Post author here. I agree with the sentiment... Emacs org-mode sticks with me because it grew on me over the years. It's awesome, but it's also a lifestyle :D
For your (very legitimate, "just gimme a distro") needs, perhaps Emacs Writing Studio could entice you back into the fold: https://lucidmanager.org/tags/emacs/
Yeah, LogSeq is listed in my blog post. At the time of the post, I think they were desktop-only. Now I see they have apps for all the big OSes; desktop and mobile. Very cool!
For your (very legitimate, "just gimme a distro") needs, perhaps Emacs Writing Studio could entice you back into the fold: https://lucidmanager.org/tags/emacs/