1. Only getting good ideas when you’re about to fall asleep.
And then having to debate between getting up and writing it down or taking a leap of faith and telling yourself you’ll remember it in the morning.
2. Or worse... getting ideas when you’re in the shower.
You either have to take it on faith that you won’t forget that idea by the time you’re done shampooing or jump out still soggy and brave the cold to go running around in your towel looking for paper and a pen. Yikes.
3. Your questionable search history.
How much arsenic does it take to kill someone? What’s the best way to dispose of a body? How long does it take a stabbing victim to bleed out? You promise you’re not a serial killer, but you know no one would believe that if you leave the wrong tab open when you open your laptop in class.
4. Speaking of open tabs, you have SO MANY.
You fell down a Wikipedia rabbit hole researching something for your next big story and now you have a million tabs open that are too important to close (but you can’t remember why half of them are important in the first place). So, you just click “new window” and inevitably repeat the process later.
5. The "why is this guy trying to read over my shoulder, is nothing sacred?" dilemma.
SERIOUSLY, WHY ARE PEOPLE LIKE THIS? It’d be so nice to just enjoy being in a coffee shop and getting some work done without the light stalking.
6. The “I need to use this word, but I can’t remember it, so my brain will conjure up every disappointing synonym it can” problem.
You’ve thought of literally every lesser, lamer way to say what you want to say and that one word you need still eludes you. Life is cruel.
7. Sharing any public space with other humans.
Someone breathes too loudly or coughs or does some mundane thing but it makes you completely forget what you were just typing and you will never get that thought back.
8. Procrastinating with "research."
You swear you’re taking this project seriously. And you’ve got it all written out, really, just in your head!
9. Having to explain all the baby name websites you have bookmarked for characters.
At least one shoulder-creeping stranger will ask if you’re expecting and you can count on getting weird, prenatal vitamin ads in your social media sidebars until you Google something else frequently enough to eclipse them.
10. You have a caffeine addiction that requires an actual intervention.
That episode of Futurama where Fry drinks 100 cups of coffee and transcends the natural progression of time? Yeah, that’s you. The barista can’t mess up your name because they know it by heart. On the upside though, check out those rewards points! You’re on your way to a free mug!
