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I write down my ideas, and try to include enough detail to make them understandable by myself 6 months later. Then I can forget about them, which eases the ment
by gregpilling 13y ago
I write down my ideas, and try to include enough detail to make them understandable by myself 6 months later. Then I can forget about them, which eases the mental load.
Once in a while I will go through the written out ideas and see if the time is right to implement or test them. About half of the ideas are lousy in retrospect, and there are many that are already being done well by someone else - so I don't do those either.
The good ideas persist, and eventually I try them. But I have really found just writing them out helps my peace of mind a lot.
- brc 13y agoI have been doing this for over ten years. I have a quality notebook, in which any 'burning' idea is copied down. Looking back through, some are comical, some got done by other people, some are still out there. The main thing is to ease the burden of your brain. You need to 'kill the process' by dumping it onto a page. I don't recommend computer files, trello, or anything like that. A quality notebook or journal, and sketch down the ideas properly and date when you had it.
- gregpilling 13y agoI agree. I use an artist sketch book with 9 x 12 sheet of paper in it. I found a notebook to small.