Quote Originally Posted by Oogiem View Post
My suggestion:

Grab a stack of smallish scrap paper, say 1/4 of a letter sheet or the backs of cartoon a day calendars. Make some time, about an hour where you will focus on this task.

For me - when i do a mindsweep - I sit at a desk with a sheet of A3 paper rather than small individual pieces of paper. not entirely sure why I prefer this (I did try doing the individual paper route) - I suppose the main reason is that it seems like a huge waste of paper!

Having said that - I do like to make sure I fill in the A3 sheet, so it does push me to think deeper and wider about what's on my mind - if I can hit a full side of A3 (in little boxes or bubbles) then i consider it to be a successful mindsweep.

Of course - I then look at it and think "I'm never going to have time for all of this"...

I did one before Christmas, and one of my colleagues chuckled at the amount I had put down - before admitting she probably could fill in 2 sheets with everything she had going on.

Go with what works for you - but I can definitely plug the therapeutic effect of a mindsweep!