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It's the last point in the article, but I think it deserves special mention: writing your ideas down is a great first step in coping with them. In a way writin
by rtpg 13y ago
It's the last point in the article, but I think it deserves special mention: writing your ideas down is a great first step in coping with them.
In a way writing ideas down serves the same purpose as rubber duck debugging, in that you can figure out if you have a "real" idea or if it's just some sort of dream-like emotions that make you think it's one.
Techniques described in Allen's book (Getting Things Done) and stuff like the Pomodoro technique works wonders for me on this sort of issue.
- atom-morgan 13y agoI agree with this completely. Ever since I've started writing down my ideas I've found that I've come up with better ideas. When you have a list of ideas they begin to have "sex" as many people have said in the past. You think on them, let them fade, and then rise again when you have another idea that complements it. It also helps to share your list with someone else as well. I share mine with a good friend in an email that we have titled as our "Idea Bank" and it's been very beneficial.