I also LOVE the "write everything down" part of things. Quick story to illustrate the point: this past week I finished a bunch of big projects that had consumed me for a while, and while I know there are a bunch of different directions I could go from here, I was basically frozen for hours, not knowing what to start or what to do next.
Finally, I got out a notebook, wrote down everything I was thinking about, started to organize it a little bit, and--BAM, suddenly my motivation was there, I could start working, my mood was better. It was incredible. Half an hour, three pages of notes, and I felt like a different person. It's been tough for me to really write EVERYTHING down, but the more I do it, the more I realize the genius of it. We (I, anyway) spend so much time planning and tweaking the plan that it's easy to forget how much brainpower is wasted doing those things.
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