| I have different note apps for different purposes I'm a strong believer in "one app, one use case". It's easier to mentally remember what note app is used for what specific need I have One app i use is designed to "forget" and revisit at a different point of time, mostly around personal challenges I've had in life. This is my private journal - i do not write anything technical here, i do not bookmark anything - and i only write it from my phone. Sometimes I want to go back and see how far I've come, to understand and remember what single life was, how I felt moving to a new city for the first time, etc. It's my private space to forget thoughts and move onto bigger things in life. I sometimes write in third person to basically give advice to myself here too. These notes are more emotionally driven. There can be many notes here Another note app I use is designed for purely private technical note taking. These are bookmarks predominantly for work related wikis that only I look at. I keep a few notes for organized bookmarks - and keep chrome bookmarks as a bookmark wasteland. All notes here are purely factually driven - and I archive things i no longer work on. I limit the number of active notes made here I use Google docs predominantly ad a form of collaboration with others/sharing or planning travel trips with friends etc. It's mostly just a one time use doc for quickly iterating planning My blog posts are for public works of reflection, which I start the writing process in a different note app. These are memorialized accomplishments I use a physical notebook to learn from courses or break down concepts on paper. If I constantly retrieve it - I'll create a blog post or a project based on those idea to reference later My todo lists are just sticky notes on my paper and calendar reminders. I believe in keeping systems really simple so you don't get into productivity gardening Camera photos are also designed for me to forget things, but sometimes I print pictures and memorabilia to remember things. In my case, some note apps are where ideas go to die - to feel comfortable in forgetting - to do a brain dump. Other apps were just there for organizing thoughts on paper for a short duration, or planning things out Collaboratively etc I do have trouble remembering things long term sometimes because i use so many tools for different reasons. It becomes a crutch. Kind of how for people who rely heavily on GPS systems for driving won't remember specific street names or how to navigate as easily without it |