when i was first cooking up ideas for pi.fyi i talked to publicannouncement who told me to try sketching on huge 11x17 paper and i never looked back
f*ck figma (kidding...we love figma here) but quickly sketching rough ideas on this notepad with a blue sharpie is how i test out new layouts, concepts, etc. Gamechanger!
and even if you don't need to draw large scale mock-ups it's great to write a huge to-do list on lol