Write Everything Down

Ideas come and go like water. But there’s nothing I hate more than losing an idea. Maybe the idea was really valuable, or maybe it wasn’t. Either way, I end up agonizing over what my idea was. If I remember it, then great. But usually, I go through the rest of my day trying to recall what I had thought about earlier. I get this weird, anxious feeling that won’t go away.

Ideas are the seeds of personal growth. Our minds aren’t always constantly engaged. For example, when I plop in front of a computer to watch The Office, I turn my brain off. So when your brain is engaged, there’s a good chance it might produce some neat stuff. And when it does, you want to make sure that you capture it.

I carry around either a pad of paper or some index cards to jot ideas down. It doesn’t really matter what the idea is. If it was worth engaging my brain at all, I’ll jot it down. Later, I can decide whether they’re good or bad. At least this way, I don’t lose any ideas, and I don’t go about the rest of my day with that awful feeling of trying to remember something.