First reformat the thumb drive using Disk Utility with GUID partition mapping and format the partition Mac OS Extended (Journaled) the launching the copy of the installer to install the OS onto the thumb drive. I would recommend making a copy then create a bootable USB thumb drive. Now go to the App store and download the OS installer if you don't have it in your Apps folder already. I would go to 8 GB (light user) or 12 GB. You also may want to up the RAM if you have a 4 GB model. Take the time to review the spec sheet if it doesn't state it supports SATA II you'll need to find another SSD. You'll want to get a SSD that can work in a SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) system. You'll want to leave 1/3 of the SSD free for a 256 GB unit and 1/4 for a 512 GB or larger. You'll likely need to trim down as SSD's tend to be smaller (cheaper) than HD's. Next, If your drive is quite full delete some of the stuff you don't really need. The first thing you'll want to do is make sure you have a full backup of your stuff on an external drive.
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