# leave a record
Take notes, scribble ideas, [[get it on the page]] so you have a tangible record of the work. These artifacts are a map that tracks your progress and shows how you have gotten to where you are. If you run into a dead-end down one trail, you can go back and find a new path to explore. If you need to explain your ideas to someone, you have visual aids to support your thoughts and ideas.
> Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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> ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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