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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Not sure if this will help you in your personal life, but I’ve been in your position and I’ve found I can be a “translator” in the workplace. You should be a PM of developers or something!
You just described me. I don’t think I’d ever linked this particular part of my personality to why I enjoy and am good at being a product manager… I just always thought of it as enjoying being IT-adjacent without missing my saga* of being in IT. But your reasoning makes so much sense!
It might also be why I feel like a different person at work than in my personal life—more confident, more outgoing… because in my personal life I feel like I’m on the margins of every groups I’ve ever been a part of, but at work I found that to be an important place to be.
*”Saga” was an autocorrect that I didn’t notice until after I posted this, but now I don’t know what I meant to write. And honestly, “saga” feels accurate enough so whatever, I’m leaving it.
As a developer, I always appreciate a project manager that can do this.