100% agreed on the "don't chase fancy tools" mindset.
When I was taking the Building a Second Brain course, the instructor Tiago Forte had offered us three tools to use for organizing our notes:
- Evernote
- Roam
- Notion
He personally used Evernote, but he had an interview each with someone to show us how hey used Roam or Notion.
Since all the examples he would show us during the class would be in Evernote, I decided to not bother trying to apply PARA to the other two systems and stick with Evernote until I learned the basics. I could always switch over later, once I grasped the fundamentals better.
I haven't switched over yet, because frankly, Evernote is still good enough for me. The potential switching costs aren't worth it.
100% agreed on the "don't chase fancy tools" mindset.
When I was taking the Building a Second Brain course, the instructor Tiago Forte had offered us three tools to use for organizing our notes:
- Evernote - Roam - Notion
He personally used Evernote, but he had an interview each with someone to show us how hey used Roam or Notion.
Since all the examples he would show us during the class would be in Evernote, I decided to not bother trying to apply PARA to the other two systems and stick with Evernote until I learned the basics. I could always switch over later, once I grasped the fundamentals better.
I haven't switched over yet, because frankly, Evernote is still good enough for me. The potential switching costs aren't worth it.