Old notes are not automatically bad notes. Some become more valuable with time. The problem is keeping outdated instructions, expired plans, and superseded facts where they can be mistaken for current guidance. ...
A personal archive is not a warehouse for every digital object. It is a selection of material you may reasonably want to find again: finished work, important records, photographs, letters, and notes with lasting value. ...
A weekly review is a short appointment with your own commitments. It is not a chance to redesign your whole system. Its purpose is to clear loose ends, notice what needs attention, and choose the next useful actions. ...
Folders and tags answer different questions. A folder says where something belongs; a tag says what it relates to. Trouble begins when one system is expected to do both jobs. ...
Saving a link takes a second; finding it again can take much longer. A useful link collection records why a page mattered, not merely where it was found. ...
Reading notes are most useful when they make a future return easier. Copying a paragraph may preserve the words, but it does not preserve why they mattered. A short note beside the passage can do that work. ...