The Thought Experiment That Made My Day

(and Might Make Yours, Too)

I recently heard a stat that I’ve encountered a dozen times before—that we have something like 6,000 thoughts each day, most of which are repetitive.

This time, the stat stuck with me and I found myself observing my thoughts through the lens of “is this an old thought or a new thought?”

Within short order I was laughing at myself … because not a single th…