# Separation of notes?

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/separation-of-notes/475>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 4, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/separation-of-notes/475 "2020-07-04T15:16:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/separation-of-notes/475/3 "2020-07-05T13:55:50Z")

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Here’s (a simplified view of) my current system:

```auto
~/org/
   \_ notes/
      \_ topic/
         \_ {topic}.org
      \_ journal/
         \_ {YYYY-MM-DD}.org
      \_ literature/
         \_ {YYYYMM}-{book_title}.org
      \_ meeting/
         \_ {YYYYMM}-{recurring_meeting}.org
         \_ {YYYYMM}-{archived_recurring_meeting}.org_archive
      \_ project/
         \_ {YYYYMM}-{project_title}.org
         \_ {YYYYMM}-{archived_project_title}.org_archive  
   \_ tasks/
      \_ {company}.org
      \_ {company}.org_archive
      \_ personal.org
      \_ personal.org_archive

```

`org-roam-directory` is set to `~/org/notes`.  
`org-agenda-files` are set to `~/org/tasks` and `~/org/notes/project`

I have `org-roam-capture-templates` for `topic`, `literature`, `meeting`, and `project`. These are all picked up as roam tags (except for `topic`).

The files under `tasks` are classic big-ass agenda files containing Areas as first-level headlines and TODOs as second-level headlines. I use `org-capture` to add TODOs and archive them when they’ve been DONE or CANCELLED for 2 months.

The files under `project`and `meeting` are archived by renaming to `.org_archive` when they become irrelevant. A `project` usually arises from TODO subtrees in the `tasks` or `journal` files starting to get big.

`literature` and `topic` files are never archived.

I don’t bother with zettelkasten too much since I do relatively little research. My usage is as a programmer and manager.

I use `org-roam` as a wiki with backlinks, which is what I’d been missing in `org-mode` for a long time, since `org-agenda` is very task-management oriented and does not offer a good solution for general knowledge management in my experience

UPDATE (2020-08-11):

1. Moved topic notes under a `topic` directory

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