A tiny bit of me - just a tiny bit - thinks: what's the point? Or - maybe it's more like: what percentage of this activity is actually about organisation, and

A tiny bit of me - just a tiny bit - thinks: what's the point? Or - maybe it's more like: what percentage of this activity is actually about organisation, and what percentage is about having a fun time using the organisational tools? I'm not belittling it, at all. My knowledge organisation journey has gone through similar (not quite so well-thought out) paths: Evernote, docs, Keep, finally now on Obsidian with the knowledge that MD is just ...MD... But - if I'm honest the "what's your PKM suite" conversation is such a well-oiled meme on HN that I can't help but wonder how much of this journey is actually about the journey, the fun of setting up a new set of tools, the enjoyment us nerds get out of coming up with new structures, new ways of approaching things, groovy metadata schemas, tagging, search.... Ultimately, does it make us quicker at finding or using or remembering stuff? I'm not sure. I know plenty of people who put literally no thought into any of this and can still lay their hands on that bill from 1986, or pluck a fact out of thin air. As I say, this question shouldn't stop us from trying, but it's interesting to reflect on the little frisson of pleasure I know I get (and I suspect everyone else does, too) when they implement The Next New Thing and realise THIS IS IT.... for the next 6 months... :-)