overwhelmed by the noise, remember:
You donāt have to pick up every pebble.
You can choose where to place your focus.
So today I return to work slow and steadyā¦
Enjoy your day! šš
