Mini Notebook: Good for the desktop. My handwriting is a bit sloppy; various attempts at deciphering heiroglyphics can be disastrous. I'm a black pen enthusiast, so when one's not available, my OCD kicks into overdrive.

Apple Notes: A gold standard for nearly two decades. Although, doesn't transfer easily to my non-Apple devices. Manual labor involved with getting notes from Apple to Windows environment. Off-Apple access involves the very limiting iCloud website. If that dilemma could be rectified, it would be a utopia.

Microsoft OneNote: Helpful at work; not so much in my personal life.

Evernote: Worked great for clipping and drawing; then they started hiding features behind paywalls and limiting access to multiple devices unless you were willing to pay the fine.

Notion: A great idea in theory, but I spent too much time trying to make it visually appealing than using it properly. Everything lives online; and a great fear of losing the data.

Obsidian: Again, great idea in theory. Heavy learning curve. Very minimal guided setup, a plugin ecosystem, complex advanced features. Data is stored offline, can sync between devices with Dropbox.

Nota: A self-made text only environment I created that is essentially the Notepad application on Windows but allows tags and links. Also included text formatting and simple mathematical calculation where I could create a check registry. iOS app works on both iPhone and iPad, plus a Windows executable. Everything syncs through Dropbox. A little buggy at this time. Still attempting to patch.