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Creative moments

I’ve noticed for some time that it is almost impossible to be creative between lunch and afternoon coffee break, so that part of the day is best used for routine meetings and going through the mail box.

For me creativity peaks at the morning before breakfast, often when walking the dogs or driving to work (I eat breakfast at work). Usually ideas come in bursts, then there might be a gap of several days until next occasion. To make sure I don’t forget anything I always keep my notebook close - but writing down ideas in a notebook is tricky when driving in the morning traffic. I’ve tried voice recording with my mobile phone but it did not work, the result was chaos. So I stick to my messy notes and then rewrite them as soon as possible - like at the next red light.

I used to drive fast to work to save some time, but that means I have to focus on driving. If I instead slow down, besides for reducing the risk for speed tickets, I can keep creative thinking and let the subconscious mind handle driving. I have not crashed yet.