[Orgmode] How to use headlines and lists in Org to structure your thoughts?

[Karl Maihofer]

The ongoing discussion about inline tasks and drawers withhin lists
much depends on the way you use Org, I think. Perhaps it is a good
idea to brainstorm some fundamental aspects in regard to headlines and
lists.

Why and in which situations do we use lists? I use lists a lot to
write down my thoughts. I think there are mainly two reasons for this:
- Headlines are exported as headlines, not as list items. ;-)
- In Headlines you do not have word wrap. So you always have to phrase
  a headline and then write your text below this headline. For me it
  is much easier to use lists and write, write, write... with word
  wrap.

I think these are the reasons for me to use lists a lot. But if I do
so, I cannot define tasks in my texts - the core concept of Org. To
solve this dilemma, I can think of two different approaches:

1. Make it possible to use inline tasks withhin lists. This is what
   Nicolas implemented (thanks a lot!!!) and what works very well. But
   it is not a "nice" concept. We discussed this already and I
   understand the reasons why Carsten and Nicolas himself have
   reservations. It it only a workaround.
2. Make headlines behave like list items. This means enabling word
   wrap for headlines and export the headlines as lists. If a headline
   should be exported as a headline you could use a tag :HEADLINE:. If
   this would be possible, I cannot see a reason why I should make
   such extensive use of lists.

What do you think? How do you use lists? Do you think the second
approach would make sense? Or do I miss something essential?

Regards,
Karl