{"id":61707,"date":"2025-09-24T20:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61707"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:02:32","slug":"change-your-operating-basis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61707","title":{"rendered":"Change Your Operating Basis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Julie Fratantoni, PhD who writes on Substack:<\/p>\n<p>Next time you\u2019re waiting in line: do nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Just stand there.<\/p>\n<p>In between meetings: don\u2019t check your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Sit in silence.<\/p>\n<p>Let people think you\u2019re a complete weirdo.<\/p>\n<p>These small margins are important opportunities for your brain to rest, recharge, and consolidate information.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve lost the ability to be bored, and with it, the space your brain needs to stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a cognitive neuroscientist and I write about small shifts like this that can make a huge difference for your cognitive health and longevity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Julie Fratantoni, PhD who writes on Substack: Next time you\u2019re waiting in line: do nothing. Just stand there. In between meetings: don\u2019t check your phone. Sit in silence. Let people think you\u2019re a complete weirdo. These small margins are important opportunities for your brain to rest, recharge, and consolidate information. We\u2019ve lost the ability &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61707\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Change Your Operating Basis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61708,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61707\/revisions\/61708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}