# Forgetting an Idea

Originally published: 2013-08-27
Canonical URL: /2013/Aug/forgetting-an-idea/

Occasionally I have a good idea, but neglect to write it down immediately, and end up forgetting it very soon thereafter; often I can ressociate my way back to it, but not always. I'm given to understand that this is not uncommon for other people, either. Only I have to wonder if it's at all telling that we remember the emotional experience of "I just had a good idea! Clearly I am a Smart and Creative Person!" but forget the idea that was ostensibly its _referent_. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Why, it's _almost_ as if the deception and posturing that defines our social worlds extends even into the sacred domain of the self!