Comment by Barrin92
7 hours ago
frankly all I have is a TODO.org file and I delete everything that's older than a month because I wasn't going to deal with it anyway. I also keep a bunch of notes in org files. Once a year I delete everything if I can't remember why I took it, most of what survives seem to be book reviews. I don't use any AI stuff, just grep. All the second brain stuff just sounds like digital hoarding
Respect — this is the most honest system: if it’s older than X, it wasn’t important enough.
Out of curiosity, what’s the category that still slips through that approach (if any): recurring obligations, long-horizon projects, or “someday maybe” research?
Or, is there anything that has never been deleted over the long term?