In toastmasters the other day, a table topic was
have you ever acted without thinking and how was that?

well, I am paraphrasing. I love table topics and wanted to shoot myhand up in teh air and say “Pick me pickme!”

But I do not think I have ever acted without thinking. i think a lot without acting. But I cannot imagine acting without thinking. I just am not wired that way.

The man who answered the question said that practice is what enables us to act without thinking. That athletes practice and practice so that they do not have to wait when their moment comes.

Now. That is more like it. I have definitely acted without hesitation before. I do like to think things through completely and know what my next action should be in different circumstances.

once I recognize a trigger, a decision that I’ve already thought through, I act quickly.

The rest of the time I think think think about what I might have to do one day.