[Ecoste]

Now do an article on how to get the discipline to keep this going.

[dudinax]

As an undisciplined person who nevertheless does something similar, elimination of the fear of forgetting something is enough motivation.

[cpeterso]

It’s your “backup brain”.

[npteljes]

My personal approach was that I realized how useful it is for me, and how deeply I appreciate it that I don't forget things. The second thing that helped is to realize how I use my devices, and how the note taking can be set up to accommodate that. For me, this meant a system to sync my notes between my main computer and my phone. This way I have the information everywhere I need it to be, and also it's backed up, which is a nice bonus.