Sometimes I do a little mental skipping, just to shake things up in my mind.

The speaker describes an intentional, playful disruption of habitual thought—“mental skipping” as a metaphor for jumping over ruts, refusing linear rumination, and introducing novelty into one’s inner life. The phrase suggests a self-directed cognitive reset: when the mind becomes stuck in repetitive patterns, a small act of imaginative or attentional “skipping” can restore flexibility and perspective. It also frames mental discipline not as grim control but as light, bodily play—akin to skipping steps or skipping rope—implying that creativity and emotional regulation can come from brief, deliberate shifts in focus rather than major life changes.