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What’s with the shower and good ideas?
Has it happened to you when you are looking for a solution to a complex problem for days, and suddenly a clear answer magically pops up in your shampoo laden head, mid-shower? You feel ecstatic and wish you had a pencil and paper near you because you are somewhat scared you might forget it. It happens to many of us most of the time, and guess what? There is a reason (scientific) behind this.
A similar brain wave also occurs when I’m about to fall asleep. I was researching a lot for a website name for my new blog and even topics to write for one of my other blogs, and boom! It was as if a swarm of ideas attacked me. I could not sleep but didn’t want to wake up, lest I disturb my kids sleeping nearby in my excitement. So, I just opened notepad on my phone and typed nearly 50+ awesome blog post ideas and several relevant website names that I hadn’t thought of before that poured out. The thoughts and ideas that flowed acted as if they were finally set free.
I am in every other writer group these days. I love to chime in when someone asks for an alternate phrase for a word. Or a quick tip to overcome writer’s block. And sometimes I want answers to questions for which I need immediate answers because I can’t stop thinking about them. Or want to rant about myself and my writing. I noticed several authors, bloggers, copywriters, were saying the same thing…