Thread: What do You Think About While Shaving

This is going to seem really odd. But while I am shaving with my str8, I kind of pretend in my mind that I am making a video of myself shaving, and trying to explain to somebody what I am doing and why I am doing it.

This helps me to understand each stroke, why I am making it, and what value it adds to the overall shave. If I start each stroke that way, I find myself selecting the angle, position and the motion much more consistently.

I think I am improving my shave each and every day incrementally by doing this.

How about you?

I don't think about anything apart what the edge of my razor is doing. That's one of the big pluses for me. Time Stops. You Dig?

ummm, don't cut my nose off, don't cut my nose off...

I usually think about hand placement to minimize the shakes...

Here are a few things I think about while shaving, in no particular order:

I wonder how much I could get for this razor
I thought I honed this last week
Why is the bathroom counter so deep
I need to fix the exhaust fan in here
Is my beard growing in the same direction as it did yesterday? yep
Time for a new razor

Someone has said that men think about sex about 1-2 per minute. Might be true or not, but while shaving i think of nothing. Sort of a zen like experience that is.

I use to clear my mind and enjoy "Shave Time" (IE, you can talk to me, but bear in mind i am not listening, shave time) but now i am going to try making movies, too.

I concentrate on shaving and think of nothing else. If you loose focus while shaving that's where the trouble starts.

I just do what comes naturally and not over-think it. That's something that can only be achieved through experience, not something I would recommend to a newb. Sometimes over-thinking it can be more detrimental to a shave than under-thinking it.

I think of nothing at all except what is at hand. The few times my mind does wander I end up with a nick.