Do blinkers help???

A weird thought has cropped up. I was thinking that I had made a turn towards a saner lifestyle. I am not averse to the mild changes that I see so far. But. :-) it’s funny how a but always butts in. I don’t know if my so called saner turn is an actual turn or a view with partial blinds drawn in. I have consciously blocked out quite a lot from my head for the moment. I’m not saying there was clutter before, but there were some unsightly things I wanted to ignore for a bit. I think I’ve chosen to include fewer things into my though process at the moment. The weirdness kicks in here ‘cos I know it’s not good to have a semi-view or is it? I mean. For a horse that wears blinkers, the partial view aids it from getting startled and what not. It doesn’t make sense for a person I guess, ‘cos I’ve never been startled out of my wits when a thought crept up to me. Is there a pro-blinkers crowd out there? I am undecided on that for now.