Daryl Ducharme

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If you try to mitigate the effect by opening a new folder for every potential new project whenever you stumble upon something that might be interesting for that, you will soon end up with an overwhelming amount of unfinished projects. If that in itself does not become a drag on your motivation, the task of keeping track of them will. But most importantly, without a permanent reservoir of ideas, you will not be able to develop any major ideas over a longer period of time because you are restricting yourself either to the length of a single project or the capacity of your memory.
Daryl Ducharme
This makes, more clear, the distinction between project notes and permanent notes. it also gives a thought to the time when you actually call something a project. Otherwise you have many unfinished projects. this thought seems to have a connection to the usefulness for ADHD
How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
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