Considering de-googling further, but stuck on a couple things:
- A decent calendar. Feel free to recommend any client!
- Have tried Etar, Simple Calendar, Fossify.
- davx5 for syncing caldav, cardav.
- Tasks support, even in a different application.
- Deck has caldav support, but finding it annoying to manage in a calendar and been keeping it hidden.
- Kanboard has an awkward interface, but works really well for task management despite to mobile clients beyond the webui.
Finding basic markdown notes to be to simplest way to keep track of events over some years, but would really prefer to use something more refined:
- Calendar Layout that is visually clear
- Reminders aka alarms
- Simple to edit and change on-the-fly
For my this process has been an awkward one, which is why it keeps falling back to basic notes. Hoping I can get myself to embrace a stronger solution, whatever that means. Paid apps are fine if you are using them successfully. Thanks!