Notes to Self email folder

I read this Ask HN: thread hoping to find an alternative to my own messy digital note‑taking, and I’ve adopted the very promising “Note to Self” email folder suggestion. Skip all the second‑brain tools and just use your inbox: email yourself interesting links, thoughts, quotes, or questions, and file them into a dedicated Notes to Self folder. Every so often, skim that folder, delete what now feels worthless or obvious, and let the rest sit. As the commenter shared: “It’s more useful than you’d think—by reviewing those notes semi‑regularly, you’re indirectly memorizing their contents and refreshing their presence in your short‑term memory. And that, to me, is the benefit—not ‘copy this cool thing,’ but ‘feed my mind cool ideas until it has digested them and incorporated them into the larger gestalt.’” — CD