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The last thing you want is to see one more person rolling their eyes at another one of your ideas, or to hear one more, "How are you gonna make money with that?"

All I know about business, I learned from my mother, who owned two small diners when I was growing up.

I can share with you what I'm learning about how to start a business. I can tell you what my flaky mistakes are and how I solve them. I like the sound of that.

When in doubt, switch to something else. That's what a good flake does and I am, if nothing else, a good flake.

I've run out of things to say. It's not that there isn't plenty to talk about, or loads of ideas I've jotted down for the blog. But I'm struck dumb.

Why do we procrastinate? In my case, it's fear. Fear of the discomfort of trying to find words and make sense when nothing is coming.

There's got to be a middle way between getting organized and being a complete flake.

I've been researching various tools for capturing and organizing thoughts and notes and keeping track of websites. Here's what I've found out so far.

I’m working on a post about organizers — since I clearly need SOMETHING — but it’s not ready to go yet. While you’re waiting, I thought you might like to ponder this:

If you want to achieve anything, you have to let the ideas flow. And then you have to figure out how to keep track of them.