Rethinking My Note-Taking App Decisions
Intro
Over the past 48 hours I’ve once again been on a journey to rethink how I take notes. Why? I’ve actually been struggling to answer that question for myself, and I’ve boiled it down into a few potential reasons:
- I’ve never felt fully at home in Obsidian ever since moving to it, even though I’ve been using it for over 2 years now.
- I miss the seamlessness in my life of old Evernote, and constantly wish that there was an alternate that filled the same role in the same way.
- I have liked Bear from the time I first saw it, and wish that I could convince myself that it fills all of my use cases.
What Do I Miss From Evernote?
I started using Evernote back in the early 2010s (I think 2014; I’ve not checked the exact date while writing this post), both as a way to store personal notes and documents, and for some work-related project notes.
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