hi everyone Chris here and today I
wanted to talk about another very
important aspect of creativity and a
really essential part of the process and
that is incubation time essentially we
need time to turn off to breath to let go
and to let our subconscious do its job
which is running those background
processes on all of our problems
so incubation time is that very thing
it's it's taking time away from what
we're doing I think probably the most
famous story of incubation time is that
of Archimedes who when he was working on
the concept of the displacement really
it came to him Eureka when he was
getting into the bath and getting into
the bath is a great way to sort of let
incubation time happen so is going for a
walk going for a run taking the nap
anything that'll let your ideas steep
like a nice cup of tea and the
subconscious works in a mysterious way
it doesn't always work on our schedule
or on our or on our command so that's
one of the things you should always have
a notebook or at least your cell phone
which most people always have with them
anyway and that way when that Eureka
moment does come you can jot down the
answer because just as rapidly as the
idea comes it can disappear so that's my
tip for the day remember to shut off and
not to let yourself get burned out just
step away from what you're working on
from time to time and you know having
certain times during the day that you
are just chill and letting those
challenges you're working on those
creative projects you have sort of steep
in the background whether that's
relaxing at the float tank or going for
that walk probably also more famous ways
to generate ideas that's going for the
walk but taking a nap works to which I don't know I'm
trying to decide should I exercise or
take a nap I don't know I'll figure it
out in a few minutes I'll talk with you
tomorrow
