I firmly believe that process always wins out over tools, and a recent newsletter from CJ Chilvers backs that up. He looks at musicians producing iconic music with instruments made from factory second parts.
So often we go looking for a solution to a problem and figure it must be some new tool. We want to take notes and think, so we try endless tools to "help" with that.
There is little magic in most tools. I write because I give myself time weekly to write. I've been sitting here for a few hours today working through book notes and thinking and making connections.
The tool I use for this has little to do with the output. As long as it has some search functions and cross-linking...it would serve.
This is why I don't try every tool out there. You'll find no review of Tana on my site, because I don't believe it (or any other tools) will help me think better.
This is also why I'm not that hot on AI. It's a fancy tool that may revolutionize a few things, but I don't think it's going do to as much as we think as fast as we think.
Bitcoin was going to revolutionize finance. So far some people have got really rich, and many more have lost money.
Tesla was going to have self-driving, but it's nowhere near happening.
What is your goal? If you want to write, when are you going to set aside time to think and write? If you don't know, or think that some tool change will make it finally happen, maybe you just like the idea of having written and don't want to do the work at all.