Hi!

So, I’ve recently been noticing a silly little mind-trick I play on myself, and I’m now sharing it.

Background. I have a water-filter-pitcher-thingie. (Camelbak, in case you were curious.) (I especially have it for water for making coffee, but that’s mostly beside the point at the moment.)

This water pitcher filters water fairly quickly. It also has a limit on how much it’s supposed to hold. So, on the back of the pitcher, there are two lines. The top line is about where the cap is supposed to be. The bottom line (about a 1/2 inch below the top) is where you’re supposed to turn the sink off if you’re filling it up from the sink. (It’s a nice, fast filter system with a reservoir in the lid or something like that.)

Recently, for various reasons, I’ve been using a large measuring cup thingy to fill the pitcher. (Alright, it’s because I’m often filling the pitcher at around the same time I’ve got dishes soaking in the sink. What can I say? Timings overlap!) With that said, though, it makes it a bit harder to turn off the sink at the right time. I mean, I still need to stop pouring, which is close to the same thing, but it is slightly different. And here’s how.

I can go really fast with the measuring cup. (Faster than the sink, in fact.)

And this is where the mind-game silliness comes in.

So, you’re supposed to stop the water-flow when the waterline gets up to the lowest bar, right? And that’s fine for the pitcher? Well, I’ve started kinda really speeding up the water-flow when I’m almost to the bottom line. Because as long as I stop by the time I gt there, it won’t overfill, right? Even if I’m technically putting in twice as much water. I stopped at the line, after all!

So, yeah. Fortunately I haven’t broken my pitcher, but I’ve definitely (slightly) overfilled it from this reason…

Mind games. They’re trippy.

Anyway. Have a lovely Thursday!