Do you have a parking lot in your mind?

Interesting to think of it as a parking lot! I've always thought of it as a closet - ha ha! Yes, there are plenty of things I've put in the back burner for a long time now. I do want to start my own business once both kids are in school full time - one down, one to go, but it won't be for another 5ish years. I was in graphic design, but next time around I want to start up my own company and work from home. And instead of doing business design, this time I want to market my own products as I feel I'm more of a fine artist at heart . . . there's lots of ideas swimming around in my head about that. I've also wanted to jump into childrens illustration and writing . . . I never did make a career out of that as intended. I am also a figure skater, and although I haven't trained since starting a family, I do intend to go back someday. I have a zillion songs that I would still one day like to do a program to - more swimming ideas. I like your idea of a parking lot - it's a whole lot bigger than a closet - ha ha.

Hi bounce! It's so wonderful reading your post. And how organized you are. I'm using a cabinet instead. I think it's high time I take a look at the files inside and build a parking lot to hold them instead. And thanks! I would love to have a business of my own too so that I can spend more time with my family at the same time.

Bounce, I love your discussions. lol. they're so substantial and metaphorical (if that's a word, well, it is now.) lol. I agree 110% with the first person, I need to re-design my parking lot (AKA what goes on in my head). .I seriously do. I have tons of small, slightly irrelevant goals (learn a language, get into shape, reconnect with old friends, take a kickboxing class, plan a spring break adventure, and so on lol) and I essentially just forget about them and never take any action on them - so they just remain tucked away behind my every day life and ignorance of long-term and short-term goals. Gah.

My parking lot is so full that I couldnt fit another car in it. I have a few to do's that I am trying for but there is also this thing called ambition that I dont seem to have enough of so therefore my parking lot keeps filling up and up and none seem to be moving on and out of that parking lot. For almost all of my "cars" I have set a limit of this coming spring of my time to have the cars move on or they are getting towed LOL....

My mind is like a overloaded parking lot, which is always on the move shifting one idea and bumping others up a notch. I am on the constant thought as to what areas I can fill in and what areas I need to evade. It is a never ending process for me as I am always thinking ahead of times.

my parking lot is full. i have thought of too many ideas that i just told myself that i would think about later and never did. like how i wish i could do this, and how i wish i could do that. all kinds of things. time to repave!

I don't have a parking lot. Either I think a thing All the way out or it is forgotten. I have been known to obsess about things until thy either happen or don't happen!

A parking lot is not quite the analogy that I think of when I go for my mind is organized. However, if I am using that one, I might have had a couple of crashes in it and some decent parking. Then again, I'm sure everyone will agree that they have had some nice cars, some decent ones, and some one's that just are about ready to break down. So yeah, I always went for the filing cabinet analogy. Where some ideas are filed away neatly, while others are kind of crumpled underneath the desk and failed ones are tossed in the wastebasket. But I think that the parking lot of the mind does work just as well. It really does depend on perspective. Most of the time everything is parked as it should, but there are times where there are some cars that are breaking down and even some near fatalities, if that makes any sense.

This is a nice discussion, Bounce. It made me aware that I do have a parking lot in my mind. I'm a thinker, so I really tend to park some of my ideas in my mind. Most of the thoughts in there involve future plans, such as necessary stuffs that I need to accomplish/acquire in due time. I also park in there most of my theories on the cases that I handle. And try to find supporting ideas that can support these theories during my free time. :)

Yes, I too have a parking lot in my mind but but it is very small, I do not park too many ideas, I like to keep them on the move.

I think I have to re-develop my parking lot. I always keep things in my mind, but just for a short time. There are many unfinished tasks in my parking lot that I should have done it long time ago. I even once dreamed graduating from college in just 2.5 years. Now, I think that's impossible