Open a folder of old drafts and you'll see a wall of dates.

Open a folder of old drafts and you'll see a wall of dates. "draft_oct14," "draft_nov02," "idea_3." None of it tells you what's actually inside.

Three weeks after writing something, the date is useless information. You don't remember what happened on October 14th. You'd have to open the file to find out, and if you have forty drafts, that means opening a lot of files.

The fix is simple: name the file after the idea, not the day you wrote it. "why_hooks_matter" tells you exactly what's inside before you click. "draft_oct14" tells you nothing except that you were at your desk that day.

This sounds small, but it changes how you search. Looking for a draft becomes a scan of filenames instead of a re-read of five documents. You're matching against a thought you already have, not reconstructing one from a timestamp.

It also exposes weak drafts faster. If you can't name a file after its idea in under five seconds, the idea probably isn't clear yet either. The naming step doubles as a clarity check before you've written a full post.

One concrete takeaway: go rename your next five drafts. Skip the date, use the one sentence that describes what each draft is actually about. You'll notice which ones don't have a clear sentence yet — that's useful information too.

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