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My main issue with taking/making notes is that now I must worry how to store and organize them. Back in college I'd take them in a notebook, review them for exams, and then get rid of them by the end of the semester. I've tried blogs (static site hosted on gitlab), markdown files with Vimwiki, Obsidian, and now I'm using Notion. The common thread among all of them is worrying about how to organize them (e.g., file structure, tags, by topic, etc).

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I feel like too many people struggle in the same way. Some level of organization is actually required if you don't consider notes as temporary, but as a knowledge base that you'll expand for decades. That being said, organization can be as simple as having 1-3 folders or even less. And tools don't matter that much, as long as they don't lock you in.

Trying to find the perfect organization system is just another form of procrastination.

this is on point. From my personal experience it seems like most of the tools are designed with an "organise-first capture-later" interface which is annoying because they require a lot of mental energy to keep things organised. At some point I just had to build my own thing :) https://acreom.com. Would love to get feedback.

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