Originally Posted by KJP
My son also does the circles or pacing while he is thinking. I would say he spends at least an hour a day doing that. I wonder what that is about?

It keeps the mind moving. Why, yes, I do it too wink.

And I can't be the only one -- I was thrilled when I read a novel where the hero briefly works with a brilliant mathematician, who brings sturdy shoes because she was promised an interesting problem and the long hallways she needs for her pacing.