Managing thoughts and ideas

Sometimes it can be such a challenge to figure out how to manage all the various thoughts and ideas that are bouncing around in my head. There are days that I can sit, and the writing flows and everything just seems to get down in writing, and then there are the days when I can’t seem to put words down at all. As someone that enjoys writing, it can be a challenge when I have those days when I just can’t seem to figure out how to capture thoughts.

Here are some ways I have figured out that I use when I just can’t seem to focus on writing:

• Put my ear buds in and not listen to anything, but just enjoy not hearing all the distracting sounds that are normally around me.
• Make quick notes of ideas or thoughts in bullet form.
• Change the location where I am trying to write because that can help a lot.
• Review my blog ideas because that can spark other ideas which help with the writing.
• Do something entirely different for a while so that I am not frustrated that I am not writing.

Sure, some of these ideas are just basic things, but it can make such a big difference with the amount of writing I can achieve. One thing that I do enjoy doing is making sure that I can just sit and relax and get back to the writing after a bit of a break. Understanding how to motivate myself to get back to writing is something that I do need to try and achieve some days because when the writing just doesn’t seem to flow there needs to be methods to getting back to seeing something done.

The other thing that I have found works is having some post-it notes in various spots around home does help as well. It gives me places where I can quickly write down ideas that I either want to do later or ideas of things that I want to write. It can be interesting sometimes when I finally get to look at all the post-it notes because reviewing them can also add to more ideas flowing, which is also good.

Having different methods of managing thoughts and ideas can be very helpful. It can spark some good ideas and then other times you will just see that no matter what the ideas and thoughts are they just going to remain stuck in my head, and they will just have to be managed a different day.