Design

Some mathematicians are geniuses and can do entire pages of equations in their heads

Most, however, need to actually write them out

Trying to design in your head without sketching or writing is like trying to solve a new maths problem in your head, just because

That's just self sabotage; our capacity for visualisation and problem-solving is limited, and should be treated like RAM. Since we can't buy additional memory banks (yet lol), so what you should do is put every bit of reasoning on paper

Every line on paper is so many bytes freed up in your mind, and also something objective that can be repurposed and communicated to clients or other designers to let them chip in

sketching or writing down ideas really makes problem solving more manageable and also turns abstract thoughts into something tangible that can be shared and refined

how do you approach getting your ideas out of your head and onto paper?