> I think part of the issue is that people try to jump into the middle of something which has evolved without going through that evolution themselves This is s

> I think part of the issue is that people try to jump into the middle of something which has evolved without going through that evolution themselves This is so true. I use a small subset of Org's features, and I have grown my workflow really slowly. I also have very minimal dotfiles, yet I consider myself an advanced Emacs and Unix user. It doesn't need to be a timesink. Also, as you say, complicated workflows are the consequence of iterating through many years and are likely paying off the efforts multiplied by a big factor.