I struggled to even try using emacs org mode, but it was entirely worth it, I highly recommend it, give it a week and honest effort into learning, being able to

I struggled to even try using emacs org mode, but it was entirely worth it, I highly recommend it, give it a week and honest effort into learning, being able to export to html allows me to reference easily wihle on the road, updating the .org is still a challenge while on road without my laptop and ssh access. that being said, I think like you, my struggle is with the bottleneck between my brain and these devices. it is often annoying to sit down or access my 'notebook' wherever it is and I'd rather just make a mental note and it show up in my spreadsheet. I like workflowy, but will not use because I do not like using cloud services as I have little trust for them (been burnt a couple times now, so after learning the lesson 3 times I finally wised up) EDIT: some typoes and adding other thoughts...