Comment by jackfranklyn

The "capture everything immediately" approach never worked for me. I'd end up with thousands of notes I never looked at again.

What helped was accepting that most ideas aren't actually that good - they just feel urgent in the moment. Now I use a deliberate friction test: if I still remember the idea after an hour without writing it down, maybe it's worth capturing. The truly important stuff has a way of recurring.

For the stuff that IS worth keeping, voice memos work better than typing for me. Lower friction means I actually do it, and listening back forces me to process rather than just hoard.