# "Tagging" quick notes in dailies / journal

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**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [October 30, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/tagging-quick-notes-in-dailies-journal/3643 "2024-10-30T23:19:57Z")\
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> [@ethan](#):
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> I’m having trouble understanding the role of tags

I understand the trouble. In Logseq, I do not see much difference between tags and links \[1\]. For Org-roam, tags seem to have a different meaning and usage from Logseq.

For your purpose, I would have a note for each system and write my findings there; no links or tags — I don’t write stuff for long-term memory in a daily journal. One is for storage; the other is for flow. If you have a reason to do so, I’d use a normal link and use backlinks to display them later.

Here is my definition and guidelines for tags in any note-taking system, which I apply to Org-roam (as well as any other). I don’t use tags much.

> [@My Guidelines on Tags with Org-Roam V2](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/my-guidelines-on-tags-with-org-roam-v2/3333/1):
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> The tag is a label that you can use to group your notes. Tags are useful when you want to filter and find your notes through tens, hundreds and thousands of them in your file system. The mechanism and what you want from it seem simple but tags can be troublesome. Here are my own guidelines that I follow for tags:
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> - Do not use a lot of tags in one note; instead create topic notes (index or MoC notes) and add links to them
> - Do not define many tags; they grow out of control if you are not careful
> - Your tag system will evolve over time; don’t worry about changing it

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1. [The difference between [[page links]], #tags, and properties:: - Documentation - Logseq](https://discuss.logseq.com/t/the-difference-between-page-links-tags-and-properties/8393)

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