Thoughts that we try to remember end up throttling our brains—like a skipping record that’s stuck playing the same beat.
Here’s how I imagine it going down:
- Average thought
- Average thought
- Average thought
- Average thought
- Average thought
- GREAT IDEA
- REMEMBER
- REMEMBER
- Aver—REMEMBER
- Averag—REMEMBER
- Avera—REMEMBER
- Ave—REMEMBER
- GRE—REMEMBER
Essentially all further thoughts get halted as our brains try and remember the one.
We need to write down/record the random thoughts/creative ideas we have so as to free up our minds for smooth, continued thinking.
The more we try to remember, the fewer total ideas we’ll have.
And the fewer ideas we have, the lower the chances we’ll come across (allow) our best ones.
P.s. I use the notes app on my phone for this. It’s simple and easy. Don’t complicate this. You just need an easily accessible place where you can brain dump on the fly.