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Ant's avatar

For notes that relate to a specific date such as receipts or tickets, I prefix with YYYY-MM-DD and then include the name of the company and the item. If it's a booking I add the reservation number to the title so I can access it even if Evernote decides not to load the note (it has happened despite me having everything selected for offline access.

For example:

2025-03-25 Apple MacBook Air M4 receipt

2025-06-02 easyJet flight EA12345

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Marco Disseldorp's avatar

I have seen my naming conventions for notes evolve over the years and I always wanted a link with the file folders of my computers. When I discovered the PARA approach of Tiago Forte I learned that I was already doing most of it, but with a little twist for my own purposes. So I use a list of 4 letter acronyms which relate to areas of responsibilities and interests. There are roughly 15 of these and they cover most of my life. Any note, notebook, or file folder always start with that. I double that with using the same acronym in a single tag, which help with search and exporting. So i.e. HEAL concerns anything health related, HOME is about the house, what’s in and around it, FOOD are recipes, diets, etc. You get the idea. Next I indicate if it’s a Project with short term goal associated, then a description of the contents and I conclude with a status item – adding year means the project is finished and archived, OH means on hold, anything else means it’s ongoing. This gives examples like: MONY Tax 2023, HEAL Dentist, TECH Buy iphone OH, HOME Dishwasher Brand Modelname, etc.

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