A gentle, one-minute capture practice

If capture works because it externalises anxiety, not information, then you do not need a perfect system to feel the benefit. You just need a small, reliable moment where your brain learns, “I don’t have to hold this.”

When your brain is holding open loops, it keeps interrupting you.

Here is a gentle one-minute practice you can use any time you feel mentally ‘full’ – before you start work, between meetings, or at the end of the day.

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Capture works because it externalises anxiety, not information

Most productivity advice treats capture like a filing exercise. Get ideas out of your head, put them somewhere ‘safe’, then sort them later.

That is useful, but it misses what is actually happening inside you.

Capture works because it externalises anxiety, not information.

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