[jakamau]

00.INFO - Notes, references, some original sources

10.TASKS - Any work I do for a specific person that can be completed in a week

20.PROJECTS - Multiple related tasks or tasks that have transmogrified into a full-blown project

30.MEDIA - Says what it does on the tin

40.ORGANIZATIONS - Different groups I've joined

  X0.CORE - Private or important to me alone
  X1.PRIMARY - Important to me and I'm responsible for it
  X2.SECONDARY - I am responsible for some of the work but it's not important to me
  X3.GENERAL - Everything else that I still need to be aware of
  X9.ARCHIVE - Everything that I'm to afraid to delete even though it's irrelevant

So a folder/file might look like:

00.INFO/00.2019 JOURNAL/

00.INFO/00.2020 JOURNAL/

10.TASKS/11.2020 PRIMARY TASKS/20200603 JS 401(k) Rate Report.xlsx

20.PROJECTS/21.2020 PRIMARY PROJECTS/202006 FY 2020 401(k) NDT/

40.GROUPS/41.Eberron Campaign/20200531 Campaign Notes.md

I probably overthought it but it makes finding things pretty straightforward.

[enobrev]

I'm surprised your dates are M.Y rather than Y.M. Doesn't that get confusing over time?

[jakamau]

All of my dating is YYYYMMDD or YYYYMM. Anything that comes before the '.' (e.g. 41.Eberron Campaign) is a two digit code to describe the file, the first digit = type of document and the second digit = personal priority.

It's probably convoluted from the outside looking in, but it works for me.

[enobrev]

I see - and of course, that it works for you is most important.

I was thrown off by "11.2020 PRIMARY TASKS", which looked like November 2020 at first glance. Now that you mention it, I see that you have a YYYYMMDD filename on that same line.