Mining for ideas

It's hard to generate ideas on the spot, whole and complete.

It's easier to generate ideas by releasing your thoughts and emotions onto the page in an environment totally free of judgment or pressure.

These journaled ideas are not always fully formed, and not all of them are good. But once you've laid everything out on the page, you can sift through and at the very least find threads.

Those threads often lead to interesting places that are worth exploring more in-depth.

That level of in-depth exploration often unearths quality ideas worthy of bringing up to the surface to share with others.