Org-roam alternative that is minimal

I still only use org-capture these days because it is so easy to setup. The problem is that I have a long `wiki.org`, a long `journal.org`, a long `ideas.org`, and sometimes there's conflict across different platforms (I use Dropbox to sync them).

Twice have I tried org-roam and it didn't stick. I found it too complicated to use. I only need a way to break the notes down into different files and a search functionality for all these notes.

For those of you who were once in a similar situation, can you suggest packages/setups that I should try?