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How I Come Up With New Ideas For Daily Atomic Essays

Oscar Lagrosen
2 min readAug 16, 2022

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Coming up with ideas should not be a problem for writers

Fortunately, the amazing Ship30for30-course has solved this common issue with a concept called “Endless Idea Generator.” Take one idea and, run different filters, mix the variables to get infinite combinations

Although this solution is good, and I recommend it, I use a simpler approach for my writing.

I view everything that comes to me through a particular lens

In the writing world, finding your niche/category is a sought-out goal. From my perspective, this niche comes naturally from your own unique experience and viewpoint.

In my case, I view everything around me through Total Living, the lifestyle for being your best self while fully enjoying here and now. Using this lens allows me to add novel solutions to common topics of interest.

For example, I was recently asked how I can be effortlessly social around strangers. This was a perfect opportunity to add to the lens of Total Living, shining a new light on this age-old question. Expect this essay to pop up soon.

Otherwise, my ideas come largely from insights after listening to high-quality input. The moments when everything suddenly clicks generate a lot of…

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Oscar Lagrosen
Oscar Lagrosen

Written by Oscar Lagrosen

My articles are transcripts from my YouTube videos. Watch the original videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@oscar-lagrosen

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