I also settled into something similar. I only use 4 main directories. One for code projects, one for design projects, ~/Downloads for transient files, ~/Docume

I also settled into something similar. I only use 4 main directories. One for code projects, one for design projects, ~/Downloads for transient files, ~/Documents for files that don't belong to an specific project. Once in a while I create a YYYY-MM-DD folder, drop the current version of each of those folders, and start again with a clean slate. If I need to edit a file, I just search for it and edit it where it is; if I notice I'm having to edit it often, I may bring it back to its previous folder. If it looks like what a regular user would do, that's exactly why I started doing it. I don't want to care.