I find this kind of stuff, including the authors article, weirdly fascinating. I try to do what other people describe, such as yourself, and it really is impossible. It just makes no sense to me. I'm sure I have ways of thinking as well that probably baffle other people. It's all very strange.
With that being said I wish my mind was blank sometimes, I wish my inner monologue would shut up every now and then. :)
I was surprised when I learned that everybody doesn’t have a spatial calendar. Mine is a rectangle with the first six months on top and the last six months returning in the opposite direction on the bottom, forming a cycle. (I also “feel” mathematics and code spatially.)
I’m curious why these differences happen and to what degree it’s difference in thought versus difference in conscious perception of thought.
With that being said I wish my mind was blank sometimes, I wish my inner monologue would shut up every now and then. :)