Why do I get inspired when I am doing the weirdest things?
Honestly, I ask myself this question over and over again.
I could be doing the dishes, taking a shower or chopping those big purple onions, and “boom!” my mind would begin to explode with a lot of juicy ideas. I'd start picturing a busy market in my head, then have characters play out dramatic roles in various scenes.
I am talking about mentally writing a movie script with complete dialogues and multiple plot twists.
Last week, I had my hands all soaked in soapy water, trying to wash the stubborn socks I often wear at night, when the thought of protecting vulnerable children crossed my mind. It started as a series of thoughts on something unsettling that happened recently on social media.
I hurriedly dabbed my hands on a dry napkin, searched frantically for a pen and paper, then started jotting down my points, before returning to the socks.
Even as I washed, more ideas kept pouring in. Some lost in the fizzle, while others remained when I later tried to recall them.
But do you know the most interesting part? My brain miraculously goes on a vacation whenever I find the willpower to sit behind my screen.
Tap. Google Docs. Suddenly my mind is as blank as the page before me.
Next thing, I step out. Ask my friend out for a lunch, and the moment he holds my hands, the loveliest love story fills my head. One that is more dramatic than Romeo and Juliet. In fact, I'd fully have everything written out in my head, even before I can pen my thoughts down.
Maybe, my brain is just so cruel. Because tell me why it would forsake me when I need it the most. Only to show up in the most inconvenient moments.
Maybe, my brain isn't cruel. Maybe, it is designed to function only when I am in the most relaxed mood. Whatever could be the case, I just wish to understand why I get inspired only when I am doing the most random activities.
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Published 24 July 2025
For real, when I wash dishes in the morning, I feel very relaxed to think of many things, I create imaginations with real time values. Sometimes I think of how I will make it in live and how well I'll spend my money, I did a count and survey of how much these items are worth. It is just funny.
As you said, I also concur to that...our brain functions whenever we feel relaxed, this act makes me happy while I am about to wash the dishes, I get to think of opportunities and also motivate myself.
Our Brian isn't cruel but seems to malfunction sometimes in an exam hall😅
I think you double posted, recheck.
Oh, my!
Thank you for bringing this to my notice.
It's happened to everyone at some point. Fear of the blank page. Fear of not liking what you write. Creating is the art of equaling a god (in the creative space). You create the narrative world, the characters, you create its rules. And it's quite normal that when the feelings or the mood are right, literature flows. Like a torrent.
Trial and error, keep trying.
Thank you for the kind words, @almaguer.
It must be the fear of the unknown, the uncertainty, that holds me back sometimes. But as you suggested, I'd keep trying.
I believe we get inspired if the mind is more at peace, if we shower, lay down in bed and chopping onions is for sure something you can do as a kind of automatism.
True.
Judging from how I get inspired when I am less busy, I'd believe that the brain is designed to work this way.