Interesting things to do while driving

[mattbell]

Commuting is a huge time suck.  I don't enjoy the act of driving, when it's taking me down the same road I've been a thousand times before. 

I often listen to books on CD or podcasts.  However, sometimes that experience feels too passive.  I want to do something more expressive and active.  Of course, it can't involve spatial reasoning because I need that section of my brain to focus on the driving activities.

I've thought about:
1.  Learning to sing
2.  Changing how I breathe (apparently there are lots of advantages to learning to automatically breathe from the bottom of your chest)
3.  Some sort of mindfulness exercise.

Any ideas?

Comments

[veleda.livejournal.com]

I think mindfulness exercises would take your mind off of driving..as it requires more complete attention.


learning to sing could be fun. Learning a new language could be good too.

[patrissimo.livejournal.com]

Kegels?

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

Dude. That's some clever thinking.

[kimeidoplex.livejournal.com]

You could listen to the Art of Breathing by Gay Hendricks

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

Do you have it?

[kimeidoplex.livejournal.com]

Hmm- I have it on Itunes. I'll try burning it to a CD and bring it tomorrow.

This is the second time this has come up in the last few days

[tinkerbell-mk.livejournal.com]

I went through a period of getting highly stressed in traffic. I started blowing bubbles to get out of it and it really changed my driving experience. It made it really humanizing and started a lot of (positive) interactions with those around me. It was a neat way to pass the time, both because blowing bubbles is awesome and because it totally changes the mindset of driving as a solitary activity. (At least that was true for me.)

Re: This is the second time this has come up in the last few days

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

You blew bubbles out the window?

Re: This is the second time this has come up in the last few days

[tinkerbell-mk.livejournal.com]

and the sun roof, actually primarily the sun roof and also the window, but that's just being nit picky.

What are you doing up?