For me, my notes app is a program I use far more than any other, except for a web browser, so your question doesn't really make sense. It's like asking "how do you stick with Word or Excel"?
I use the common folder-of-text-files method (currently with Ulysses, although I've used other apps in the past). Any time I need to write something down, that's where I go first, unless I'm drafting a document that needs to be sent to someone else.
Here is when it gets used most:
- Researching something online
- Preparing for a call or meeting
- Taking notes on a call or meeting
- Random ideas I want to save
- Important information I want to keep (but not so secret that it needs to go in a password manager)
I use the common folder-of-text-files method (currently with Ulysses, although I've used other apps in the past). Any time I need to write something down, that's where I go first, unless I'm drafting a document that needs to be sent to someone else.
Here is when it gets used most:
- Researching something online
- Preparing for a call or meeting
- Taking notes on a call or meeting
- Random ideas I want to save
- Important information I want to keep (but not so secret that it needs to go in a password manager)
- Outlines of documents I want to write
- Snippets of code I want to save