Brain dump: empty your head, then decide what to do
Too many things at once and no idea where to start? Write them all down, in any order, without judging them. Once they are out of your head, turning what matters into tasks is much easier.
First, write it all down
Open today and write whatever is on your mind: worries, ideas, things to do, conversations that are still going round. One entry per day, a clean editor and everything saved as you type. There is no need to sort anything.
Look at it later
Come back after a while and read it as if someone else had written it. What is a task, what is only a worry, what can you let go? A #tag pulls out a subject, and search finds it whenever you need it.
Turn what matters into tasks
Decide something while you write and turn it into a task for a specific day, with a time and a duration if you want. Put it in a topic and it stays with the rest of what belongs to it.
Nothing gets lost
What you did not turn into a task is still in your diary, on its day. You can search it, tag it or find it again with On this day.
A brain dump, with the idazery method
Write, look, decide, do: from a full head to a clear next step.
Write
Everything, in any order, as it comes. Without correcting and without judging.
Look
You read it back and separate what is a task, what is a worry and what you can let go.
Decide
You pick what matters this week and turn it into tasks, each with its first gesture and a day.
Do
You open the agenda and start with the first one. The rest waits in its topic.
What makes it possible
Write your diary →
One page per day in a clean editor that saves as you type.
Tasks and planner →
Turn what you write into tasks and plan your day, week and month.
Topics and tasks →
Group your tasks by topic and see each one on its own screen.
Tags →
Mark what matters with tags and follow it across months.
Search →
Find entries, tasks, reminders and notes as you type.
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