Yeah I purposely load up problems in my head before going to bed... then when I wake up, they're magically solved without any effort. It also has the benefit o

Yeah I purposely load up problems in my head before going to bed... then when I wake up, they're magically solved without any effort. It also has the benefit of being a natural alarm clock: sometimes I have to get out of bed and type the solution in and then go back to sleep. Paul Graham has an essay "the top idea in your mind" where he talks about what you think about in the shower: http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html It's pretty much the same idea... what you go to bed thinking about is probably the same thing you think about in the shower in the morning. For me the solution comes WHILE sleeping; I don't have to wait to get up and think about it.