this riff by gwern completely oneshotted me. i used to have all sorts of ideas. in the gym. in the shower. on the throne. etc. most of the time i wouldn’t do anything about them. so they’d just drift on by. but now if a thought or idea grabs me, i write it down. always. it’s become a habit at this point. sometimes i’ll even speak into chatgpt and transcript entire streams of consciousness. my notes app is an absolute disaster zone but this practice has changed my life for the better, so thanks gwern