Do you think on your feet?

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Ideas usually come to me when I'm pacing and I can't write them down. Anyone else experience this?

Yes I do, especially when going for walks. I suppose it's because both sides of the brain are working at once, or so I heard. But many of my great ideas come while I am walking. I do sometimes get to write them down. You just have to repeat them over and over again.

And here I thought the thread was about "thinking on your feet" as in reacting quickly, e.g. "Reporters bombarded him with difficult questions, but Bill was very good at thinking on his feet." Probably difficult for most Aspies, although I'm sure there are exceptions there too.

I do tend to pace when thinking, if I'm pondering something specific. Pacing specifically in order to think something over doesn't seem to happen much these days, though it used to. And I find myself pacing when I'm on the phone with someone (if the phone is mobile or cordless, anyhow!).

I can relate to having trouble writing them down, too.. I don't tend to think using language primarily, and some things are difficult to "translate".

Many ideas come to me, when I'm walking to somewhere or pacing around.

I can think much better while walking.

i can think when i am walking or sitting down.
i can think while i am eating too.
i can not think well while i am sneezing however.

I swear the thread title was 'what do you think of your feet'

Sort of. I often do the early parts of writing when I'm in no position to write them down. I then have to hope the ideas will come to me at the exact same time I'm both near a keyboard and have writing skills available. It's a constant, complicated dance.

But not specifically on my feet. When I used to walk better, a friend used to always tell me to lie down with my head propped on something because if I was standing or walking I couldn't understand her.

I do that all the time now. I remember when I was a young teenager I used to be able to just sit and think. I would wait until everybody was asleep and sit in the dark, staring into nowhere, thinking of random things. Now I tend to pace alot. Even in a situation where I can't pace I will stand there staring at nothing in particular bobbing my foot.

Ideas usually come to me two days after they become irrelevant.

I really need to learn to think with a sense of urgency.

EDIT: No, wait, you literally meant that you think on your feet. My bad.

Only when standing up. I couldn't resist that. OK, bad attempt at joke over. As you were.

I have the best ideas in the shower, but they're gone by the time I get out.