The Documentation Wall: Why Your Brain Resists Process Documentation

Did you find your key?

In our last post, we talked about the Golden Cage. We realized that if your business can’t run without your constant input, you don't own a company, you own a high-stakes job.

We established that documentation is the key to that cage. But if the key is right there, why is it so hard to reach out and grab it? Why do we keep choosing the "chaos" of being the only one with the answers? It’s not because you’re lazy.

It’s because your brain is literally wired to resist documentation.

1. The Curse of Knowledge

The biggest enemy of documentation is your own expertise. Once you know how to do something, your brain "compresses" the information. You forget what it was like not to know it.

• The Trap: You think a process is "too simple" to write down.

• The Reality: To a new hire or a virtual assistant, what’s "common sense" to you is a total mystery. Because you don’t document the "obvious," you stay stuck doing the "obvious" forever.

  
  

2. The "Busy Trap" Paradox

We don't document because we are too busy. But we are too busy because we don't document.

It’s a circular trap. You feel like spending 20 minutes documenting a task is "wasted time" when you could be moving to the next fire. This is a classic case of prioritizing the Urgent over the Important.

The Midgard Perspective: Documentation isn't an expense of time; it's an investment in time. Every minute spent in Midgard today is an hour you buy back next month.

3. The Perfectionism Paralysis

Most of us have "School Traumas" regarding writing. We think documentation means a 50-page PDF with perfect grammar and formatted screenshots. That thought alone makes you want to take a nap.

We’ve been conditioned to think documentation is a "Final Project." It isn't. It’s a living conversation with your future self and your future team.

How Midgard Breaks the Wall

We built Midgard specifically to bypass these three psychological blocks. It’s not a place for "authors"; it’s a place for Architects.

• Zero-Friction Entry: Midgard is designed for the "Brain Dump." No complex formatting, no "Final Exam" vibes.

• Contextual Capture: It allows you to get the info out while it’s fresh, breaking the "Busy Trap" by making the entry faster than the task itself.

• The Shared Brain: Once it's in Midgard, the "Curse of Knowledge" is broken. You don't have to explain it again; the tool does it for you.

  
  

Your Challenge: The "Ugly" Entry

If you haven't yet, set up your free Midgard account from the previous post. Today, we aren't going for "good." We’re going for "done."

The Midgard Challenge:

1. Open Midgard.

2. Think of one thing you did today that you wish someone else could have done for you.

3. Write down just 3 bullet points about it. Don't worry about grammar. Don't worry about flow. Just get the 3 most important steps out of your head.

   
   

That’s it. You just broke the wall.

Coming Up Next...

Now that you know why your brain is fighting you, how do you know what to actually write? In our next post, we’ll dive into The MVD (Minimum Viable Documentation)—the 20% of info that handles 80% of your business results.

Read: The MVD