Do It Today: Overcome Procrastination, Improve Productivity, and Achieve More Meaningful Things

2. You Get To Process Your Ideas
Your brain does a lot of things you’re not aware of. One thing
that happens unconsciously is the processing of ideas by
our brain.
We’ve all had ideas that never materialized, right? How
many people have you met who claimed to have had the
idea for Facebook, Instagram, or any other type of new
thing? I once met a guy who claimed to have come up with
the idea of making e-bikes. Did he do something with it? No.
He now buys garbage on Alibaba and sells it to businesses,
door-to-door.
We all have ideas. Not only business ideas.
“I want to redecorate the house.”
“I want to drive from NYC to LA.”
“I want to write a book.”

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All those ideas are great. But what are you going to do with
them? I’m not even talking about execution. All ideas
require processing. Are the ideas any good? Do I really want
to do those things? Again, that’s a 
thinking 
process. When
you go from idea to execution, without processing, you often
waste your time in hindsight. Of course, you can never
entirely prevent that. But by taking the time to process your
ideas, you can prevent your future self a lot of pain, worry,
and even money.
3. You Can Consume More Art
What is art? Anything that makes you think. A good song,
movie, painting, book, poem, article, picture, sculpture, you
name it. Anything can be art. There’s no authority that
declares what art is and what is not.
I get a lot of my inspiration from art. I can’t imagine what
life would be without it. Well, there is art on that too. Just
read Fahrenheit 451 or watch the movie Equilibrium. The
best thing about art is that it improves your mood. And
when you’re in a good mood, you’re happier. Just don’t
consume useless junk. Start with the classics. Listen to Bob
Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston. Watch movies by
Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola. Read Ernest
Hemingway, Harper Lee, Ralph Ellison. Go to the British
Museum. Study Andy Warhol.
Like millions of other people, you’ll be inspired by their
work. And that will enrich your life.