[tylee78]

Happens to me all the time. I am working on a piece of code in the afternoon, and can't move forward or looking to identify a bug or optimizing some algorithm - wasting hours. After a meditation session I walk back to the computer screen, take a seat, and my hand clicks around the tabs, my fingers scroll around, my eye catches one obscure line of code which is EXACTLY where the problem sits. I had this happen so many times, it's a given by now. The article (and I am sure all who do meditate) shares the same kind of experience.

[thirdtruck]

I can second this. I can't begin to count the number of times that spending five minutes walking and with my mind on anything but a given problem has lead to the recognition of a major time-saving change in plans.

Think of it as pulling off of the highway for a minute to check your map instead of trying to unfold it in front of your steering wheel.