ideas slip away fast if not recorded

A new idea comes on momentarily and we assume we can recall it at the appropriate time as needed.

This is a major error our brain imposes on us.
It neglects telling us how fast the idea will get lost in the brain and only a strong reminder might bring it back when we need it.

This is another habit we take for granted without realizing how many wonderful ideas are filed in the brain that we never get back to applying.

How to avoid this functioning or malfunctioning of the brain is just as important as the error the brain imposes on us when it disregards the games the brain plays on us without letting it continue to do so no matter how much important information falls by the wayside without our realizing it.

Can this be avoided? Yes, with a little effort at the time it is happening. How?

Keep a notebook handy and jot the thought down when it occurs. If one thinks this is too much trouble think of the loss of positive thoughts if one avoids this minor effort to make life more pleasant by saving our positive thoughts instead of letting them float away as if they were not important.

MAKE A PERSONAL LIST OF POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND KEEP ADDING TO IT. IT WILL HELP YOU RETAIN THE MANY POSITIVE IDEAS THAT MAKE LIFE INTERESTING, STIMULATING, AND PRODUCTIVE RATHER THAN HAVE THEM CLUTTERING YOUR MIND WITHOUT YOUR EVEN REALIZING THEY ARE THERE.

This may seem a burden but it really is not. It relieves burdens we ignore or do so because they seem to require more time than our superficial view of them makes then appear so.