It's not "note taking", it's "information organization". At least, that's how I think of it. There's a lot of data out there that I have to be able to "know" wi

It's not "note taking", it's "information organization". At least, that's how I think of it. There's a lot of data out there that I have to be able to "know" with only limited brain to store it in, and a lot of people have issues with ADHD or Executive Function Disorder. That compounds issues with recall and incorrect focus, and notes/wikis/orgmode/roam/jupyter can all at least feel like they're helping, if only to help calm the chaos in our heads a little. As with anything, yak shaving can creep into what you do. Certainly I need to stop myself from further refining my Emacs init from time to time. People yak shave by trying lots of different note taking systems, sucked in by shiny promises. It's much easier to start something than to expand and refine what's already there, like deciding to refactor an entire codebase rather than tackle difficult bug fixes and feature requests. There's also the feeling that we're not good enough, that others are better because we only see the end-product of their organization, not the struggles they went through.