So I am reassured that even if Obsidian gets to be the new dinosaur on the block, I still have text files and relations, stored right in plain text files.

Now, 24 years later through all those transitions in note taking, what remains stable were these essentials. I have drawings on my laptop that were created in 1996, with text files written back then with information in it. What I really like and find fascinating is the 360 degrees turn that note taking is going through for me with Obsidian. Evernote tried to be that, Notion tries to be that, but it is always constrained. I don't think any single app will shine the brightest in any person's workflow on all levels. I use Nebo to write notes and convert the notes to plain text, which is great when taking notes while watching YouTube video. I use Obsidian to link notes together and flesh out thoughts. I write my notes on my mobile phone if needed, on the go in a markdown compatible editor, synced with Google drive. So, I decided that one tool to rule it all (being it Notion, Evernote or Nimbus, or whatever) is no longer the path I want or need to take. The real realisation is that a filing cabinet is not what I needed, as I need to revisit notes in relations to actually gain insights and yeah, Evernote does not do well with relations, and the new trend called 'backlinking'. I am still struggling with my art references, I like Evernote's preview thumbnails where I can scroll through my art and reference art, but just to realise, I don't do that often anyway. Store my PDF's in drive, with selective synced folders on my laptop so I do not get a big heap of old files on my laptop taking up space every day. However I noticed that Google Drive now basically does the same, so for searching purposes, I do not need Evernote anymore for that.

I loved Evernote's search also handwritten notes, it made it very easy to find my bullet journal notes back.

I also decided to migrate out using Obsidian and Google Drive as my main setup.

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