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#403 | And another and another and another

This one time, I went to my psychiatrist to whine about having "too many ideas".

OK, well, that's not exactly true, but it kind of is. My complaint to him was that my brain is always buzzing with plans and projects and ideas but the rest of me seems to be averse to taking action.

In response, they (very kindly and gently, might I add) attempted to convince me that this tendency is a function of intelligence (not so #humblebrag) and that it's okay if many of the ideas don't see the light of day.

I leave you to guess whether I was convinced by this argument, but the fact remains that, to this day, my brain continues to live up to its reputation as a relentless idea generator.

One of my earliest "ideas" was a prudent suggestion to put my would-be baby brother "on top of the fridge" at night so that he wouldn't bother the rest of us while we slept. I was three at the time, already demonstrating practical thinking capacities well beyond my years. 

In middle school, I had the idea for a "vegan fast food chain" and another for a "playground for adults". I was very proud of these ideas and wrote them down in my diary, which must have been stolen by treacherous entities who now profit from my original conceptions.

My subsequent ideas have been diverse. Some have been plausible (a school of therapy that uses Tagore's writings to address mental health challenges: 'Rabindratherapy'), others questionable and still others have elicited shock from even my loved ones (having a child is equal to creating a problem from scratch and then spending the rest of your life trying to solve it; cheaper to buy a Rubik’s cube instead).

By now, you must have serious doubts about my psychiatrist's assessment of my brain's machinations. I don't blame you.

If you need to detoxify by exploring some actually good ideas, here's today's thing: Raiseto. It's a platform that sorts a variety of interesting ideas into thematic categories for you to browse. It's pretty neat, and you can submit your ideas too.

Let me know if you think I should submit some of mine.

On second thoughts, don't let me know. 

Proiti