Sleep On It....No Really

You stress because you have to think of an amazing idea. No matter what you do, you're stuck. Drawing a blank. Zero. Nadda. Nothing. Then, magically, either just before you fall asleep or in the middle of the night, you wake up with a brilliant idea. Why does this happen? Joanne Cantor, who blogs for psychologytoday.com has done some research and has found that while you are sleeping, your brain is actually plugging away trying to make sense of it all. What does that mean, you ask? We spend our time concentrating on so many things during the day, our brains have to block things out or put some things on hold during that time. It's only when we're nodding off and sleeping soundly that your brain has a chance to catch up. The moral of this story....SLEEP! Oh....and keep a notebook by your bed.

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