The Idea Stack

Reading level: Grade 2

Did you know this?

Our brain only processes 11 million bits of information every second.

That’s a lot of data going on in our brain.

But only 40-50 bits of information our conscious can handle.

According to a Google search I typed out this morning.

When you go for a walk or do something else your brain is working behind the scenes.

It’s thinking…

It’s planning…

It’s creating an idea…

Maybe it’s an idea for a project.

Or like me it’s an idea to write about to share with you.

The brain thinks of the idea, but instead of writing the idea down. We trust we will remember the idea.

I’m guilty of this, and forget the idea.

So to fix this. You know what I have been doing the past 59 days?

Carrying a pen and sticky notes in my pocket. Yes a pen and sticky notes in my pocket.

I will literally stop what I am doing.

So if I am walking will stop on the side of the road…

Reach for my pocket and take out a pen and sticky note and write down the idea there.

Doing this one small thing has changed the way I keep my ideas safely stored.

Since our brain is going through a lot of data and can’t remember everything.

I call this idea stacking.

You can do this as well.

You can use a phone to create a voice memo.

You can use a phone to create a notes doc.

Or you can be like me and go old school and bring a pen and sticky note.

Keep your ideas stack.

See you tomorrow

Daniel ‘the idea stack maker’

P.S. By the way this would be a lot easier if we can connect our brains to a computer to download data. 🥲