Auto-generated file "table of contents"

I don’t use it anymore. I am now using the DataView plugin which dynamically generates indices/lists of all kinds. I use it to collect all sorts of logs from my daily notes (to track things I watched, people I met, etc.) For my daily notes, for the most part, the Calendar plugin is how I navigate it.

One quick tip though, if you use TOCs or indices and the like, it’s okay to have these dynamically generated lists/tables. But if you are particularly dealing with MOCs, it’s a philosophical difference in that part of what makes it work is you manually making/updating them. If you automate that part, a lot of the benefit somehow is wasted since the process encourages you to re-familiarise yourself with your notes and keep interacting with them in different ways over time.

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