Try and catch your thoughts as a spectator.

Try and catch your thoughts as a spectator, more like, observe how your life streams thoughts on to you.  I was driving home, on auto-pilot and became aware of a "list" coming through.  And I realized that every single image was unrestful, items applying pressure, from my family life to finances.  Daily life luggage. I did not call them, was not consciously attempting to generate them, but there they were, looping inside my head. It helped me understand the immediacy factor of  contents in a  life and ultimately the stories we hope to tell as filmmakers and artists.