1000 Days of Writing Every Idea I got
your
unwritten idea is a universal loss one
bold statement and i fully believe in it
by the end of this talk you will too
over a thousand days i recorded
every thought i got how is that possible
first let me tell you how this started
my 1000 age journey began when i took
part in a 3d printing olympiad in 2017.
i had a great idea for a wheelchair that
would help amputees and quadriplegic
patients
something if materialized would have
been a huge success
having imagined a wondrous invention on
my own i was quite excited about my
future endeavors
but to live without stress is to be dead
human beings get around 70
000 ideas a day and out of the many
unapparent ones
some ideas might just be life changing
my brain came up with this thought
and it’s true what if i miss out on
those amazing ideas
this is a loss that the universe would
face all
because i forgot my idea fearful of the
grave consequences
i began writing them down i wrote all my
ideas
this troubled my mom i often got up from
the bed and started writing on bits of
paper
to the point where i would even scribble
on my walls i mean
no one said scribbling was bad was it
but all those sleepless nights have paid
off i have perfected the system
a system that allows you to record all
your thoughts and
solve all world crises i now present to
you my three step ritual to note taking
seventy thousand thoughts per day too
much to handle right
so i converted all possible tools into a
note taking system
memos diaries voice recorders sticky
notes whatsapp messenger chats
walls tissue paper you name it now the
next time you get an idea
you know where to store it ignore the
clutter focus on recording the ideas
just be sure to date and title the notes
correctly thoughts that seem irrelevant
to you
may be the big ticket for somebody so
remember to note down
everything note taking shouldn’t just be
a means of storing ideas
we want no taking to be a means to free
our heads and spark our minds to invent
more ideas
therefore the next step is revisiting
existing ideas by reviewing the notes
so the ideas are constantly worked upon
in an amazing engine
writing is thinking as your collection
grows
you invent more ideas good times to
review would be
when you need to prepare a direct talk
or when you lack inspiration
or when you feel ready to conclude a
series of ideas
finally take actions on the things that
need your attention
remember ideation is a long process it
requires nudges from every possible
corner
that wheelchair idea from before an idea
that i planted into my voice recorder in
2017
was only realized last month in an
exhibition but
that journey is easier when you have
your idea notebook in hand
be it a journey of a thousand days
the world has seen pioneers and
visionaries like marco polo
winston churchill beethoven who owe
their success to their diaries
mary curie albert einstein thomas edison
benjamin franklin
they recorded their observations of
their experiments but also their why
theories
leodano davinci’s legacy has been
preserved with over 7000 pages
of notes and illustrations charles
darwin kept numerous diaries to record
everything
from his first sketch of an evolutionary
tree to the list of books to read
george rr martin’s song of ice and fire
the book series that inspired the game
of thrones
began as an entry in his notebook c.s
lewis once had a vivid dream when he was
16 and wrote down in his dream journal
that dream inspired the world of narnia
noting our everyday ideas seems like a
necessity only when there is a dedicated
brainstorming session
we think it’s too much work to note down
everyday ideas we must learn to unlearn
this
notion with this new note-taking tool
all your thoughts have found a home
because you can take it anywhere it’s
virtually everything
and hey you never know which one of your
napkins has got your billion dollar
invention
speaking of which writing anything at
the back of a napkin
is so impractical they’re tricky to
write on without tearing
and which side is the back but say that
of the physicist who drew up the mri
scanner at a sandwich joint
to the architects of the seattle space
needle to the animators of pixar
to jk rowling who created the magical
world of hogwarts
while waiting for the train just imagine
what a world would be like if it wasn’t
for the little urge
to record those ideas during my 1000
days
i blindly recorded everything including
what may be some passing irrelevant
thought
i made a collection of my daily
reflections mistakes
choices funny sketches and even
comebacks
this is when i realized that hidden in
my notes are solutions to my everyday
problems
and small lessons that i wouldn’t have
learned otherwise simple lessons like
science fair projects they need to be
more than just a mere display of charts
or how i can be a better team player or
finding out that the reason i
procrastinate
is due to my fear of failure you know
the best thing about writing
you decide and solve matters on your own
hence accepting changes in life is a
piece of cake
remember that enormous collection of
journals that you never completed well
you don’t need to worry now because now
the diary just comes with you
anywhere you go these notes reflect your
thoughts
they show how powerful your thoughts can
be they are your best teachers
and a collection of billion dollar ideas
man i feel like golem the hobbit with my
precious
ideas writing is the conversion of
energy into mass
it cements the words born from your mind
into tangible particles of ink on paper
noting down your thoughts and ideas
forces you to analyze
everything making new neural connections
and new creative interpretations
so what has 1 000 days of writing show
to me
it has given me solutions to my everyday
problems and
possibly a billion dollars so are you
sitting on an idea
no matter how small or outlandish it may
be write it down
and turn it into reality you never know
your idea could change the world for the
better
don’t stop until you find your idea
worth spreading because
there is only one mantra to save the
universe from loss
note it down thank you