How to get into Second Life without really trying

Selby Evans is Thinkerer Melville in Second Life

The Un family handles this kind of thinking.  It is just the opposite of orderly and rigorous thinking.  It is the basis of creativity, originality, and humor.

Other names you might call it:  Creativity, originality, brainstorming, ideation, or divergent thinking.  

Names other people might call it:  Goofing off, procrastination, indecision, hesitation, laziness.

What’s it for? 
To get new ideas. 
To talk to other people about new ideas. 
To gather information and make new connections between old ideas. 
To look for different ways to interpret your goals. 
To look for alternatives ways to reach your goals. 
To understand why this goal is important to you.

How do you do it? 
Arrange things to remind you and other people that you are doing unthinking. 
Arrange to make notes on scratch paper or yellow pads. 
Write down some words that describe what you want to think about.  
Be messy.  Just write words.  Don’t bother with sentences.
Write a few words that describe the goal that you are after. 
Write a few unusual ways to achieve your goal.  Don’t be realistic.
Imagine the suggestions you might get from your Head Staff.
Pick a Cuepon at random.  Ask how this item fits with your problem.
If you talk to people about it, let them know that you are gathering ideas. 

Resources
Your Head Teams
Idea Page
Plan Page
Thinking Tips

Meet Your Head Staff

Strengths for Unthinking
Adaptable
Adventurous
Ambiguity, Can Tolerate
Artistic
Creative
Curious
Feelings, Can Express
Humor, Sense of
Imagery, Good
Imaginative
Resourceful

Pratfall planning.   
Don’t let your Canter in on this job.  All your Canter can do here is protect you from new ideas.  The objective is to get ideas.  Save evaluation for later. 
Write.  Don’t load your brain with stuff to remember. 
Don’t stop too soon.  You’ll be smarter tomorrow.

My best idea is the one I forgot to write down.

Next step:  Most likely draft thinking.  Get some trial plans on paper.