I use something very similar for the following reasons:
- Writing helps me focus on the problem.
- Writing helps me recall things when I forget.
- Writing helps me make a map of possibilities and explore them one by one (i usually do this on paper because it's easier to draw a tree of options than in text.
- For this exact reason "I know my brain wonders around a lot. When I work, sometimes I can get astray to some refactoring, or other nonsesne that doesn’t matter right now. So I discovered that when I write down what I’m trying to accomplish, sometimes even I forget that - i can go back to the journal and remember what exactly I’m doing."
I use something very similar for the following reasons:
- Writing helps me focus on the problem.
- Writing helps me recall things when I forget.
- Writing helps me make a map of possibilities and explore them one by one (i usually do this on paper because it's easier to draw a tree of options than in text.
- For this exact reason "I know my brain wonders around a lot. When I work, sometimes I can get astray to some refactoring, or other nonsesne that doesn’t matter right now. So I discovered that when I write down what I’m trying to accomplish, sometimes even I forget that - i can go back to the journal and remember what exactly I’m doing."
Same for me. It's low-tech solution, but is really effective.