When Do Your Best Ideas Come To You?

@lynnemg (4529)
United States
February 21, 2009 4:26pm CST
At what time of day or night do you normally come up with your best ides or solutions to problems? For me, they normally come to me while I am either working or lying in bed at night. There have been plenty of times when I am just lying in bed, almost asleep, and a great idea or solution comes to me and I have to get up and write it down right then and there. When I get an idea while working, I write it on my hand or a scrap of paper and get to working on it as soon as I am done with my job.
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@agrant10 (1476)
• United States
22 Feb 09
Well for me there is no set time for me to come up with an idea. I just try to open minded. I never know when the spirit of creativity might fall I try to keep a open mind in all things.
22 Feb 09
I don't really have any particular time when ideas come to me. They can come at any time!
@celticeagle (167018)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Feb 09
Anywhere where I don't seem to have a pen or paper handy. It's like Murphy's Law. I do get the best ideas when I am driving and daydreaming or in bed at night. Or even in the shower.
@nikky28 (1572)
• India
22 Feb 09
I get ideas too when I am lying on the bed, wake up mid sleep or soon as I wake up in the morning. I also get ideas when I am daydreaming which I do most of the time :p . It is also interesting to note that, most of the times my ideas come in a sudden flash and I happen to be a very intuitive person, I think of things really well under pressure as well, on the spur of the moment. It also gets better with practise. Have a nice day!
• China
22 Feb 09
It's a very good habit that putting down some great idea as soon as it comes to you. however, I don't have this habit so many good ideas just 'hit and run'. it is because good ideas always come to me while I am on my way to somewhere or while I am out strolling when it is inconvenient for me to put them down. and I don't always follow through all these big ideas since some of them seems to be risky and I don't have enough confidence.
@Mullahz (25)
• Israel
22 Feb 09
Most of my ideas come from when I'm bored. Like when I'm working, I'm usually extremely bored and don't want to do anything, so I just sit down and think... Also, it's pretty strange that when you say a certain word many times, you start to think about it... I mean, what kind of word is "strange"? Or "anything"? It's interesting to think about where did the words come from. I wonder what did the person think about in that time, that he created those words...
@borgborg (821)
• Philippines
22 Feb 09
I don't actually have a certain time of the day when an idea pops into my head. Usually, when I'm confronted with a situation where an idea or a solution is quickly needed, no matter how much I tried to squeeze it out of me, it won't! Ideas often pops into my head whenever I'm relaxed or sometimes when I am not pressured to think!
@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
22 Feb 09
Any part of the day, but mostly in the morning after breakfast when my brain is still fresh and not fogging.
@ds6413 (2070)
• United States
22 Feb 09
I get my best ideas at night time. I don't know why, I've never figured that out. I have an ex-b/f that's an artist and he always did his best art work at night. It might just be being creative when your're tired.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
22 Feb 09
My best ideas come alot when I'm driving to work! I do my best thinking when I drive! If my car radio would work I listen to music not getting my best ideas! There are times when I'm not doing anything at all when I get my greatest ideas!
@megdp07 (70)
• United States
22 Feb 09
All mine come to me while I am sleeping =0
@ddfreedie (690)
• India
22 Feb 09
when i think a lot i get struck by different ideas...but they don come instantaneously...
@huxen69 (118)
• India
22 Feb 09
My ideas come to my mind when i don't plan what i am going to do,and when I am doing they just come automatically. So I basically it means that i don't plan and do things and everything becomes normal for me. hehe
• Chile
22 Feb 09
Usually when I´m bored, and (jaja) when Im in a bathroom whitout a magazine to read.
• United States
21 Feb 09
My best ideas really don't come to me during a specific time of day. However, my best ideas tend to come to me whenever I'm in the shower. I usually shower at night, but that doesn't mean I don't shower during the day sometimes and come across a really great idea. I think being in the shower means I'm thinking more about stuff, I don't have a lot of distractions and I can think things over more.
@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
21 Feb 09
I can't say that there is a specific time of day that is best for me to write. I can't say that I write more in the day or at night. For me, the main thing is that I have to be in the right mood to write. Sometimes, I feel in the mood during the day, and other times I feel more in the mood to write at night. It really depends on the day. But I just have to be in the right mood to right.
@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
21 Feb 09
Most of my thinking comes of the nightime as well. I think it is becasue I am relaxed and also everyone is usually asleep before me so it is quite time too. I have had some great thoughts that have occured to me as I lay in bed of a night
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
21 Feb 09
I usually get my best ideas in the morning when I am riding the bus to work.I dont know why but that is when I am most fertile .Sometimes I get the occasional inspiration at lunch time or during the day when I am talking to my friends but for the most part it is in the morning.And at that time I usually have to writing down my ideas on a small piece of paper while all the other passengers are looking at me as if I am some kind of weirdo lol or sometimes I have to write it on my phone as text message until I get a chance to write the discussions
• United States
22 Feb 09
I will be online for hours thinking about what kinda of articles to write about and than I will get off the computer and than all of the sudden I will have all these ideas flow into my head. TO me I think it is because I need a break from the computer. Now I am keeping a notebook beside me and writing down my ideas that way I will not forget them and then the next day I will create that article. It seems to be working a lot better than the way I was doing it before. Happy mylotting and have a great day or night!
• United States
21 Feb 09
My ideas come when i am most relaxed. When im laying in bed.. listening to my ipod.. reading a good book.. these are the times that im like "oh, duh! i can do THAT!"