That which is not written down is easily forgotten. I have not been very active in writing recently, the reasons for this are varied, but are generally due to a combination of the sloth that preys on boredom and force of habit. In that time I had thought of many things, trivial things, true, but interesting to me nonetheless. One thing that repeatedly came up though, was a need to write down interesting ideas. It was still quite difficult to actually work out the effort to begin, but at least I've started now ... by not actually remembering any of the things that I wanted to write down.

My ideas are not original, perhaps no one truly can come up with an original idea. Even this paragraph right here has probably been expressed innumerable times today already. Ideas build on previous ideas, and the amount of ideas that a person from a single background is likely to encounter are very limited. The most unique ideas that a single person may come up with are ideas which synthesize prerequisite ideas from two sources that seldom come together due to quirks in that person's background. 

However, backgrounds have much variation, and thus I have felt much more comfortable in expressing ideas that apply narrowly, to myself and people extremely similar to myself. And yet, even narrow ideas can be expressed broadly, through the power of analogy.

I like the idea that someone I may never meet may come across "my" ideas and pick up a variation upon them that makes sense within their own worldview. I am a mishmash of ideas from many sources, like everyone else, and I no longer feel bad.