Have you ever worked on some sort of task for so long, where it becomes the only thing that occupies your mind? Like, imagine painting something for a day straight, stressing on it, and then going to sleep... and then all you dream about is painting it. They call it the Tetris Effect, and on Wikipedia it says:

"The Tetris effect occurs when an activity to which people devote sufficient time and attention begins to overshadow their thoughts, mental images, and dreams.

It is named after the video game Tetris. People who play Tetris for a prolonged amount of time may then find themselves thinking about ways different shapes in the real world can fit together, such as the boxes on a supermarket shelf or the buildings on a street.[1] In this sense, the Tetris effect is a form of habit."

Sometimes it's useful, and I actually can solve problems in my dreams, wake up, and paint it. Other times, it's just my subconscious not being able to let go of the task.

I recently did some samples for a rather big company (fingers crossed), and now every time I shut my eyes, I'm coloring lines... over and over and over. I almost feel like I should be getting paid, lmao. Then I wake up, and I still see those damn lines and the colors I was putting to them...



Sometimes when you wake up, it feels like you never stopped working... You're just as tired as when you went to sleep and sometimes it's demoralizing when you finish something off in a dream, and wake up only to have to do it all over again.

Is that something that happens to you guys sometimes? And if so, in what way? Share your experiences with me, I'm interested in what sort of things pry their way into your subconscious and if you have any ways to beat them out. The mind is a curious thing.