It is still faster to jot something (an idea, a list) down in a pocket notebook than it is to pull out my phone, unlock it, fire up the Evernote app, and tap out the note on the touchscreen.

Why not create in Evernote? Two reasons come to mind. What I didn’t write about much, because I simply didn’t do it, was create new stuff in Evernote. From the early days when I described my process for going paperless and tips on how I use Evernote to remember everything to the way I used Evernote as a mobile paperless office or capturing technology setup instructions, everything I wrote about, everything I experimented with was about how to collect, categorize, and find the information I needed at moment’s notice. If you look back at my Going Paperless posts, they are all about collecting and categorizing information in some form or another.

It is all about collecting versus creating.

I keep coming back to the question: why not use Evernote for the stuff that I am putting into Obsidian? Yesterday, while thinking about this question, I came up with the answer. As I have continued to increase my use of Obsidian over the last few months, I have occasionally felt a little guilty at my neglect for Evernote.

Paperless with onenote vs evernote