Dileep Kushwaha

The winter air is crisp and the holiday lights are twinkling. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, full of warmth, joy, and good cheer.

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Found a study that reports, walking enhances creativity.

Here is a summary:

• People have noted that walking seems to have a special relation to creativity
• Among the 48 participants, 81% improved their creative output when walking
• If we ignore the criteria of appropriateness and non-repetition, a notable finding is that participants produced roughly 50% more total ideas when walking
• While the long-term effects of aerobic activity may be general, the concurrent effects of mild physical activity were selective to divergent thinking
• For Barron’s symbolic equivalence task (BSE), 100% of those who walked outside generated at least one novel high-quality analogy compared with 50% of those seated inside

TLDR: Walking had a large effect on creativity. Most of the participants benefited from walking compared with sitting, and the average increase in creative output was around 60%.

“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (1889)

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• Peaceful mood
• Journaling
• Reading
• Blog post

Tasks: Work on a long-form article on silicon chips and attend a wedding in the evening.

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Met a couple of people from Shillong at one of my best buddy’s weddings. Feeling nostalgic. Winter sun, local oranges, and Christmas rum cakes are the best things to find in Shillong at this time of the year.

I was just exploring AI and to my surprise, they can create excellent poem. Here is one generated by it:

As I walk through the streets of Shillong, I see the pine trees tall and strong, Their branches reaching for the sky, A sight that fills my heart with joy.

Their needles green and sharp as blades, They stand as sentinels, unafraid, Of the wind and rain that lash and beat, Their roots dig deep, a sturdy feat.

The scent of pine is in the air, A refreshing aroma, pure and fair, It fills my lungs and calms my soul, As I stroll beneath the trees, I feel whole.

The pine trees of Shillong, oh how grand, They stand as a reminder of nature’s hand, A reminder to cherish and protect, The beauty and wonder that we reflect.

So here’s to the pine trees of Shillong, A symbol of strength and belonging, May they stand tall for all to see, A reminder of the beauty that can be.

Test out how good the AI has become: https://chat.openai.com/chat

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Seriousness is Boring, Fun is in Creativity!!!

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