[aappleby]

So here's what's worked for me over the years -

I collect interesting links/pages/stuff by emailing myself notes about them. I never actually _do_ anything with these notes, but from time to time I open the "Notes To Self" folder and skim through them. Anything that seems worthless I delete, anything that seems obvious I delete, the rest just sit there.

And that's more useful than you'd think - by reviewing them semi-regularly, you're indirectly memorizing their contents and refreshing their presence in your short term memory. And that to me is the benefit - not "copy this cool thing", but "feed my mind cool ideas until it has digested them and incorporated them into the gestalt.

[johngossman]

I do something similar but also cooy the most interesting of these into Obsidian. Doesn't take long and the activity of sorting helps me remember. It's amazing how often when I skim these that I find something interesting/profound/useful that I've forgotten.

[item007]

Cool! This just goes to show that old savings can sometimes come in handy.

[item007]

Thank you for sharing the email‑to‑self workflow and regular review habit. How often you prune the folder and whether you’d appreciate intelligent reminders.