[greenyoda]

In addition to a to-do list, I started several years ago to keep a running log of what I'm working on from moment to moment. In the short term, it's useful for getting back into the flow of work after an interruption like a phone call or a meeting - you don't have to remember what you were doing when you were interrupted and what you wanted to try next. In the long term, it lets you go back and figure out why you did something a particular way. I'd prefer to be able to use a paper notebook for this since that would make it possible to draw diagrams and such, but I reluctantly use a text editor so that it's more easily searchable.