If you are working on a project that takes time to finish, it helps to write down even random thoughts or ideas about a specific topic for later reference.
As a habit, my colleague and I write notes we have for our academic paper in bullets. These notes consist of reminders and ideas we can’t figure out how to use or place at the moment but consider necessary to discuss.
The good thing about providing our future selves nuggets of references and notes is that it gives our present selves time to think through our ideas that are still taking shape in our heads. After a few days or weeks, returning to the notes we left for ourselves surely helps us better describe the thoughts we couldn’t have before.
jessa 