When you write down things in your mind, you concentrate on a specific thought, you wade into that chaotic mess in order to find that golden needle in a proverbial haystack. From that chaos, you select that one lucid thought that reveals who you really are at the core. Putting things down in a coherent way helps you still the mind and reach through the murk and tumult to the calmness within. This helps with mindfulness, a way to deeper enlightenment. When you think about your career, what do you think about? Do you sit down and think about the day to day aspects, or do you sit down and think about your life as a whole? When you do sit down to think about your career, what do you actually think about? Do you think about all those things that you would like to do with your career?