I've learned that for me, there isn't really an optimal way. All systems I've dabbled with ultimately depend on me making an effort and taking the time to think

I've learned that for me, there isn't really an optimal way. All systems I've dabbled with ultimately depend on me making an effort and taking the time to think about where this piece of information would fit best. However, there is no system I was able to consistently stick with and most of the time I don't want to think about where to put something, I just want to put it somewhere. I have come full circle now and just use a DIN A6 notebook where I draw a line for each day with the current date under which I jot down whatever comes to mind that day. It's got page numbers, so whenever I want to reference something on another page I can just make a note of the page number. Additionally, I used to write into a inbox file in Obsidian but noticed that it got quite slow especially on my phone, so I went back to Apple Notes.