What do you do to make sense of your thoughts over time?
edw519: It's really simple for me...1.  I write everything down in an unlined spiral notebook with perforated detachable pages.2.  I file every page into a labeled green file folder in a file cabinet.3.  I keep all of it.I've been doing this for 30 years.  I have everything I ever wrote.  If fills 3 two drawer file cabinets.I don't print and save anything which is already stored digitally.  I hardly save much else.About once a month I pull out a folder a go through it.  Obviously, there's a lot of stuff that appears to be of little use now, but I never fail to find something of value.I give away or donate any that is replaceable (which includes all books).  But not my own writings.  I don't remember how I handled that issue 12 years ago, but I do know that I can find all my notes on it pretty quickly.  This way I don't have to remember every detail, but I always have my younger self and much of my experience as a resource at my disposal.