Or count whatever is around you, as long as there is plenty of it, such as leaves, holes in the wall or the amount of red stripes on someone's jacket, etc. Numbers can be a good way to focus on something that is methodical and mind-numbing until you can leave the situation and let it all out.
But those putts did not go in, and Singh won in a Masters that was more methodical than melodramatic.
On his first day as the Knicks' president, Donnie Walsh dispensed with illusions and fantasy and presented a plan for reviving the franchise that was as methodical as it was mundane.
"Over time, those ideas were distilled down into areas and themes in a process that was open and methodical and, in the end, involved more than 70 people".
"The instructor stated that the pilot was methodical about his flight planning and that he was very cautious about his aviation decision-making," the report said.
They just worked in a way that was too plodding and methodical for her.
For illustration we use the example of diagnostic accuracy of CA-19-9 for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer that was used in the methodical literature before [ 9, 10, 23].
"She thought of things through models that were very methodical and transparent," said someone who worked alongside her when she was at the president's Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 1999.
The finishing touches highlight an industrial design that is both methodical and futuristic: a black aluminum plate against anthracite aluminum bridges, rubies against polished steel screws… They embody the spirit of a watch made with high-tech materials, glass, emptiness and colored luminescent materials.
Paying tribute to his son Mr Harding said: "He was the kind of person that was extremely careful, cautious and methodical".
