Comment by _345
20 hours ago
Read this and you clearly want something like Obsidian.
Get obsidian and then set up - Syncthing for free open source syncing that doesn't go to any cloud, just replicates across your own devices
- You can just do a single markdown file instead of a single txt file if you really want to smoosh everything into one file (gross but you do you). markdown is portable and many software can render it easily, if they can't markdown is still readable raw plaintext
- But I would get some cool plugins like Periodic Notes and then set up either a Monthly or a Weekly periodic note. Basically the idea is the same as what you are doing, but instead of one lifetime markdown file, you split them up into monthly or weekly chunks. I do weekly (one note for each week), but its really your preference.
Now you get pretty rendering of your notes, generate sharable links to your notes, password protect them, all still free, open source, syncing, and portable (markdown plaintext)
I use Obsidian on my phone, and I use syncthing to sync it, and then I just edit it with vscode on my computer.
I have Obsidian set up to create a new week file every week, and then I add things to do there, I also move things from previous weeks if I still feel they are relevant.
Works like a charm.