[MrGilbert]

There was a post "recently" on HN, which made me re-think my habit of collecting and sorting. I now have a Kanban-Board for ToDos (which I check daily), and a Journal file where I note down stuff from the day. The file keeps filling up continuously. That’s basically it.

[item007]

That sounds like a really healthy, low-maintenance setup: Kanban for what must move, journal for everything else.

Out of curiosity, when you look at the journal later, what do you want it to do for you most: help you remember context, help you spot patterns, or help you extract a few actionable follow-ups back into the Kanban?

Details in my HN profile/bio if you’re curious what I’m exploring around that handoff.

[MrGilbert]

Basically the very first part from your list: Remembering context. Working with people means that a lot of what I'm observing or what is happening will happen at a later stage. It tremendously helps to go back a few months and dig up my notes from back than, either to connect the dots to a development or reduce the "he said, she said" - dance that happens way too often.

I also like that fact that I can just scroll down a long list of entries, when I'm not sure about the exact words I used in this situation to note something down, or when I just remember the rough timeframe something happened.