Vanishing discussion ideas...arrgh!

hi koopharper been there and done that. It is truly exasperating to have that great wonderful idea for the best discussion ever then sit down to write and poof its gone. So I usually if I am close to the computer write it down the moment I get the inspiration , the rest of the time I end up writing something else but it never feels like its as good as the idea for a discussion that got away

It happens to me, only it is in the middle of the night when I get this bright idea when am walking around, outdoor, and of course in both situations I do not have my laptop in front of me. I do have my iPhone but do not want to pay for the data. I do have an iPad and can use it if I Amina place other then mine that offers freevwi fi, but you know as soon as you use an iPad, people get envious so I have to wait until ingest home and the mind goes blank.

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I have been in that similar situation. That is why I try to bring along a bag with me always so that I could have my pen and paper with me just in case I need to remember something.

I have the same problem, it seems like when Im riding on bike and while waiting the traffic light turn from red to green there are new ideas coming to my mind what to write and what to post to my blogs. But when Im in front of computer or have pen and notebook next time it seems that the idea is missing from my mind. I think the idea is still in our mind but it covered with another memory. Try to remember the main idea, or recall in which street when suddenly you got the idea. It might help to retrieve the missing memory. Do you have recorder to record your voice? So when you get the idea you stop for a while to record the main idea of what you want to write, and later you can write in your computer according to the main idea.

Actually this situation can happen to anyone especially when your grow older it will happen more,there is a name for that:Temporary amnesia.So in this case I think when you think of some good ideas or something important you should write it down,there are a old saying"good memory can not win the pen."

I hate it when something like that happens, and it does happen all too frequently. Since you are on your bike and in gloves I have not got any fast solution. I have grabbed scraps of paper to write on, I have used paper towels in rest areas, but none of those things will work for you. What if you speak the idea out loud to yourself. Maybe even give it an affirmation. "My idea for a discussion is blah, blah, blah. I will remember it when I get to work and can write it down." and say that out loud to yourself. It sure cannot hurt anything, and it may solve your problem.

You definitely are not the only one that has had this to happen to them because it has been something that I've had happen to me many times. It will just dawn on me that something would be a great topic to discuss on here, but I will be away from my computer and unable to start a discussion from my cell phone at the moment for whatever reason. Then when I would be able to start my discussion, I can't for the life of me begin to remember what it was that I wanted to talk about.

That happens to me several times already. That's why I always have my journal handy at all times. Ideas really sometimes pop up regardless whre I am, in the rest room, while walking or in a taxi cab. Sometimes I do the memorizing the way I used to do it when I was still studying in school. But times really change, I need to jot them down to make concrete note. Mental note sometimes is hard for me nowadays. I hope I can remeber them all now. Thanks

I do this a lot as I'm dozing off to sleep. I think after I've come up with the discussion in my head, "I've got to remember this when I wake up!" Guess what? It never happens! Maybe your wife has a good idea about getting on your bike and start peddling to work,maybe the idea will hit you again. Good discussion, even though it probably wasn't the "great" discussion you have on the way to work!