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#+title: Future-proofing your notes is only worth if the future is relevant
#+date: "2021-04-07 18:53:58 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-05-07 11:06:44 +08:00"
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#+language: en
At some point, your notes will be a gigantic mess.
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Even if you [[id:ea263f6f-fa8e-4e6d-a585-d30d493d1e3c][Add a desktop search engine for your digital library]] and know the structure, it's not always worth with the overwhelming pile that will accumulate further since you always navigate certain notes through a fixed path.
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Similar to certain software projects like Xorg, Rust language, magit, and org-roam, there will be a point where you have to redesign them.
[fn:: Xorg has Wayland as the successor, the Rust community can revise the language freely through editions, magit did have a crownfunding campaign to pay the developer to rewrite it for a year, and org-roam is recently through a major redesign.]
You have to assign a garbage day at some point.
Future-proofing your notes creates pressure on managing your note-taking seriously and efficiently.
You don't want to take notes haphazardly and the overall notes structure will stay the same throughout a year.
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They should eventually evolve into [[id:431532c3-6506-4565-b193-dbfb60eac7d6][Evergreen notes]], branching out of the original notes structure and making a better graph for navigation.
An alternative to trashing your notes is to [[id:810dc8b6-db64-4c80-a0aa-f9e6d5fa4acf][Create an inbox to store your thoughts]].