Good point. Since I read Graham's article I've found myself often saying, "I don't want this at the top of my mind." The things that sneak up there are usually

Good point. Since I read Graham's article I've found myself often saying, "I don't want this at the top of my mind." The things that sneak up there are usually strongly emotion-based. Clarifying and writing things down is also a way to clear them from your mind. S, the mnemonicist Luria described, had trouble forgetting so he would write things down so he could discard them.