organization

primary folders

i wanted to replicate my analog systems as much as possible – meaning dedicated space for my journal, plans, project notes, learning and thinking notes, and permanent files.

+ inbox 01 - JOURNAL time-based entries → daily notes, reflections, meetings, appointments, etc. 02 - PLANNER routines → budget, cleaning and maintenance trackers, yearly calendar. 03 - BINDER active projects → brainstorms, drafts, mindmaps. 04 - NOTEBOOK things i’m learning and thinking about → atomic notes, source notes, quotes and highlights → my most well-developed space <3 see the notes post 05 - LIBRARY permanent reference → people and places, collections of things like recipes, input, and output. x archive

taxonomy

[!caution] this section is out of date switched back to links from tags; using categories and types for “nesting”.

this is always a work in progress. i mostly riff on kepano’s system , but instead of using links for categories, i’m using nested tags by type and by area.

for example:

- #people 
	- #people/contacts 
		- #people/contacts/family 
		- #people/contacts/friendsNeighbors 
		- #people/contacts/xxxxx
		- #people/contacts/xxxxx
	- #people/publicFigures
		- #people/publicFigures/expertsSources
		- #people/publicFigures/celebritiesPoliticians  
		- #people/publicFigures/artists
		  

...

- #home
	- #home/renting 
		- #home/renting/xxx
		- #home/renting/xxx
	- #home/maintenance 
	- #home/gardening
	- #home/recipes 
		- #home/recipes/salads

i don’t love using tags and they seem to slow down my vault more than links, but i’m able to more easily create base views like this:

[!note]- base view 

…where i can see everything related to #home but can also drill down to, e.g, a specific address we’ve lived at via #home/renting/xxx.

properties

• system properties:
  • areas
  • categories
  • types
  • aliases
  • permalink → created timestamp
  • modified
• headers → note index sections
• volumes → journal index sections
• tags → used to describe the “gravity” of a note; see below
• optional properties:
  • topics → keywords discussed in the note
  • people
  • places
• properties for publishing
  • published boolean
  • title
  • layout → .njk

tags

i’m currently thinking about tags like the ““gravity”” of a note…

• ephemeral → quick, fleeting, temporary notes only kept for posterity
• chrono → a record of a specific moment in time
• evergreen → a reference to build on over time
• permanent → a reference that will generally stay the same long-term
• backlog → open loops, things to do, reminders

also tags for input, identities, and output… not sold on output wishlist

see more

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