Plexii glossary
Brain dump
A quick, unfiltered capture of open tasks, concerns and ideas before they are sorted into a workable system.
What it means
What a brain dump is , how it differs from journalling, and a three-step method — dump, sort into do / schedule / drop, pick three — with a printable prompt list (work, home, people, money, admin, ideas). Neutral about ADHD, no clinical claims.
The term is most useful as a shared description. It does not remove the need to look at the actual task, evidence or constraint in front of you.
A practical example
For five minutes, capture every promise and concern without organising it; only afterwards sort, schedule or drop each item.
Put it into practice
- Name the concrete situation before applying the label. Brain dump is useful only when it changes a choice, boundary or next action.
- Make the state visible: write the owner, time, source or stopping condition down instead of relying on memory.
- Review what happened. Keep the part that reduced ambiguity and change the part that added ceremony without helping the work.
How it relates to Plexii
capture with a Sticky and the single-key quick add (widget sticky, quick add keys), keep what you owe in Attention (widget attention), and sort into the Tasks widget (widget tasks). Link weekly reset and track commitments.