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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 34 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Or a journal for that matter! One of the oldest thinking tools around.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

People actually go back and read their journals after writing them?

[–] garth@sh.itjust.works 22 points 17 hours ago

Just the act of writing can help focus thoughts and cut through mental clutter.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It also works if you write an email to no one. Just open a new email, don't even fill in the recipient address, but start explaining your problem to someone who is an expert at solving problems but that doesn't know anything about your problem. Be thorough in your explanation; mention what you've tried and the results, talk about how the thing works, how you expected it to work, what is specifically blocking you, etc.

It forces you to look at each detail again in order to explain it and you might find that your next steps seem obvious while you're in the process.

Then you just close the email and say no when it asks to save.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

i have two that i do that with, but they're mostly notes about projects i'm working on