May 06, 2019 Ideas are like butterflies
Ideas are like butterflies. They quietly flutter by and you have one change to capture them before they disappear. By capture, I mean write them down because you will not remember them. Yes, I know, it is an idea so awesome you could never forget it. I have forgotten hundreds that were so awesome I thought I would never forget. Sometimes in the middle of the night and I do not want to get up or while I am busy and don't want to find pencil and paper, another idea flys away
One idea came to me while I was getting ready to feed the neighborhood cats and not wanting to go outside because it was really chilly and I really, really, really do not like chilly or cold or anything in between. And I wanted to get it over with. I was going to be outside only a minute or two and I would write down my awsome idea when I got back inside. If course you know how that ended.
My main computer is almost always open and ready to go. Now I have a file under my website folder that is called 'ideas'. Some are only one word or sentence long. The one I just saved was' love and beauty'.
A lot of my saved ideas are not good. But they sounded good at the moment, of course the moment may have been a bathroom break at 2:30 am and whose brain is actually functioning at anything near full capacity when they have to pee in the middle of the night.
I saved this file, feed the chihuahuas, guinea pig and seven neighborhood cats and while making hot tea I had two cool ideas. Finished the tea, came in to write down these two cool ideas. Wanted to use both really soon. It was things I could use to get better organized so my day would begin with more order. Sat down at my computer and - - - and - - - . Damn, it happened again. My butterflies have left the building. I was just too slow. Well – I still have the love and beauty idea. If only I could remember more about it. Should have written down more details.
I now have 3x5 cards and a pen by my bed and in my purse. A great idea is a gift without staying power.