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I think out loud

I develop my thoughts as I say them. I always have, even from a young age. Both my parents do it, so maybe that explains it? It helps me reason about complicated things. I generally come up with a better plan when I think through thoughts out loud.

If I'm:

coding
brainstorming
planning

I'm probabblllyy talking to myself.

My brain is plugged directly into a speaker that's always turned on.

Recently, at 25 years old, I realized I'm super annoying to other people when I do this. I guess I thought everyone else was interested in what I was thinking? (stupid, I know)

My loving fiancée helped me realize others can't focus while I'm ruminating over details of a project or planning out what my next week is going to look like, all audibly.

This should have been obvious, right?

Except it's not - not to most of us. A few of us live with someone like me; someone who continually talks out loud and says things you probably aren't that interested in. But all of us carry something with us that does the same thing - our phones.

I turned off my Gmail notifications

I just turned off unread badges for gmail and I’ve never felt more calm.

Happy Monday. pic.twitter.com/YcSWgAPXHH

— Drew Bredvick (@dbredvick) November 25, 2019

I thought it was going to be a big deal.

I thought I was going to miss something important.

I thought wrong.