I try to write ideas down as they occur to me so I don’t forget them.
When I have a bunch of ideas oriented around the same topic, I’ll purposefully back-burner them all and let them simmer.
…Which is exactly what I did when I was trying to pick my focused goals for 2024.
A good signal that an idea might be worth pursuing—above the others competing for your time and attention—is you can’t seem to get it out of your head.
…It keeps resurfacing on walks, during commutes, in the shower, inside conversation, and even while you dream—in an unprompted fashion.
This is a sign that shouldn’t be ignored.
Not even if your conscious mind has more rational ideas about how you should act on your ideas. Because what it means is that your unconscious mind has picked.
And there’s a depth of understanding and insight that the unconscious mind references that the conscious mind only gets to touch—it’s the drop in the ocean vs the ocean itself.
And it would be wise to trust—and at the very least consider—what that deep wisdom is saying.
P.s. Dreams are NOT arbitrary. Dreams are a primary means of communication. Not convinced? Read this.