I had a great idea for a post, but I lost it / myLot

United States

April 7, 2022 6:58pm CST

I remember thinking earlier today that I'd come up with a great idea for a post. Now, I cannot, for the life of me, remember what the idea was. This sort of thing happens now and then. It will probably come back to me a minute after I log off. Has this ever happened to you?

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (57231)

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8 Apr 22

Yes it has. That is why l sleep with a pen and notebook near to me.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

9 Apr 22

I used to keep a digital recorder on my nightstand so I could dictate my thoughts if I woke up in the middle of the night with a great idea. The only time I actually used it, the message I left was, "Don't forget to write about this great idea I just had when I get up in the morning." Needless to say, at that point, I gave up.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Apr 22

A good idea.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Apr 22

I write my discussions in Word, then cut and paste. As soon as I think of an idea, I jot it down at the bottom of the Word file. I still forget some though.

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much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

8 Apr 22

Always! But my head is always swimming with stuff . . . ideas get mixed in and lost in there pretty easily

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86703)

• United States

8 Apr 22

The caboose falls off my train of thought a lot. Heck, the whole train derails on occasion.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

9 Apr 22

Sometimes I think Casey Jones is the engineer on my train of thought.

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135744)

• Marion, Ohio

8 Apr 22

All the time

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DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

8 Apr 22

All the time!!! It's my memory and old age. What's your excuse?

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

9 Apr 22

Veteran Teacher Brain Deadism.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

10 Apr 22

@TheSojourner

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DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

10 Apr 22

@DWDavis You are hilarious!

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117226)

• El Paso, Texas

9 Apr 22

I don't get many ideas to write but if I happen to take a good picture I usually think of something to say about it.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

8 Apr 22

I adore that blue flower!! No I am pretty fine with doing myLot and remembering what I want to post.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148734)

• Roseburg, Oregon

10 Apr 22

Yes that happens to me all the time.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (98005)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

8 Apr 22

Lovely blue flowers, For that reason I am surrounded by notebooks and when ideas come to me that I won't use right away I just down the main idea and then I know when I look at it I will remember, I hope you remember what your idea was,

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Fleur

@Fleura (35028)

• United Kingdom

8 Apr 22

Like the fact you've used forget-me-nots to illustrate this, by the way! Did you know the central ring changes from yellow to white after the flower has been pollinated?

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

9 Apr 22

I did not know that. I will share the fact with my students next week.

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Fleur

@Fleura (35028)

• United Kingdom

9 Apr 22