[chapliboy]

I am stuck in the same loop of trying to find the best way to organise my thoughts. My best attempt was using Dropbox Paper. They have a great editing/writing experience, but eventually it got to a stage where the page load times took too long.

I'm currently trying out vimwiki. Let's see how that goes.

[mercer]

I've let go of my addiction to finding the best tool and settled on Emacs+Org-Mode (specifically with Spacemacs so I can use Vim keybindings).

Over the years I've tried so many tools, languages, workflows, and the only ones that stuck were the ones that were boring but timeless. I've not just been gravitating toward OrgMode for all my note keeping, but I've also gotten more and more into bash for much of my stuff.

There are downsides to that, of course. It's frustrating that I'm mostly limited to text-only things, for example. But it feels like any investment into bash/emacs+orgmode/emacs+tramp/emacs+? offers so much more than becoming reliant on app number <x> that quite possibly disappears or stagnates.

[temo4ka]

> bash/emacs+orgmode/emacs+tramp/emacs+? You wanted to say "Magit" in the last one :-)

Why do you say you're limited to text-only things? Org supports links, images, code blocks, spreadsheet-like tables and such. For me the experience of migrating to Emacs+Org was more of a liberating type.

[mercer]

Ah yes, Magit is still on my list of Emacs things to learn :).

[DJHenk]

I had the same, but recently I just created my own personal site for my notes. The main benefit that I did not expect is that, in theory, everyone can see it. This causes me to put more work into a note:

* To make sure that it actually is correct. Multiple times I discovered when reading the documentation that I only had guessed it sort of right and that there were some key bits of info that I had missed.

* To make sure that it is complete and that it gives just enough background information for those who want to use it without being in the exact situation that I was in. I.e. for myself in a couple of weeks/months.

There are more benefits. Like being able to structure it exactly the way you like it with links, tags, search, etc. And that you can show it casually to potential employers, who won't read a letter of it, but they can see that you actually put in work and understand some topics. This last point can also work for friends and colleagues.

[yumaikas]

I've been trying out vimwiki for work of late, so far it's been going well for helping me process things.

In a quest to find ways to manage my focus, I've also taken up doodling. It's proven to be a good way to help keep me from falling down internet rabbit holes nearly as badly as I used to.

[rognjen]

I can suggest Dynalist

[MonarchofSouls]

Check out Notion (https://www.notion.so/product), it's really smooth to use and loads fast