Comment by lemontheme
20 hours ago
I prefer keeping everything in one file as well, since even the act of creating a new file is sometimes enough of a hassle for me to skip jotting something important down.
Question for fellow one-file'ers: what do you on mobile? My problem in the past was that all plain text editor apps on iOS open files at the top, which meant scrolling all the way down every time I opened my notes file.
These days I use NotePlan, but I don't really use enough of its features to justify continuing my subscription (the dev is really great though).
I don't use a to do file, but I do keep notes in (mostly) a single text file, and I just have them on a server exposed to the internet. When I need to read/write something I SSH to the box and use Vim to update the note.
I wouldn't recommend this if you didn't already have a server set up for other reasons, but it might be a useful option for some commenters here.
How about writing new things at the top of the file? If you use dates as sections you can still add new things at the bottom of the current day, but you always have current day at top.
Just add new notes and tasks at the top? I find that it means less important tasks tend to settle towards the bottom, and I’ll periodically go and reshuffle things as required.
Okay, so there are people who do this? I've actually considered it on several occasions, but it always felt a bit 'wrong', like prepending rather than appending to an array.
I like the idea though of less important things being farther down, like sediment, whereas current/important things stay closer to the surface. There's a fun metaphor in there.
Might try your way, after all!
I use obsidian. It's markdown, and can sync across devices.
Obsidian is great but it's a productivity trap for me. The last time I got into it I went too far in designing the 'perfect' PKM system, while not actually using it all that much. Turns out I just really like designing systems. =p