&gt; Haven&#x27;t you ever been working on something and realized there were two different things that had to be done, but in different directions?<p>Yes, but who ever needed a TODO to remember that other thing? It&#x27;s all part of the whole that you&#x27;re trying to build, you understand what it&#x27;s going to look like and why you&#x27;re doing it like this, and of course after this part that other part also still needs doing. You don&#x27;t need to remember it, it&#x27;s part of the bigger picture.<p>I write down reminders for things outside that, like people who wanted to ask a question, mails I need to answer, errands. Things that are hard to keep track of because they&#x27;re not about the thing you want to be thinking of. The main thing you&#x27;re trying to make doesn&#x27;t need them.<p>The creative process progresses when ideas come out subconscious processes, like when you take a morning shower. Todo lists are very conscious things.