In Obsidian, I’ve quit creating separate files for my blogging and for many site articles. I write in the top of my draft/dump file, copy and paste, and when it’s published, delete it. So for the most part, Obsidian files are no longer the “vault of record” for my work (Cp. NYTimes byline.)
Confession: Keeping up with files, papers, agendas, and journals is a lost cause. Not even heirs will want to deal with this. Maybe I should declare a weekly Dump Day.
Friends have graciously accepted to create an archive of the material I have, since I do have some historical papers going back to the 60s I’ve picked up here and there, from our people here. At least, it’ll provide the termites another site for feasting.
Perhaps the lack of organization here is due to the personality trait of always being interested in what comes next. What happened or was written last week (or yesterday) is past history and therefore unimportant. Let’s tackle the next task or challenge and let the past be buried. Yup, not the ideal perspective, for sure.
If I were to start today to organize files and writings, without trying to go back to what’s been done already, what are some good principles and pratices to observe? What say you?