MOC: [[4_ARCHIVE/OLD_GARDEN/Flow]] On the Zeigarnik effect see Ahrens 2017, p. 68. *** According to the Zeigarnik effect, a task clutters our mind until it's either completed or dumped into a trusted external system. To have an external system you can trust, it should be simple, frictionless and all its components have to work together toward a common goal (cf. [[The Problem of goal alignment]] and [[Simplicity is power]]). Personally, I'm more concerned by the problem of losing a valuable idea than to declutter my mind, as I tend to passively follow multiple threads in my mind all at once, sometimes for several weeks or even months. => [[Memory and the brain]] : The problem is more about rediscovery than it is about storing ideas. => [[Good content, poor timing]] : Capture now, consume later