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Maybe I am the weird one but I use a diary / planner what ever you want to call it. I'll never get locked out of it, I don't have to pay a monthly fee. Personal

Maybe I am the weird one but I use a diary / planner what ever you want to call it. I'll never get locked out of it, I don't have to pay a monthly fee. Personally I think that I have enough screen time as it is. Ok yeah the search feature is somewhat lacking but from the sounds of it most of these organise your life SaaS products have the same issue. Sure I could lose it but I'd argue that losing your access to Notion et al. is worse because you know where your data is but you're not allowed in.

crossroadsguy 3y ago
There is nothing weird about it. I have been doing it, and many others I personally know have done it since forever. It seems for boarding school folks, at least around where I am from, diary is really a companion right from the beginning; for me it has been since really young. However I also happily use one or two clean/simple note taking apps and it is on my phone at any given time (paid or free; but strictly non-subscription).
- idlephysicist 3y ago
  Yeah I've also had a similar experience with a school diary or as we called them homework journals. Though no boarding school experience. I do also use the reminders app on the iPhone if I need a reminder at a specific time.
syntheweave 3y ago
A diary with sticky notes is an excellent feedback loop: Stick in tasks, then write down what happened later.
sofixa 3y ago
You don't have to use a SaaS, you can use a modern "note taking"++ tool like Obsidian (not affiliated, just a huge fan) or Logseq (FOSS). In both cases files are fully local, sync is optional (for Obsidian there's a paid service or you can just use Dropbox/GDrive/Git/etc.), and you get a ton of advanced features like complex search, smart references, etc. For instance I use Obsidian for meeting notes, and with the help of a plugin I link all previous meeting notes on this topic/customer and can at a glance see the history I have with this subject. Furthermore, I also link the associated Jira ticket and the Jira ticket history matching the labels, again for history purposes. I also use the Excalidraw integration to get diagrams that I can embed in my notes. There's also a Kanban plugin, Map view plugin (e.g. if planning a trip), etc. etc. The sky is the limit! Overall, I'd strongly recommend.
- edngibson 3y ago
  I find obsidian great because along with all your files being stored in .md format, you can also make and use user-created extensions, instead of the limited functionality notion provides
- idlephysicist 3y ago
  Nice, glad to hear that you have a useful and productive workflow. Yeah at work I use what ever tech what I'm told to use, but paper is still an important part of my thought process.

crossroadsguy 3y ago

There is nothing weird about it. I have been doing it, and many others I personally know have done it since forever. It seems for boarding school folks, at least around where I am from, diary is really a companion right from the beginning; for me it has been since really young. However I also happily use one or two clean/simple note taking apps and it is on my phone at any given time (paid or free; but strictly non-subscription).

idlephysicist 3y ago
Yeah I've also had a similar experience with a school diary or as we called them homework journals. Though no boarding school experience. I do also use the reminders app on the iPhone if I need a reminder at a specific time.

syntheweave 3y ago

A diary with sticky notes is an excellent feedback loop: Stick in tasks, then write down what happened later.

sofixa 3y ago

You don't have to use a SaaS, you can use a modern "note taking"++ tool like Obsidian (not affiliated, just a huge fan) or Logseq (FOSS). In both cases files are fully local, sync is optional (for Obsidian there's a paid service or you can just use Dropbox/GDrive/Git/etc.), and you get a ton of advanced features like complex search, smart references, etc. For instance I use Obsidian for meeting notes, and with the help of a plugin I link all previous meeting notes on this topic/customer and can at a glance see the history I have with this subject. Furthermore, I also link the associated Jira ticket and the Jira ticket history matching the labels, again for history purposes. I also use the Excalidraw integration to get diagrams that I can embed in my notes. There's also a Kanban plugin, Map view plugin (e.g. if planning a trip), etc. etc. The sky is the limit! Overall, I'd strongly recommend.

edngibson 3y ago
I find obsidian great because along with all your files being stored in .md format, you can also make and use user-created extensions, instead of the limited functionality notion provides
idlephysicist 3y ago
Nice, glad to hear that you have a useful and productive workflow. Yeah at work I use what ever tech what I'm told to use, but paper is still an important part of my thought process.