(The comment is the project!) I spent today--for my own amusement but quite sincerely--trying to think through improvements to a piece of fitness equipment I saw online that seemed too good to be true and definitely was. One thing I did NOT do going in was have a refined goal, which may be how I ended up online goofing around, but today it counts since it led me to this class. Solo work is my only option at present, so the idea of making and sticking to an agenda to work through things hit me hard--it's so easy to feel like I have too much time instead of not enough, but then that time gets wasted with nothing to show for it. I can now see making a super-specific goal, then taking Pomodoro-type runs at it with breaks at the end, as a real possibility. My one peak brainstorming experience was a recent one, an attempt to make a decision tree for a health problem that had two very clear possible solutions but a ton of variables with each; doing it gave me a sense of agency and enabled me to meet with a provider who was impressed with my tiny list of specific questions. I did the whole thing on the back of some junk mail, but really regret there was not a $15 cup of coffee involved now! Thanks for this, it was very helpful.