Try a Brain Dump of Ideas

Ah, the brain dump. There are few things that are more beneficial to anyone, especially 
those who crave some more creativity in their life, and a little less chaos. Here is what 
the brain dump is all about and how you can do it in your journal.

About Brain Dumps

It is exactly how it sounds – you are dumping all those thoughts in your brain, onto 
paper. This serves a few purposes. First of all, it helps to get through all the 
overwhelming chaos of multiple thoughts that often happens. This happens to everyone, 
but tends to be worse with people who have busy lives and demanding jobs. 

Another benefit of the brain dump is that it can help you come up with ideas you didn’t 
know you had. This is really useful if you want to be more creative and give yourself 
time and freedom to be creative. 

How to do a Brain Dump

The simplest way is to just start writing down your thoughts in your journal. You can 
start anywhere, but typically once pen hits paper, you already know what direction you 
want to go. Don’t think about it too much; just keep writing until you feel relaxed. You 
will notice the moment when you have gotten all the most important or worrisome 
thoughts out. It feels like you can take a deep breath again.

Organizing Your Thoughts

If you are like most people, the thoughts will be extremely scattered, one bouncing off 
another. This is when you want to take your thoughts and start organizing them to try 
and make more sense of them. Take your journal entry and make notes or re-write 
some of them on other pages if you are using categories. This will of course depend on 
what you have written down.

Now What?

This is not something you necessarily need to do anything with. Sometimes, you will 
come up with ideas or even have a creative spark during a brain dump that inspires you 
to start a new project. Other times, it is just done to clear your head so you can focus on 
other things.

Try to do brain dumps in your journal on a routine basis to get the full benefits of them.

