Mind, at least mine, can be pretty scattered...One of the problems I have in everyday work life is that when a manager asks me to explain a problem, I go totally stupid because unless I've actually solved a problem I have a million possibilities banging around in the can...How can one 'explain' that...it is difficult for me ...
I actually had an English teacher explain to me that it was one of my problems in writing...I hadn't thought out my ideas fully enough to articulate them...It was a revelation, she had pointed out several other things which I was aware of but hadn't discovered a way to fix. My thought was wow that's me in a nutshell. It was funny in a way because dating back to elementary school I was 'banged' for lack of articulation... Here I go about my daughter, again...she has a very natural ability to write in a very flowing manner, another characteristic she didn't get from me.
Anyway, I fell in love with the 'posting' paradigm...because the 'uncertainty' of interpersonal communication is removed and one can kind of reflect and write at the same time...Which might seem ludicrous to some but we/I do have our limitations...
When younger I was always a bit 'inscrutable' to friends and acquaintances. One acquaintance remarked..."Ok, you're not going to get away with that, you have to explain what you mean!" I can't remember if I did or not...I think I tried.