Okay, so “asto your other question” – it’s kinda vague, right? But I’m guessing it’s about something I was digging into a while back, something related to… I think it was setting up a personal wiki? Yeah, that’s it. I wanted a place to dump all my notes, project ideas, random thoughts, everything. So, here’s how that whole mess went down.
The Initial Fumble
First, I just started throwing stuff into a bunch of text files. Total chaos. I had folders, subfolders, files named “notes-on-stuff-2023-10-26-v2-FINAL-USETHISONE.” You get the picture. It was a disaster. I couldn’t find anything, and I spent more time organizing than actually, you know, using the notes.
The Search for Something Better
So, I knew I needed something better. I started poking around, looking for personal wiki software. I tried a couple of really clunky ones. They were either super complicated to set up, or they looked like they were designed in 1998. And the interfaces? Forget about it.
Giving up on finding something better
After failing to find something better, I decided to try using Notion.
I created a new page, and started to write down, by date, all the things that need to be recorded. I created a page to track my work.
I also created some pages to record my learnings.
I kept using Notion, and it did help to record everything.
The “Aha!” Moment (Maybe?)
Then after setting everything up, I found that I still did not check it often, because every time I wanted to record something, I need to open a brower and find notion page, log in, find the right page… Too many steps!
So, after a while I decided to stop using Notion. I guess, it’s not something that is working for me.
I guess the lesson here is – just start! Don’t get bogged down in finding the “perfect” tool, cause I don’t think it even exists. Maybe the perfect tool for one, is not going to be good fit for the other one.
