Sometimes, ideas improve in the back of your mind, or emerge in a new form when triggered by new external stimulus.
But other times, they rot, or become an unhealthy source of false comfort with inaction. This show from ZeFrank -- when he answers questions a bit of the way in -- really nails the danger:
"If you don't wanna run out of ideas the best thing to do is not to execute them. You can tell yourself that you don't have the time or resources to do 'em right…No matter how bad things get, at least you have those good ideas that you'll get to later"
But other times, they rot, or become an unhealthy source of false comfort with inaction. This show from ZeFrank -- when he answers questions a bit of the way in -- really nails the danger:
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/07/071106.html
For example, he observes sarcastically:
"If you don't wanna run out of ideas the best thing to do is not to execute them. You can tell yourself that you don't have the time or resources to do 'em right…No matter how bad things get, at least you have those good ideas that you'll get to later"