For me, it is the opposite: I can't work without writing down todos in org-mode. Granularity may vary: I start from 2-4 todos per day and write down anything that I can't do write now (2+min tasks) throughout the day (org-capture). If the work is smooth, several hours may pass on a single TODO heading, if I'm stuck, I can drop to individual "- [ ]" list items, to mark the progress. It helps with extending working memory and having the immediate feedback helps with executive function.
No-thought generous fibonacci effort estimations help detect if some tasks take too long (emacs nags in mode-line) and I need to regroup e.g., split the current todo into sub tasks.
The changelog is generated automatically (from the org-clock-in tasks) by Emacs (org-agenda).
