by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity
Yellow legal pads are one of my favorite writing tools. I even like shopping for them. I think it’s because of their pure, untouched potential. I wonder how many ideas have been created on legal pads? How many of them have been great, how many have been average, and...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Goals
I enjoy playing with my various mind-mapping software programs, my reminder lists, my calendar system and my organizational management software—all which are synchronized via the cloud between all of my devices. However, when I need my best focus (usually with goal...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing, Writing Habits
I had an interesting dream last night. (Note: The only thing that I find more boring than someone else’s dream is the person that tells them, so I apologize beforehand). I was at a work event composed of two start-up companies I have worked with recently. This event...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity
Doodle: An aimless scrawl made by a person while his mind is more or less otherwise applied.Usage: 1956 H. Gardner Limits Lit. Crit. ii. 34 When a writer’s first drafts, scraps of memoranda, and ‘doodles’ have been preserved, we may possibly have a limited...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing
This Japanese-style tea house is one place I go to write. It’s located in the Bellevue Botanical Gardens—always open, well-covered, and dry. But here’s one odd thing. I can only write short blog posts here—not poetry, not non-fiction (other than blog...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing, Writing Habits
I don’t believe writers can schedule creative—at least I certainly can’t. But I do believe they can create an air-tight system of idea capture, and then they can schedule time in front of their keyboard to develop one of those ideas. In fact, I’d say it’s...
