#ThinkfullyHabit: Embrace work-life imbalance
New ideas can come at any time - the week or weekend, day or night, at work or at leisure. Our brains do not make a clear work-life balance distinction in the same way as we might.
Be prepared for helpful ideas to happen at any time. Get into the habit of writing down your ideas in the moment and capture them before they slip away!
“Always carry a notebook. Write everything down. When you have an idea, write it down.”
WHY?
Neuroscientists have discovered that the brain is never truly at rest. Our brains are active, even when we are passive.
History is full of stories of inspirations that come when people least expect it; from Archimedes' ''Eureka'' moment when he discovered the principle of displacement while stepping into a full bath, to the discovery of the benzene ring after German chemist Friedrich August Kekulé had a daydream of a snake seizing its own tail (the ancient symbol known as the 'ouroboros')*.
Working with how your brain works best means giving it permission to have work-related ideas at any time.
“The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration – it is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done.”