Lately, I’ve been taking advantage of creative new thinking I get when first waking up. Upon waking, instead of grabbing my phone to start checking on things, I lie in bed. Usually just staring at the ceiling, and usually thinking about things I’m working on lately.
Then it happens… a new idea. From out of the ether, my mind offers up something, a solution to a problem, a new strategy.
It’s important to capture these thoughts immediately, as they will drift away quickly like a dream.
My strategy has been to use Notepad on my iPhone and use the dictation function, and just speak the idea so it gets written down.
Then I’ll put the phone down, and lie again quietly and see what else might come up.
If I’m lucky, I might get a handful of new thoughts.
On another day it might be nothing.
Later I will copy the notepad file to my computer and review the notes. Some will stand out more than others.
And just like searching for gold, a nugget may stand out from the rest. Something really transformative and large. Usually I have no recollection at that time of what it was I wrote, but there it is, captured permanently.
And at that moment I am extremely grateful.
