My problem with writing lately: I have my best thoughts of the day just as I am about to fall asleep at night.
This probably sound really strange to everyone else, but I often compose really long elaborate blog entries as a way to wind down from the day. However, none of these entries ever get written because by the time I am done writing them in my head, I’m to busy dreaming to notice.
During the day I think of lots of good stuff to write here, but it’s all an incoherent mess. After it stews in my brain during the evening the best time to write it all down would be around midnight or later. But I almost never feel like writing at that time.
What to do? Maybe get a dictaphone or train myself to somehow remember it all in the morning?
On a completely unrelated note, the best thing that I’ve done this week is eaten lunch at THE BEST vietnamese noodle soup restaurant in town. My two wonderful friends took me there and assisted me with the language barrier – it’s a family run place and it was as delicious as eating a home-cooked meal, if only my home were a long, long way away.
So I’ve got this problem too and I’ve read about lots of other people who do as well. Most folks go with the handy notepad by the bed and scribble it down. The trick is in the not fully waking yourself up.
I’ve actually done a good bit of training on myself and I think I’m able to remember most of what I thought up before bed. Repetition helps.
I’ve tried the old: when the alarm goes off, it will remind you that….
The alarm only reminds me that I’m pissed. Not of what I was supposed to remember.