Life is like being on a train

# Initial exploration

I thought of a metaphor for life: Life is like being on a train.

Sometimes people are going 95 miles/hr on a train that's designed for 80 miles/hr. They are in danger of derailing.

A friend of mine mentioned something about super powers, and I said that the super power we can have is stopping the train and getting off to investigate, then getting back in the train and continuing when ready.

Imagine two categories of actions: internal and external. Internal actions are thoughts and emotions. External actions are saying words, making facial expressions, body language, etc. 

A person does more internal actions than external actions.

The default situation is that people don't organize their internal actions and external actions. What would be a good organization strategy? Example: do some internal actions designed to decide what external action you'll do, such that you're fully happy with your decision, and then do that external action.

Sometimes we really can't stop the train. For example, when you're playing a part of Super Mario Odyssey  where the floor is rotating. You can't be still and think or you'll fall. You have to act right away to avoid falling into the abyss. But most of life is not like this.

I recall Elliot Temple saying that during a live discussion he sometimes takes a 30 second pause before talking. He's planning what he's going to say. He stopped the train and is investigating. What most people do during live discussion is feel pressure to hurry. They fill dead silence with nonsensical noises like "umm" and "uhh". They are anxious. They are going fast on a train and not realizing that they can stop. It's as if they think there are other trains coming behind them and if they slow down they'll be hit from behind.