The subconscious mind is like a computer bank. It stores billions of bits of information, memories, interests, emotions, motivations, etc.
Some refer to it as the source of creativity, intuition, inspiration, and spiritual enlightenment. Sherlock Holmes called it his mind palace.
The subconscious is the part of the brain that your conscious mind accesses when it wants to bring something into awareness to solve problems, understand some emotional response, etc.
The problem is that sometimes the connection between your Conscious and subconscious gets a bit fuzzy over time, and accessing information when needed becomes harder.
Example: Bill says something witty to you, and you want to respond with an equally clever comeback, but your mind is blank. There's nothing there. So, you walk away defeated; Bill got the better of you.
I created a phrase to use whenever this happened to me.
Most of my comebacks come back six hours after I need them.
It didn't solve the problem, but it made me feel better.
I didn't realize at the time that the connection between my conscious and subconscious was dormant because I had not actively used it, and I did not file the information I gathered each day in the correct order.
I just threw information into my subconscious mind and hoped for the best.>