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Because Brain Dump Sounds Gross: Meet the Mind Sweep - A Better Way to Clear Your Head Without Making a Huge Mess

It's About Time | Time Management & Productivity for Work Life & Balance

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How to Start Your Day With a Mind Sweep

Each Sunday before beginning the week, she'd do a mind sweep and create a card for each of the ideas that emerged. This helped her start fresh on Mondays instead of lighting ideas continue to roll around in her head when she needed to be completely present at work. "The tactile process of moving the ideas from my head through my arm through the pen, a royal blue flare pin to be exact,. It's almost as if I can feel my mental load lightning," says author David Allen.

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