Be Ambiguous | What I Know Now 85

Be ambiguous about your notes.

Something I love doing is jotting down ideas for future recollection. However, I've found that the more specific I am, the more I get confused by it and eventually throw them out.

When making these videos, I typically will write down ideas throughout the day of possible subjects to speak about. If I get too specific, my imagination gets caught up with the details I wrote, and I find it hard to talk about that subject. However, when I am ambiguous with the note, I find that my imagination runs free, and I can remember better why I wrote that down. Or I will come up with another spin-off idea on which to talk about.

This doesn't work too well to remember things with accuracy, but it's excellent for creative thinking! 

Key takeaways:

1) Be ambiguous about your idea notes

2) Without specifics, your mind gets to run free with new concepts and ideas

3) You do loose accuracy but make up in creative thinking