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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4847264" data-attributes="member: 19675">Its something I picked up from reading about the psychology of dreams when I was in 2nd grade.  For people who are troubled by their dreams (esp. recurrent ones), some professionals suggested that they either talk about the dreams with someone or write them down in a journal they keep by their bed.Further down the page, someone else noted that this technique also works for creative types who find themselves solving problems or finding inspirations in their dreams.I thought...if it works for groggy dreamers, it may work for distracted daydreamers.  And it did.By the time I was getting formal tuition in the arts, I found that some of my teachers preached essentially the same thing- keep a sketchbook, keep a notebook, keep a poetry journal.And after years in the music biz, I know for a fact that prolific musicians almost always carry around compositional journals, blank sheet music pages or small portable recorders.It may not be able to prevent you from losing your train of thought when someone distracts you with a knock to your door- like Coleridge was when trying to transcribe Kubla Khan from a dream- but you won't lose everything, and you'll be able to retain your focus.</blockquote>