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Since you're using Microsoft already, OneNote is a great tool too. I write down most everything I do at work in it. My basic organization is as follows: OneNote NoteBook |_ Year - Collection for each year in the company/position |_ Month - Tab for every month |_ Daily Page - the title is important here, because the search function is kinda weird. It will return a list of pages the term is found, then highlight it once you've opened a page. For example a title like this, SA 23.09.2023, will show up. It helps me find the right page faster. I also created a second OneNote Notebook for all the projects, research, and often used procedures, organized similarly around topics rather than chronologically. For me, it's a life saver. On my third job since I started using OneNote, still using my notes from years ago. The wiki article is what got me started. Now I don't have remember what I did, because it's written down and somewhat cataloged.
OK I'm sold - I hear a lot of good things about OneNote but I struggled to understand the appeal on first glance. If it is good enough that you can find notes that far back then that could work well for me.
Btw Planner is great if you haven't used it. It's designed as a collaborative tool but I use it mostly as a way of keeping track of where I am with various tasks. I put it in my startup folder so it comes up as soon as I log on. I'll make checklists and basically talk to myself via card comments. Comments are timestamped and are forwarded to outlook so it's a better way of logging things than my usual method of digging through old Outlook messages. It has a couple of shortfalls but its really keeping me sane at the moment
I just started using planner as a digital kanban board. My new job has next to nothing written down. Everyone has been there for years so they "just know how to do it". Well that doesn't help a new person, lol. That is an innovative way to use the cards. I will definitely look into it more. I think the key takeaway is "if it helps you, use it!"