So you lose your train of thought while posting?

Yesterday I went out and tried to myLot using my mobile. I was responding to a topic and when I tried to submit it failed. All I wrote were gone and I didn't even feel like gathering them all back in my mind to rewrite everything either.

It happens to me too! Sometimes when I'm teaching I get an idea to write on Mylot, by looking at the students, listening to their stories, and so on. I have even been able to write on my mind at that moment. I always think like, wow, this is fab! However, when I get home and get distracted a bit, suddenly I think that my idea isn't that fab anymore. And it's always like that. I always find the greatest idea just when I'm not online!! It's killing me.

I have a hard time coming up with ideas for a post and then when I do, I make a note and by the time I get it on to the screen, it seems daft or silly or embarrassing. Therefore, I spend most of my time reading and then the rest of my time responding. I quite often delete responses too if they don't come out right. I like being here too but I'm not very good at this sort of thing. I keep trying though.

It's happened to me, too. Since currently I am working at home (I'm unemployed), there are many things to do at the same time. So, very often the same - I start writing something, then something comes up urgently, so I leave the post in the middle and get to finish the other thing. When I return to the post, the idea is gone... This happens because there are too many distractions around is and even we're sunk into only one occupation, there always will be something else to catch our attention. I got used to it, but I also taight myself not to leave what I do in the midst of the job. Whatever else came up, it can wait a minute until I finish my thought.

It is handy to keep a notebook on which to put a few reminders of these brilliant ideas that flash into our minds and then flash out again so quickly. It only takes a couple of words written down to remind you of where you left off and think of the time it will save you racking your brains. I tend to get these great ideas for discussions just as I am falling asleep and in spite of my best intentions I can never recall what they were. Some of the discussion here get a little boring but I try to stick to the ones that hold my interest and that works best for me.

not really lose my thoughts but more like lose my courage or patience. like, do i really want to answer this topic again? do i want to explain myself further here? am i ready for the reactions this might receive? sometimes hours after i've left the pc, my mind would belated come up with a wittier response or comment than the one i originally posted. drat! but like you sometimes i'm just entertained by the hilarious exchanges here.

Oh yes, this has happened to me a couple of times and not just when posting here on mylot. Sometimes I would be in a middle of a conversation and just paused for a while to read a text message for example, and then when I try to pick up where I left off I just can't recall where or what I am going on about! Everyone would say I am too young to have trains getting derailed, all I can say is sorry! Brain fart!

It always happens to me. It's like you're in a good mood to write and start a discussion then suddenly when you start typing, nothing comes out of your head anymore. Then I just find myself staring at the white space of the discussion box and ended up deleting what I've started.