I had a similar issue. I had read How to Take Smart Notes. This discussed the slip box method. I was recording ideas in Obsidian. But I was not reviewing them.
Fast forward another year, I saw a mention of a book called Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte. I bought it and read it in 3 sittings.
The concept was that you are only capturing what resonates with you. Stuff that is actionable for your projects.
The structure of your folders helps with this. So current projects are easy to locate. You can keep working on them.
He suggests in a bonus chapter on tagging to just use the search mechanism of your app. He gives some other useful ways tags can be used.
Fast forward to today, I am actively reviewing my notes and improving them each time I touch them to make them more useful.
Fast forward another year, I saw a mention of a book called Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte. I bought it and read it in 3 sittings.
The concept was that you are only capturing what resonates with you. Stuff that is actionable for your projects.
The structure of your folders helps with this. So current projects are easy to locate. You can keep working on them.
He suggests in a bonus chapter on tagging to just use the search mechanism of your app. He gives some other useful ways tags can be used.
Fast forward to today, I am actively reviewing my notes and improving them each time I touch them to make them more useful.