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Re:Make Writing a Habit by M5x7wI3CmbEem10 on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:04PM (#23318980)
how would you even begin organizing all your thoughts?
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Re:Make Writing a Habit by Kinrany on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:46PM (#23319181)
RoamResearch's approach seems promising: most thoughts are organized by date, plus a bunch of tools that make search easier.

Trying to invent a hierarchy for unorganized thoughts is certainly a waste of effort.

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Re:Make Writing a Habit by M5x7wI3CmbEem10 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:43AM (#23324985)
unfortunately, it looks like Roam is a proprietary format rather than plain text
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Re:Make Writing a Habit by openfuture on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:32AM (#23321110)
Write them down.

Then try to surface the topology using whatever tools you like.

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Re:Make Writing a Habit by indogooner on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:43PM (#23319157)
Directories. Sections inside text files.
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Re:Make Writing a Habit by slewis on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:10PM (#23319005)
grep
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Re:Make Writing a Habit by atisu on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:01AM (#23320168)
zettelkasten
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