You should not be using your to-do list as your brain storming/thought capturing zone. Ubiquitous capture—writing down all your stray thoughts, bits of information, and ideas—is an excellent habit to have, but if you’re capturing right to your to-do list you’re throwing yourself under the bus before you even get your sleeves rolled up. Your to-do list must remain separate from whatever capturing process you use. Go through your list and convert the “dumped” items into actions that belong on your to-do list or remove them.

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link: Clean Out Your To-Do List for Guilt-Free Productivity – tasks – Lifehacker