Miserum
Well-known member
I've been trying this out recently.
You talk to yourself 5-10 minutes at a time daily, literally about ANYTHING.
By doing so you are training yourself to freely talk about whatever, and make connections to different topics more easily.
This state of conversational flow can be applied to conversations with others.
Example Talking to Myself
"Look at that fat dog. Dogs are supposed to be healthy and limber like their wolf cousins. My cousin is taller than me, about 6'5 and plays basketball. He could be a professional basketball player, like Michael Jordan. And arguably, MJ is the best bball player of all time. But he's not the only cool MJ, what about Michael Jackson? Oh yeah, his music is great, especially that song Thriller. Speaking of thrillers, that movie Split was quite good. It was scary but intriguing and took place in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is cool, I've never been there but there's a lot of history there. The Declaration of Independence was adopted there in 1776. But, I'm not adopted. I have biological parents in my life. My dad really likes building stuff and my mom likes art. I tried drawing for a little bit but it wasn't for me. I'm more of a music guy. I love the piano, even if I'm just a novice."
The topics are random but the connections are there, as you can see, but the goal is to eventually be able to relate new things to whoever you're speaking to quickly. It makes your conversation more flexible, less stressful, and probably more interesting.
You can also practice it as a conversation with yourself instead of a stream of thought, like I did above. And if you can't do it out loud, do it in your head.
You talk to yourself 5-10 minutes at a time daily, literally about ANYTHING.
By doing so you are training yourself to freely talk about whatever, and make connections to different topics more easily.
This state of conversational flow can be applied to conversations with others.
Example Talking to Myself
"Look at that fat dog. Dogs are supposed to be healthy and limber like their wolf cousins. My cousin is taller than me, about 6'5 and plays basketball. He could be a professional basketball player, like Michael Jordan. And arguably, MJ is the best bball player of all time. But he's not the only cool MJ, what about Michael Jackson? Oh yeah, his music is great, especially that song Thriller. Speaking of thrillers, that movie Split was quite good. It was scary but intriguing and took place in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is cool, I've never been there but there's a lot of history there. The Declaration of Independence was adopted there in 1776. But, I'm not adopted. I have biological parents in my life. My dad really likes building stuff and my mom likes art. I tried drawing for a little bit but it wasn't for me. I'm more of a music guy. I love the piano, even if I'm just a novice."
The topics are random but the connections are there, as you can see, but the goal is to eventually be able to relate new things to whoever you're speaking to quickly. It makes your conversation more flexible, less stressful, and probably more interesting.
You can also practice it as a conversation with yourself instead of a stream of thought, like I did above. And if you can't do it out loud, do it in your head.
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