Okay so a lot of this blog has been about critical thinking and Ai Weiwei and this whole idea of just being more aware. But I feel like I should do more to help with that. I’ve talked a lot about thinking for yourself and I haven’t explained my process for going through that so today I wanted to look at a tool I use and challenge you to use it as well.

Headspace is an app that I have been using for awhile now that has helped me just clear thoughts up and form them. It is guided meditation on your phone or tablet and it starts out with just 10 minutes of your day. Why is this important? Because it’s hard to really understand and form thoughts and analyze them if your brain is constantly twisted into a pretzel. It helps to take time away every day to just relax and see what’s going on up there.

It’s also great for your soul, which gives off a hippie vibe but I totally believe it to be true. Headspace really makes me feel better on a daily basis and it feels like a weight is lifted off my shoulders after I’m done with it.

So how does it work? Well there are levels to it. To start, you lay down or sit down somewhere with your phone and for ten minutes, it guides you through meditation. It tells you when to breathe, what to focus on, where to relax, all in a soothing Australian accent. I think it’s Australian. It’s a cool accent. Then as you become more accomplished at meditating, you can start to pick what you want to focus on. Maybe you just want to meditate for twenty minutes, or maybe you want to focus on relieving stress or building up mental stamina, there’s plans in place for those things as well.

So I’m here today telling you to go get some head space. It only takes ten minutes and it’s incredibly valuable to being a better thinker.