Infrequently, in extreme cases, I've actually written out a full dialog with myself. It can get confusing, but occasionally is a good trick to expose hidden ass

Infrequently, in extreme cases, I've actually written out a full dialog with myself. It can get confusing, but occasionally is a good trick to expose hidden assumptions or lack of perspective in a particulalry vexing quandry. More commonly, I try to write a statement of the problem to myself, kind of emulating the process of writing to a newsgroup.