Deriving Inspiration

A thought occurred to me as I was in the shower today. Going through the usual routine of urm… cleaning myself (as that is what one does in the shower), I let my thoughts wander off on a journey of its own. Boarding a train from the station “Finance-is-a-Bane”, off into the lush and endless lands of “Wherever-as-long-as-it-is-not-Connected-to-my-Studies”, my thoughts flew… And then suddenly, it came to a screeching halt, as *poof*, this thought popped into my head:

“Hey… aren’t all these thoughts ‘blog-able ideas’? Why do I only seem to get inspirations like these in the most inconvenient of times???”

Thinking back a little, I found this to be very much true. The only times when I seem to be able to get good ideas are when:

1. I’m in the shower
2. I’m in my bed, right about to fall asleep
3. I’m brushing my teeth
4. I’m procrastinating during study time

And, as you can see from the above situations, they are very much inconvenient times for me.

Well, I guess I could pretty much still blog about those ideas right after I get out of the shower or when it is convenient for me. But the problem is, once I sit down in front of the computer screen and ready my fingers on the keyboard… *Zzzt!* My mind immediately goes blank. Then, I’m left staring at the computer screen for hours with absolutely 0 activity going on in my brain. (Thus, the not so well flowing thoughts and rants that ends up on the blog)

It’s really weird how my brain comes to a complete stand still when I try to write using a keyboard, as opposed to picking up a pen and penning my thoughts down. With that magical instrument in my hand, my thoughts flow easily and freely like a river naturally would. The words just come and come and sometimes, I even find it difficult to keep up my writing speed with those thoughts.

I don’t know… Maybe I’m just old-fashioned lar. And I guess in this I’ll always be. Just so you know, I hate the concept of e-books, I don’t believe in the conversion of books and stories from paper entirely into digital formats. I would even prefer to carry around a heavy, hard-backed book than a small, palm-sized reading device. Screw convenience. Lol.

Anyway, here I am, taking a short break from my notes and enjoying unlimited pots of green tea as I mull over the possible ways I could capture my thoughts as they come and put them down as I’ve always intended to in the first place. I’ve… *Ooops, spilled green tea on my notes… #@$%^&(%^)+!*

I’ve come up with a list as follows…

Suggested ways of getting down ideas when they form during inconvenient times:

1. Attach a notepad and pen next to the shower.
Afterthought: “Hmm… won’t work. I’d be dripping wet and the paper would have to be waterproof, lest I end up with only pulp to read after my shower. Lol. Besides, my parents and brother will think that I’m crazy.

2. Learn to write with my left hand while I brush my teeth with my right. Or, learn to brush my teeth with my left hand as I write with my right.
Afterthought: “Don’t think this will work either. I’d end up taking hours just to brush my teeth as I pen down an essay, or worse yet, end up brushing my nose or my chin since my mind would be completely focused on writing. And as much as a multi-tasker I am, writing and brushing my teeth is not something I can do.”

3. Write my thoughts down on paper first, and transfer them to the computer later.
Afterthought: “It would work… but meh, bad idea. That would mean doing two times the work. I don’t have THAT much time to spare :p”

4. Other non-feasible ideas:
- Learn how to sleep and write.
- Create a machine that would automatically convert thoughts in my mind to words on the computer.
- Incessant head-banging onto the keyboard (in hopes of directly transferring my ideas onto the computer-- of which I am quite inclined to try out actually). XD

I doubt any of the above would actually work. =.=
Or maybe… Maybe I just need more inspiration?

I created my blog with the sole purpose of sharing random thoughts and opinions on matters I deem people would find interesting. Somehow, along the way, I seemed to have lost my main objective and gave in to the endless rants and emotional outbursts instead. (Oklah, have to admit that my posts aren’t that emo :p)

Is my blog in need of a complete revamp then? Away with all the old junk and start afresh?

Even if it is, let me just tell you that’s unlikely. XD
I’m too lazy to even get up from my chair now, much less do anything else. Haha!

Ah well… end of procrastination. It’s back to the notes, back to the notes~