I Have A Sponge Brain; Do You?

because some of our brains are just different

And different has no positive/negative value — different is just different!

I have recently started calling my brain a sponge brain. Or a warehouse storage facility brain. Here’s why…..

Sponge Brain

I am an incessant reader; always have been. I read almost every word my eyes see — on buses, trains, billboards, bulletin boards, and, of course, books. I can’t help it. Even if I am not aware of reading them, if there are words in my visual field, they enter my brain. I thought about this and decided my brain was like a sponge. It absorbs every word and stores it somewhere in there.

I write [squeeze out?] a lot of those words into stories like this, or into courses, or books — but as soon as I start writing, new words and ideas form and they also need outlets — so I have many documents with started stories. I do a brain dump every morning [I call it mental meandering] by talking into my computer. I hate typing, love dictating, talk fast, and can churn out lots of verbiage with my first 2 cups of coffee. I have lots and lots of words in my computer files…..and in that sponge.

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Warehouse Storage Facility Brain

Next — the warehouse storage concept. My brain takes in all that stuff [words and images] and connects it, sorts it, stores it, etc. —and I love Costco — so the idea came to my sponge that it was also like a warehouse. When I start to put words and ideas out into the world, it’s not like that same amount of warehouse space just gets refilled. Nope! It EXPANDS!! [I think places like Costco could only hope for this kind of ever-expanding storage space in a set amount of square footage.]

Hmmm — maybe I should say I have a spongy warehouse brain.

New thoughts come in as I dictate, my brain thinks of, or mentally creates new images that…