## organization
### primary folders
i wanted to replicate my analog systems as much as possible – meaning dedicated space for my journal, plans, project notes, learning and thinking notes, and permanent files.
**`+`** inbox
**`01 - JOURNAL`** time-based entries → daily notes, reflections, meetings, appointments, etc.
**`02 - PLANNER`** routines → budget, cleaning and maintenance trackers, yearly calendar.
**`03 - BINDER`** active projects → brainstorms, drafts, mindmaps.
**`04 - NOTEBOOK`** things i’m learning and thinking about → atomic notes, source notes, quotes and highlights → my most well-developed space <3 *see [[2025-02-16 the notes post]]*
**`05 - LIBRARY`** permanent reference → people and places, collections of things like recipes, input, and output.
**`x`** archive
### taxonomy
>[!caution] this section is out of date
>switched back to links from tags; using `categories` and `types` for “nesting”.
this is always a work in progress. i mostly riff on [kepano’s system](https://stephango.com/vault) , but instead of using links for categories, i’m using nested tags by type and by area.
for example:
```
- #people
- #people/contacts
- #people/contacts/family
- #people/contacts/friendsNeighbors
- #people/contacts/xxxxx
- #people/contacts/xxxxx
- #people/publicFigures
- #people/publicFigures/expertsSources
- #people/publicFigures/celebritiesPoliticians
- #people/publicFigures/artists
...
- #home
- #home/renting
- #home/renting/xxx
- #home/renting/xxx
- #home/maintenance
- #home/gardening
- #home/recipes
- #home/recipes/salads
```
i don’t love using tags and they seem to slow down my vault more than links, but i’m able to more easily create base views like this:
>[!note]- base view
>![[Pasted image 20260704130623.png]]
…where i can see *everything* related to `#home` but can also drill down to, e.g, a specific address we’ve lived at via `#home/renting/xxx`.
### properties
- **system properties**:
- **areas**
- **categories**
- **types**
- **aliases**
- **permalink** → created timestamp
- **modified**
- **headers** → note index sections
- **volumes** → journal index sections
- **tags** → used to describe the “gravity” of a note; see below
- **optional properties**:
- **topics** → keywords discussed in the note
- **people**
- **places**
- **properties for publishing**
- **published** boolean
- **title**
- **layout** → `.njk`
### tags
i’m currently thinking about tags like the ““gravity”” of a note…
- **ephemeral** → quick, fleeting, temporary notes only kept for posterity
- **chrono** → a record of a specific moment in time
- **evergreen** → a reference to build on over time
- **permanent** → a reference that will generally stay the same long-term
- **backlog** → open loops, things to do, reminders
*also tags for input, identities, and output…* not sold on output
*wishlist*
## see more
[[{0.3b} how i manage projects and tasks]]
[[2026-03-07-10-40 how i manage my journals in obsidian]]