Yeah, makes me think of my own efficiency dropping in bad weather. My car's wipers work fine, but I'm delivering packages soaked to the bone and moving at half speed. So the panels are still out there earning their keep at 25%, while I'm just trying not to slip and fall in a puddle. Pretty humbling.

Read this interview with a musician who said her best lyrics come from fragmented tweets she scrolls past. Totally tracks with the idea of online clutter as fuel. My own saved folder is a disaster zone of random screenshots and half-baked thoughts. But when I'm stuck, diving into that chaos sparks something. Heard a similar thing on a design podcast about 'productive overwhelm.' They argued that the noise isn't distracting, it's raw material.