I remember

I had three really good ideas for articles yesterday.

Unfortunately they washed away in the detritus of thought that flows over us all of the time.

Why did I let that happen? I had pen and paper with me and I could have stopped to scribble them down when they came my way. It's almost criminal, some people never get inspired and creative thoughts at all and here I am letting them escape.

It's like mom telling me to eat my peas back in the sixties, "Don't you know there are people starving in China?" I need moms voice in my head now telling me to "Write it down son, don't you know there are people starving for good content?" Well, maybe she wouldn't say that, but I can imagine.

Of course it doesn't need to be mom's voice, it can be my own. I hear that works pretty well too, a voice in your head carrying on a monolougue all of the time. Oh, that's called thinking.

Now thinking comes naturally to most people although we all know someone who is a failure at it. Did you know that you can plan your own thinking, it's called 'self-talk' and I'm sure there are a lot of web sites that talk about it. The deal is that you write out a monologue to plant in your mind to help you do what you want to do. It takes the place of thought that have been holding you back. So instead of thinking 'I can't do this' or 'I don't like to exercise' you think 'Yes I can do this' and 'I love to exercise.'

The method is pretty simple, write out a monologue on how you want to be thinking, tape it on a cassette and listen to it. Your own voice will be implanted in your head, and that is the voice that the mind always wants to believe. It actually works too, which is a bonus considering all of the things that people sell you that don't really work.

I'll find a link to post in the side bar for self talk.

In the mean time I hear a voice in my head telling me to, what's that? Oh, okay, yea I'll do it.

Put the clothes in the dryer.