{"id":4917,"date":"2025-06-16T17:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:52:57","slug":"on-attention-instinct-being-alone-in-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/on-attention-instinct-being-alone-in-nature","title":{"rendered":"On attention, instinct &amp; being alone in nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"article-beginning\">This is our weekly inspiration roundup, where we share a few things that moved us or made us think this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here's what's on our minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad The beauty of being alone in nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/c8ULrnlKlE8bmtFvyYqgsx.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/c8ULrnlKlE8bmtFvyYqgsx.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/c8ULrnlKlE8bmtFvyYqgsx-300x286.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/c8ULrnlKlE8bmtFvyYqgsx-768x732.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kosaCVkRmNweDNj2gicydA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kosaCVkRmNweDNj2gicydA.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kosaCVkRmNweDNj2gicydA-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kosaCVkRmNweDNj2gicydA-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kosaCVkRmNweDNj2gicydA-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7f7dclA8Lb4c4l7bXil6Yp-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7f7dclA8Lb4c4l7bXil6Yp-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7f7dclA8Lb4c4l7bXil6Yp-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7f7dclA8Lb4c4l7bXil6Yp-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7f7dclA8Lb4c4l7bXil6Yp.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fwSxKibp0U8cTw93fT1VSP.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fwSxKibp0U8cTw93fT1VSP.webp 1000w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fwSxKibp0U8cTw93fT1VSP-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fwSxKibp0U8cTw93fT1VSP-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fwSxKibp0U8cTw93fT1VSP-768x769.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Right click an image to save it to your mind. On mobile, long press and share it to the mymind app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad This quote from Bob Dylan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_2ckfb3b91\">\u201cAnd it dawned on me that I might have to change my inner thought patterns\u2026 that I would have to start believing in possibilities that I wouldn\u2019t have allowed before, that I had been closing my creativity down to a very narrow, controllable scale\u2026 that things had become too familiar and I might have to disorient myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Highlight the text, quotation marks included, to save this to your mind as a quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad\u00a0The magic of our gut instinct<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0WOWP6ComT2gqKaw7RYtXu-787x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0WOWP6ComT2gqKaw7RYtXu-787x1024.jpeg 787w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0WOWP6ComT2gqKaw7RYtXu-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0WOWP6ComT2gqKaw7RYtXu-768x999.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0WOWP6ComT2gqKaw7RYtXu.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Search \u201ctrust\u201d or \u201cintuition\u201d to find this later in your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad This article about how color is disappearing from our world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jvEpNbFGs4WceJhKXcDWam.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jvEpNbFGs4WceJhKXcDWam.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jvEpNbFGs4WceJhKXcDWam-300x165.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jvEpNbFGs4WceJhKXcDWam-768x423.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/colour-shape-using-computer-vision-to-explore-the-science-museum-c4b4f1cbd72c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the article \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Click the + button in your browser to save this article, and mymind will save a clean copy without all the ads and clutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And speaking of color\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad Our cheerful new phone wallpaper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jZHDUzmIax8dDhF26OI6Y4-copy-772x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jZHDUzmIax8dDhF26OI6Y4-copy-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jZHDUzmIax8dDhF26OI6Y4-copy-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jZHDUzmIax8dDhF26OI6Y4-copy-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jZHDUzmIax8dDhF26OI6Y4-copy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/artworks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download it for free here \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad How we never have to organize again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJj2B2HxVHg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Because now our brain has a search bar (:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next week, take care of your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJj2B2HxVHg\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is our weekly inspiration roundup, where we share a few things that moved us or made us think this week. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s on our minds. \ud83d\udcad The beauty of being alone in nature Right click an image to save it to your mind. 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