this. I have used some many note taking app before emacs - from simplenotes, to joplin, and many other on Mac, Windows and linux, I cannot list them all, but since I have understood how to build a workflow around emacs, I have finally something I can stick to and which work.

Having a tool that can adapt to an inevitably changing worklflow has been really a game changer for my capacity to take notes, log my days, and write in general.

100%. Org-mode is markdown on steroids and already supports everything these markdown note-takers do plus more. The only reason people keep reinventing the wheel is because they don't want to use emacs.

with org-roam