[MichaelBurge]

Usually before I start any project at all, I'll write a couple pages summary in a Google doc. I'll consider implementation, but I won't try to plan out the entire implementation since it always changes.

I keep a separate Google doc(or a Trello or Kanbanflow board) with a list of specific pending tasks. This is designed to be easy to grab tasks off of without having to think much.

If it's been so long since I last did anything that I don't understand any of the tasks, I'll take 30 minutes to update the summary and task documents.