I’m in the long process of paperlessing. It’s THE perfect example of that (not so) hidden cost. But there’s no lying or trying to sell you magic. You put effort in a systematization that empowered by a great tool and a well thought out and tried model, and voila, winning.
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tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 9 months ago
Isn’t that the goal? If you have an old drawer full of unorganized stuff, implementing a selfhosted management tool is getting an organizer and thinking about how to fill it, but you still have to sort your stuff in.
The only selfhosted thing where I really have to re-organize is my documents in paperless but I’m so glad to finally have it all organized and searchable instead of some hot mess of an inconsistent folder structure.
diegantobass@lemmy.world 9 months ago
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 9 months ago
Yeah I think of it the other way round: I couldn’t get myself to organize them without combining it with a nice selfhosted tool. The goal is getting my stuff organized, the cost is doing work, which includes setting up a system. I can cheat on the cost a little by including a fun project in the cost part.
I do think there’s a hidden cost in selfhosting though and it’s maintenance. Fortunately, there’s selfhosted tools that help with that too :-)
diegantobass@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Thinking back on you rhetorical question, I think it’s just it.
It’s the goal. The goal was always to try and make me think that I am not just simply taking care of my stuff (and by extension myself). Because taking care (of yourself) isn’t valorized in a capitalist society.
Fuck it all. I’m putting YEARS of work into just sorting myself out.