Brain dump
Get the noise out of your head
Write it all down messy. Decide what matters later.
A brain dump isn't journaling and it isn't a to-do list. It's a spill: everything in working memory onto a page so your brain can stop rehearsing it.
You know the feeling: twelve half-tasks bouncing around while you're trying to read one email. A dump doesn't solve the work, but it stops the background tab from eating your attention.
call dentist ?? slides for thursday - stuck on intro buy birthday thing why did I say yes to that meeting idea: move capture to top on mobile laundry reply to sam
Why not just use Notes?
Notes apps are fine for storage. The friction shows up when you need to act: copy into a task app, rewrite as a bullet, open a timer somewhere else. Each hop is a chance to wander off.
Here the dump and the tasks live together. Highlight a line, make it a task, start a focus block. The rest can stay in Backlog until you care about it.
When it helps most
Ninety seconds is enough. You're not writing an essay. You're closing tabs in your head.
- Sunday night when the week feels undefined
- Right before bed when your brain won't shut up
- Mid-afternoon when you've been "busy" but nothing moved
- After a meeting that spawned six new obligations
Quick answers
Do I have to organize while I dump?
No. That's the point. Sorting during the dump is how people quit halfway through.
Where does it save?
Without an account, data stays in your browser on that device. With a free account, your workspace syncs across devices.