Create a Zettelkasten for Your Notes to Improve Thinking and Writing • Zettelkasten Method
Whenever you want to think to some purpose, you should consider writing it down. See Luhmann, Communication with Slip Boxes. An Empirical Account, and the book by Steffens (pp 20–21, see references).
Writing improves your ability to think coherently: “what’s my point?” Whatever the answer, you’ll be able to stick to it.
Writing prevents you from jump