Rich Melheim

How do you become a painter? You paint. How do you become a dancer? You dance. How do you become a writer? You write. What are you waiting to become and did you do 20 minutes today?

One year ago I locked up in a cabin with a mind map and an artist's rendition of a character named Prince Kaan. I outlined an entire fantasy world of education called the City of Six Towers. Then I did 20 minutes a day for 365 days. That world now exists.

I once asked Truman Capote how to become a writer. He said: "You write." That's it. And neuroscience confirms he was exactly right.🧵 #neuroscienceofcreativity #flowstate #creativityformula #dailyhabit #365brainwalk

Morning creator or night owl? And does your actual schedule reflect it or fight it?

Day 1 journal prompt Creativity & Flow: 1. What is creativity to you? (3 bullets) 2. What is flow? (3 bullets) 3. What time of day am I most creative? 4. Where am I most creative? 5. How can I get there? Keep your answers. They'll look different by Friday.

My most creative ideas don't come at a desk. They come before sunrise. By the water. Watching a muskrat swim. This week: the neurology of creativity and flow. 🧵 #neuroscienceofcreativity #flowstate #dailyjournal #brainhealth #365brainwalk

Hack 7 - BLENDS 🫐 Berries 🥬 Leafy greens 🥚 Eggs 🥜 Nuts 🍫 Dark chocolate 🐟 Salmon Seven foods. One acronym. The neurochemical foundation that makes every other hack more effective And yes, the final hack is itself a memory device. The toolkit closed by demonstrating method.

Hack 6 - Sleep. Write before bed. Sleep. Review on waking. Slow-wave sleep stabilises memories in the hippocampus. REM integrates them with everything you already know. Your brain runs 1,000 consolidation reps overnight. Give it something worth working on.

Seven days. Seven brain hacks. One complete memory toolkit. Here's the full Neurologist's Toolkit: one tweet per hack, so you never have to forget anything again. 🧵 #memorytraining #brainfoods #brainhacks #neuroscience #365DailyBrainwalk