I’ve got the self-timing ability (or at least did, I haven’t tested it lately) including being able to decide when I want to be out of a store—I can (or could) wander around, looking at whatever I pleased, and be out of the store within a minute or two of when I planned.
My ability kicked in when I’d been watching a lot of tv (not on a computer), so I had a chance to learn what a half hour was.
I consider the ability to monitor clock time unconsciously to be very mysterious.
Huh, I never tried using it for anything except sleep (or rather, waking). For me it’s quite literally an unconscious thing—the effect didn’t work if something prevented me from going to sleep while/after I did it (the idea being to repeat the sentences until I’m asleep) - but I don’t see any reason it shouldn’t be usable while awake. Now I’m curious and want to try it; thanks for the idea!
Note that my waking use of it is still unconscious. I don’t know that I could say what time it is, and I don’t have awareness that it’s getting close to the time I want to leave the store. I just happen to be done looking at things at the time when I wanted to be out of the store.
I’ve got the self-timing ability (or at least did, I haven’t tested it lately) including being able to decide when I want to be out of a store—I can (or could) wander around, looking at whatever I pleased, and be out of the store within a minute or two of when I planned.
My ability kicked in when I’d been watching a lot of tv (not on a computer), so I had a chance to learn what a half hour was.
I consider the ability to monitor clock time unconsciously to be very mysterious.
Huh, I never tried using it for anything except sleep (or rather, waking). For me it’s quite literally an unconscious thing—the effect didn’t work if something prevented me from going to sleep while/after I did it (the idea being to repeat the sentences until I’m asleep) - but I don’t see any reason it shouldn’t be usable while awake. Now I’m curious and want to try it; thanks for the idea!
Note that my waking use of it is still unconscious. I don’t know that I could say what time it is, and I don’t have awareness that it’s getting close to the time I want to leave the store. I just happen to be done looking at things at the time when I wanted to be out of the store.