The brain is an amazing tool.
Even when we’re not consciously thinking
about the solution to a problem,
our brains are often working on it.
I’ll go to sleep with no solutions
and wake up with many.
The issue is…
these solutions often instantly evaporate
when they connect with the light of day.
I forget about them
during the early morning rush.
Or if I wake during the night
with the solutions,
I’m too out of it to remember them.
This is why I always have a notepad
next to my bed.
I’ll have this notepad open to a blank page
and a marker pen clipped to it.
If I wake during the night,
I’ll reach over, grab it,
scrawl a word or two to remind me,
and then fall back asleep.
There’s no waiting for a device to boot up
or turning a light on
or anything that might erase the idea.
Consider keeping a notepad and pen
by the bed.