Lena studies what happens in our heads when we walk without a destination. We walked the Ecola loop and talked about wandering minds, and why good ideas wait until you stop chasing them.
Show notes
Lena runs a lab that studies attention, and she’s spent the last six years strapping sensors to people and sending them out for walks. We met at the Ecola trailhead on a gray Tuesday and took the long loop.
What we talk about
Why a slow walk changes the way you think, and why a fast one doesn’t. The difference between focused attention and the soft, wandering kind. How long it takes a mind to settle once the phone is in your pocket (longer than you’d hope).
Recorded on the Clatsop Loop, Ecola State Park.
