You might have noticed that I have a lot of ideas. I recently made a list of them all, and calculated that if I needed a year to get each of my ideas off the ground, I would still not be able to do them all before I died. But they just keep coming.
But what drives me nuts is WHEN they come. I can be sitting on my sofa, looking at the clouds pass by from my bay window, and my mind will be a complete blank. You know how some people ask, "what are you thinking?" in those quiet times. Well that question seems so weird to me because usually I'm thinking about absolutely nothing. Seriously. Nothing. No mind. I do this a lot.
But the second I get into a situation where I have to focus on something and can't take 5 minutes to sketch out an idea, the ideas come bursting forth. Like in the middle of teaching a yoga class. Or when I'm working hard for a deadline. Or at a fancy restaurant.
I don't know why this happens. There must be some sort of valve that gets loose in my brain when the other parts of my brain are doing something else, and all this random stuff spills out. But it's frustrating how many ideas I lose like this. You think I'd remember that idea that would make my next million dollars, but by the time I'm able to sit down and think properly it's usually gone.
I've gotten so sick of this that I made this little contraption for the one thing I always have with me, my wallet.
The idea book is actually chained on there. I used pliers and actually shaped the metal so that it can't come off. Also I bought that little micro-pen that fits into the change purse pocket so there's always something to write with. So my keys, money, and ideas are always with me. When I have a brainstorm I try to get to my wallet as fast as possible and get the idea down on paper.
It works!
