what do you do if you forget the interesting topic you want to start?

Indonesia
August 24, 2008 2:49am CST
it just happened to me. it's really annoying. an idea for an interesting discussion (at least i think it will be and interesting one ) popped up in my mind and i just delayed to starting it. instead, i respond another discussion first. so, when i am ready to write it; my screen were displaying a 'start a new discussion', i just forgot it that's the story behind this thread lol. what about you? do you have any similar experiences? thx in advanced for sharing it
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17 responses
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
hi there! I think it helps to have a small handy notebook or journal where you can jot down ideas once they come up out of the blue. That way, you'll be assured that the ideas/topics you come up with remains intact. I myself get easily distracted from starting a discussion once I begin reading others' discussions. I then find myself responding to the discussions that I feel like responding to.
• Indonesia
25 Aug 08
hi patchmypal, yes you are right. a small notebook will help much. i have to try it. i will try it, despite my laziness. thx for our advices.
@ashar123 (2357)
• India
25 Aug 08
It has happened with me many times. Sometimes while driving to home or any where else, I come up with an intresting topic but when I sit down to use MyLot and start new discussions, nothing comes in my mind. I am only 27 now but I think I am getting old lol.
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• Indonesia
25 Aug 08
hi ashar, 27 years is a forgivable age to forget haha....anyway some responses give me great advices to solve the problem. let us try them. thx for responding
• China
24 Aug 08
Hi,friend.dont worry,take it easy.Frankly speaking,i always forgot the topic when i wnat to start a new discussion if there's something delayed me before i start it.dont be annoying.Just think it over,mostly time,a few minutes later,u will get it.If u still cant remember,forget it and start another interesting topic u can get now.happy mylotting~
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• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi lovecoffin, yes you are right, just take it easy. i notice when i don't think to serious and just have fun, ideas easily come to my mind. thx for responding
@aville44 (125)
• United States
25 Aug 08
what i do when that happends is go back to when i had the thought in my head. pretty much "redo" everything you've done since then. that always helps me
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• Indonesia
25 Aug 08
hi aville, really? that's great! i also do that when i loss something; when i forget where i put my keys, my books or other things. i mentally 'redo' and it also mostly work. thx for reminding
• China
24 Aug 08
hi.man.i only want to say it is very normal.in my life,i always take it like you.if i came across this thing.i will told my friend that what i have had.then they will told me .me,too.it is funny?
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• Indonesia
25 Aug 08
hi lognyinghan, that's clever. it is said that 'two or more heads is better than one head'. yes sometimes somebody else have better memory about what we do than us thx for responding
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
i'm doing everything that it will make again the topic go back in my mind,i will even turn pages of a book just to recall the topic which i forgot, in this way, it helps me in a way because there is what we call an association,definitely there"s a big tendency that it will make me recall the thing
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• Indonesia
25 Aug 08
hi reynaldopascual, association! that's also a smart way to recall things we forget. i ever read on one of de bono's works that even a word which is likely nothing to do with think we want to recall can get us remember it.....well, something like that. thx for responding
• India
24 Aug 08
Hi sutan, its sometimes happen to me. But if i do mylot in computer, i prepare it in msoffice. Them paste it. Also i hardly start discussion in mylot. I like to post more than starting discussions. The last discussion i made 3 weeks ago. Keep in touch.
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• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi ajesh_pullad, that's good to type your discussion first in office (or notepad). you can make your post better, check and edit the grammar etc. i sometimes too lazy to do that i just open the discussion page and type what i am thinking directly. thx for responding
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
24 Aug 08
This happens to me sometimes as well. What I do now is write down a few ideas on a piece of paer so if I DO get forgetful I can at least refer back to it later. There are times when I don't even do this and my idea at the time disappears forever! Oh well.....
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• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi james, that's good to write down your idea. i will try it. we don't need to occupy our mind to memorize it if we can just write it down. thx for responding
@Amagnimo (635)
• India
24 Sep 08
Well, I am late in replying. But here it is: I daily have loads of idea, and its my ritual to keep forgetting them in all the daily routine which is hectic. Since my studies are still going on, I am half at mylot and half with my studies. SO I dream of studies at mylot and I dream of mylot at studies..Lol...It indeed is quite a stupid thing, I must stay and give my 100% to whatever I do, but can't stop this thing! lol. Now, what? I already have loads of idea to share and start a discussion, during the whole day, and when I am on mylot, its already forgotten, I can't do anything rather then accept it. I have recently started to start more and more discussions, and nowadays there are so many responses( I am really glad, and thank you for all your responses too sutan!) that I don't wanna add more until I reply to my previous discussions. What more? I have got one very very interesting topic, and I bet I am not gonna forget that since I am thinking of how to describe it the whole time! I am sure you will like that discussion... though, I will not post it now, let me finish replying the previous discussions first. Yeah, back to point, I have made a new thing to come out of forgetting interesting discussions. I have made a Text file named "Mylot ideas" Whenever I get any idea, I usually note it down, before doing anything else. Then, whenever I am to make a new discussion, I refer to it, organize my ideas, and get to typing. Make the new topic, and receive replies... well, organizing the ideas doesn't help much because the finger keeps on typing until its really ordered to stop! Hereby, I order my fingers to stop! lol...!
• Indonesia
25 Sep 08
that's ok to postphone starting that very very interesting topic, just don't forget it . that's funny but real that it's difficult to get yourself focusing on the thing you do or the situation you face. i also have almost similar experience. when i am at work doing my job, my mind is on mylot; and when i am on mylot posting discussions or responses, my mind is not at my work LOL. and, yeah, you have a good system to keep your ideas from being forgotten by jotting it down when it come. i should try that. hahah, that's great if you have to order your fingers to stop typing. i usually have to bite them to get them start typing.
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@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
When I was younger, I would write songs and I did not know musical notation so I would just repeat it in the hope of remembering it later. Very often, the tune would go away and I would be unable to recapture it. I rationalized that maybe the song was not good enough to remember so I came to accept it. Cheers!!
• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi underdogtoo, that's a wise rationalization . so maybe the discussion i forgot is not good enough to start. but i did have some stupid unforgotten discussions which i started here thx for responding
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
24 Aug 08
This does happen to me regularily. Its indeed annoying and then I have to force myself to forget the issue because I just can't remember the discussion idea. If you can't remember, you can't remember. Just deal with it as annoying as it is.
• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi bluepatch, yeah that's the problems. we forget what topic we will discuss but we exactly remember that we forget it. the fact that i forget the topic is like engraved on my memory thx for responding
@iskayz (5420)
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
Hi there! I don't ever forget the topic I want to post here in mylot. I try to make notes of the different ideas everytime they pop up in my mind. I use my cellphone in doing that so wherever I go, I can always save the ideas in my cellphone. But if ever I forget a topic, I'd just try my best to make a new one. Or maybe force may brain to remember the topic until I go crazy hehe (just kidding!) Ciao!
• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi iskayz, you are developing a good habit by making notes of the ideas popping up in your mind. i should try occupying my cellphone. thx for inspiring
@successlog (3172)
• China
25 Aug 08
Hello sutanhartanto My friend, it is normal.I thik many peole have this kind of thing hapened to themselves.Just a flash in our mind, we got a idea,but when we want to make ir our,maybe we have forgetten it.lol.It is so funny.But it is true.sometimes,i also have some good ideas in my mind,but just a little interrupt,i alomost forget it.so I always finish one thing if i got the idea in my head immediately.I think it is safer .hehe good luck
• Indonesia
25 Aug 08
hi successlog, yeah that's funny. that's good to get the ideas appearing in our mind come true immediately. otherwise we will loss them. thx for responding
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
It happens to me always. I will suddenly think of a topic to post. I dont post that much at all, so when I have ideas, I have to type is ASAP or else. Like few hours ago, I am watching tv and though of a topic, until now, I am still thinking about it.
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• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi trihasantos, you are still thinking about that yeah it makes me mad also. i get good advices to jot down whenever ideas pop up in my mind. i think we should try it. thx for responding
@ajrox1810 (992)
• India
24 Aug 08
Hi, Yes it is really annoying to forget those interesting topics.Even I have left out 15-20 topics so far just because I forgot them. Maybe we should maintain a diary about myLot topics that we have to start. HaHa.
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• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi ajrox, waw, 20 topic is alot! that's a good idea to maintain a diary, so we won't forget anything we want to say. thx for sharing it here
@skbh12 (2946)
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
[b]if this happens to me, i stop and contemplate of that interesting topic i was thinking about. haha! well, if i couldn't really remember anything or two then i will start answering someone elses discussions until i finally remember to type down the things i have been wanting to say. happy posting and happy mylotting![/b]
• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi skbh12, contemplating! that's a good idea haha.... ok i will try to use your method; i will try to respond other discussions first (did it works to you anyway?) now i am still obsessed to remind it. grrh it really makes me crazy thx for responding. happy posting! (your new avatar looks great
@vidhyavini (6111)
• India
24 Aug 08
Ya it happens to me as well. Hehe. These days I just don't delay in starting the topic. I will start immediately when I think about. If its untime, I mean if I feel that many users are not online then I just save the topic in Notepad. I will post that topic only when many users are online. Hehe.
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• Indonesia
24 Aug 08
hi vidhyavini, yes, that's good what you are doing. delaying posting a new topic usually end up forgetting it. that's true also that we should post our discussions in the right time. thx for responding