Obsidian: The King of Learning Tools (FULL GUIDE + SETUP)
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- Obsidian has been the centerpiece of my self-education for 10 months now, proving itself as the perfect outlet for my reading, writing and thinking.
By combining mini-essays with the Zettelkasten system, I've created a workflow which fits my learning like a glove, and I hope it'll work the same for you.
Here, notes go beyond mere online post-it notes.
They're opportunities to learn, to practice writing, to store big ideas and to serve your future projects in any creative endeavor you love.
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Atomic vs Literature Notes Video:
• Effective Note-Taking ...
Mini-Essays Video:
• Mini Essays: The Ultim...
For more Obsidian (some of the resources that helped me set up my own):
• My simple note-taking ...
• Solving The Folder, Ta...
• Watch This to Finally ...
00:00-00:16 Intro
00:16-2:23 Avoiding Toxic Perfectionism
2:23-2:53 My Testimony
2:53-4:22 The Zettelkasten
4:22-5:12 The Value of Being Slow
5:12-6:25 Instant Feedback
6:25-9:14 Perfect Idea Storage
9:14-10:22 The Power to Remix Ideas
10:22-14:00 Your Personal Writing Assistant
14:00-20:34 Folder Setup + How to Tag
20:34-22:30 Important Settings
22:30-24:03 Note Template
24:03-24:58 Creating a New Note
24:58-35:38 Writing a Note (Start-to-Finish)
35:38-36:26 Ask Me Anything
Quick note:
To get relevant links to show up at the bottom of each page:
1. Make sure the 'backlink' core plugin is turned on, as well as the 'backlinks in document' toggle within it.
2. Exit the settings and press Ctrl + P
3. Search for and select 'Backlinks: Toggle Backlinks in Document'
nice of you not to make this an info-product 😅 thanks
Hey thanks for this! Is there a way to get the ctrl T function to make a template for your note easily on android mobile?
@@Connn No idea, sorry
@@odysseas__ Thanks for the info man, I gave obsidian second chance because of you.
But how you managed to make note titles in backlinks blue? Bcs they are grey by default :(
@@Connn You are use the "command pallet" by swiping up in android mobile. Here is how to:
1. Open Obsidian on your mobile
2. On the main page, there you will see 4 buttons, Swipe up; instead of swiping down like one would do when scrolling, do the opposite.
3. Doing so, it will open up a menu called "Command Pallet".
4. Once you see it, there will a search bar. Type "Template" and you will see the option to "Insert Template"
5. Click on it and the template shown in the video will be inserted nice and good.
now this video is like a genuine helping hand in the swarm of deceiving ones ...
-No bs
-No exaggeration
-No irritating aestheticism
just pure minimalism and pragmatism. Also i really appreciate how you pulled off such a technical task with such simplicity. I am not a native english speaker but i can understand each and every bit of it ...keep it up dude.
Thanks! Glad to hear it's easy to follow, that's the most important of all
I speak American and it was also easy for me to understand as a second language mate.
Absolutely stellar comment, exactly what I was thinking! Hey I was imagining what a community for this stuff would look like. If he made a community for us, what kind of stuff would you want to see?
@@probrickgamer American is English...
It's called English not American and Americas don't use "mate"@@probrickgamer
the potential for this is really mind-blowing. research papers and other papers could be completed in hours rather than days with a highly sourced vault
I think good writers are basically doing the exact same thing but in their mind almost unconsciously.
@@JamesSmith-ix5jdbut the mind can forget the vault will not, and can link multiple thoughts
@@JamesSmith-ix5jd is elitism personified. You're a joke.
@@trevanleckie6755 The mind can also link multiple thoughts lol, in fact that's kind of its whole thing lol
I had never heard of Zettlekast or Obsidian until this morning. Every so often, YT's algorithm nails it. I'm excited to get into all of this. Thanks for being concise and sharing what you've learned. 🙏🏾
lol , me too ! recently got my first lap and i didnt know such a world exists !
One of the CZcams videos you just HAVE to watch all the way through, trust me.
Incredible job with this video. THIS is what I go on CZcams for.
You sir, are a gentleman, and a scholar
Thanks, real grateful to hear it
Quick tips for creating concept notes from books. To avoid doing it “manually” I use the Note Refactor plugin. In a large Obsidian “name of book” note, I write down all the insights I had while reading. At the very end, I go over it again and give a title (e.g. H3) to each “concept” in the book. So that they become independent notes I launch Note Refactor which will automatically separate my concepts into different notes. The advantage is that each note is automatically linked to my large book note.
I've been using obsidian for 2 years on and off. I say "on and off" because of these common hangups I continued to get annoyed by. I go through phases of switching between MS word, notion and obsidian over and over never feeling fully comfortable in any them.
After watching this it's time to go again into Obsidian, but fresh.
This is by far the best Obsidian video I've seen because it is simple and exactly how to use it PRACTICALLY. You are quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on all of youtube and just joined the newsletter.
THANK YOU.
Real grateful to hear this, thanks. I hope you can get a nice flow going.
What is better in, your opinion, Notion or Obsidian?
@SeanThomasCross: Do you use links inside the notes? like the hyperlinks on wikipedia?
@@morfrikel7472 No I don't. I let all the tags be the way he discusses. I tried for a bit to use the links within the writing like wikipedia and it just gets messy to my eyes, also I could link endlessly within the writing, so where's the limit?
I like to look in the same part of the note in every note exactly where all my links are.
Keeps it tidy and if I ever convert out of obsidian there won't be a ton of [[links like this]] throughout the text. You know?
But, try it, if it works for you then good. There's no right answer to that.
I’ve been looking forward to this like a new episode of of my fave TV show.
Cheers man, I love to hear it
Same
@@odysseas__how did you set up mic i have same but don't sounds like this
@@shakebraza196 I have a preset on Premiere Pro which I learned from a few videos
Yuh
I literally got this yesterday after watching your video on mini-essays , so this is actually perfect for me. I'm an anthropology and philosophy undergrad with a personal research project on archiving my local city's working class culture and history. I've been archiving, taking photos of places, and reaching out to my community to make it a collaborative process.
This is actually incredible! Congratulations and I wish you the best!
Sounds like a valuable undertaking, love it.
Cool project! Obsidian and mini-esseys might become great tools in your arsenal. I see documentary projects like this on Kumu where places and processes were captured. It would be interesting to show interaction between places and micro-communities inside your local cite. This is a beauty of antropology when you can tell te story about dynamics and development of people's life. Just an idea. 🙂
Keep going 👍🏻
Good luck on your current undergrad journey. Just graduated last may and the real world isn't as bad as people say. I saw you spoke about community and I was wondering if he made a community for us, what kind of stuff would you want to see in that community. What kind of stuff would you expect?
Thank you! This is the best obsidian tutorial out there. So straight to the point and practical! Please make it into a series of videos so we can see you use your system more and learn it in depth. That would be gold!
this is single handedly the greatest obsidian note taking video ever. had it been 10 minutes longer, it would have been the greatest note taking video ever.
Man. This is so helpful. I know you are worried about being another voice in a virtual sea of voices, but the reality is that this video--your video--might just be the one that will help certain people, where nothing else has worked. I am a grad student, teacher, author, and I run a history and literature society. I have been so overwhelmed--to the point of having to go to therapy, where I discovered something about myself: I thrive off of structure. I know I have to get things out of my brain and onto a page--but I always avoided that because it was messy. I have since started bullet journaling, but that is mainly for calendar and habit tracking. What do I do about all these books I'm reading, these books I'm writing, the things I'm teaching, the things I'm studying? Well, I can't say for sure, but hopefully this is it. Cheers - and thank you.
Fair point! And I feel you with structure, this was my exact way out too
Your 'seemless like butter' moment cracked me up. I hadn't giggled like that in a while, thank you!
This is the most complete video on this topic. I watched the two videos you linked here, but struggled to put them into practice. This one connects it all. Thanks Odysseas!
I gave up on Obsidian completely ... then I watched this video and was inspired to return to it. Very useful. Thank you.
This has been almost exactly my experience with Obsidian. The low barrier to entry, the ability to expand tools within the ecosystem, and most of all, a structured way for your knowledge to accrete and combine is so powerful.
I have completely set this up, on June 22nd, I will come back to this comment and give my overall review of what worked and what did not.
EDIT: June 22nd Review
I honestly can't thank you enough for this set-up. I had been using obsidian for 8 months now and I had not encountered a set-up this revolutionary. So here's the review, it is the least I can do as a thank you.
1. Tags
I am unbelievably impressed. The fact that you came with the revolutionary idea to use notes as Tags was really unbelievable.
I used them, and they worked.
They helped me keep my notes really organized.
I don't what happens, but I really like the feeling when you add a reference in a note.
10/10
2. Indexes
Tags helps us organize notes, but how to organize the tags? I had that question for quite a while until I was exposed to "Indexes".
I never thought about organizing Tags like this, and I can see it helping me avoid countless hours of organizing in the future.
10/10
3. Templates
Even though I was using obsidian for 8 months, I had never knew about templates.
And the Template you gave was a great one.
Especially when you showed us how you write using that template.
10/10
4. Flexibility
I really liked the overall set-up and that I could use it for other purposes with different vaults other than just writing about books, podcasts, articles etc.
10/10
5. Main Notes
The idea to store all main notes inside a single folder and then organize them with tags was just fascinating.
I used to keep my notes in folders and then subfolders. Which made it really annoying to find them again.
10/10
6. Overall Review
Arguably the best obsidian set-up ever.
- zero bs
- zero exaggerations
- detailed explanations
- visually appealing
- Unbelievably simple yet unbelievably effective
- unbelievably GREAT.
I hope you all will be open to new updates if I feel as though it will be necessary in future.
Love this set-up.
By the way, I didn't expect to receive so many replies in the comment. I'm not complaining in any way and I was also happy to see so many people waiting for this.
11/10
commenting so that i get notified when you do
samesies
Progress?
tell me brother
@@gutostudiesmed Going "very well". The most remarkable thing in my eyes is using notes as Tags. I could talk about it all day but to be concise: it is helping keep my vault as organized as possible.
I started out by placing this video as a source material and wrote about Obsidian and the things I gathered about it
Pretty good starting exercise
I recently went back to college and have been struggling with ways to keep my notes in such a way that is helpful when Im writing big research papers and have been using a combo of written notes, notes in books, and notes on word docs - i am so exicted to start using this process.
I have been following your system for only a week, but it has been a revelation. I have wanted to make a Zettelkasten for years, but I always got bogged down in the BS and fluff. But this system actually works! Keep up the great work and much thanks!
Firstly, thank you for a well structured, clearly explained video.
I am in my 60s and have been reading, writing and teaching all my life. I am what is known asan "early utiluser" of technology. All that taken into consideration, I still find my system of hand-written notes - on sheets of paper, tagged by hand using 3M stickers, stacked in a binder under general headings - the most conducive to learning. Writing by hand slows you down, utilises more than one physical sense, and so focuses attention. For those who have ever seen a biblical concordance, you'll get what I am talking about in terms of system.
I also believe that my constant shuffling through my notebooks also produces a kind of serendipity, and I often get unusual or novel ideas from pulling out unrelated stuff in ways that software precludes.
I agree with this approach. As a young man in my twenties, when I really want to learn something, this approach has helped me retain and grasp the concepts better.
The emphasis on simplicity, learning, and connecting ideas is invaluable! 💡
Thanks!
@@odysseas__ Cheers my man! keep winning
I’ve used obsidian for years to organize my coding projects and ideas. Your tagging process is brilliant
Could you expand on that, how you do it etc
thanks- i watched this video twice, once before and once after using obsidian, and each time and learnt a lot without getting overwhelmed. this is a gem!
This is the first YT video I've watched more than twice in its entirety. It just made me see what I was doing wrong all this time with Obsidian (and note taking in general). Great straightforwardness and clarity. Thanks for sharing.
What a timely video, reflecting on my urgent need at the moment.
My study hasn't been fruitful for a few months now, and I needed to change my system. I found your "Mini-Essay" video, and it struck me. When I read a book, I would often settle with writing a list of pointers about said books. And I found it hard to manage all of these knowledge in case I need to go back to review it. So, writing mini essays would fit perfectly in my routine.
Now, that's one. Then I discover Obsidian in that video too. I thought to myself, "Hm, I wonder what this app could do?" I did quick search on CZcams and I found this video, freshly uploaded from 15 hours ago.
I thank you for the help. Hopefully, it will also reach people who have similar struggles as I do.
Amazing, I hope it's the answer to your issue!
You have inspired me to create my own "second brain". It's been years since I started thinking about something similar, but I wasn't familiar with this software. It seems perfect. Thank you so much! Your video was not only very inspiring, but also incredibly helpful. Your calm way of speaking and presenting the information made me feel very comfortable. I'm glad I happened to come across your video and not someone else. It certainly saved me from hyper-fixing and looking for the best options to create my system. Thank you again and I wish you all the best.
I've been putting off using Obsidian for years now. You've made such an amazingly simple system that will probably last forever that I HAVE to do it now. Thanks a ton, amazing work!
I started using this for visualising how my work's structures are laid out.
Look forward to watching this!
Thanks, hope it helps
AMAZING. I have watched, over time, at least a half dozen videos on this topic. Complete waste of time because of the complexity. I love your system. Although you referred to "tags" in the video, technically, those are links. I'm sure if people are paying attention they'll see that, and, see that it's a much better way to "tag" notes.
I have wasted a lot of time with Obsidian, but thanks to your clear, simple and uniquely effective system, I'll be using it A LOT more. Thank-you very much for sharing this. This is probably the most valuable video I've found on CZcams to date.
I have been using Obsidian for this process for over a year. You idea of tagging is genius thank you for sharing it.
Can I ask what’s better about it than using the normal tags as tags? no obsidian user yet, but curious :)
In my opinion it’s easy to see the files without any complicated data view set up and if you want to change a tag you just change a page name.
@@murdermayhemuk aaah ofcourse! thanks ^_^
I've noticed that I'm unable to create a tag this way if the word already exists somewhere else? Have you also had this issue?
Thanks a lot. I'm going to start using it, and maybe a year from now, I'll be very grateful for this.
Thank you for this. You know how to keep a video interesting, it's packed full of information, and the information is explained in a clear practical manner. I'm in my 60's, and aside from the normal aging and memory loss, caught Covid a couple of years ago. Been losing important memories at a frightening pace. Thinking clearly is a struggle, and I had to relearn how to read. I've been desperately keeping daily journals to remember who my friends and family are, remind myself of important events, and improve reading and writing. It's not been as successful as I'd hoped, but could have been much worse.
Recently switched from Joplin to Obsidian, discovered Zettelkasten, found your video, and am incredibly excited. This may be the link between a daily journal and an organic extension to memory. Your explanation of Tags didn't click at first, but suddenly tonight, I got what you were saying! Your tags are like "Tags on Steroids!!"
Sorry for the long explanation, but I wanted you to understand, when I tell you how much your video and your method, mean to me. It feels like a reprieve from execution. I'm hopeful and excited for the first time in a long time.
I have a system of my own up and running, but I like seeing how other people structure theirs.
The way you use tags in sticks out to me, you basically create a MOC, instead of relying on the list that Obsidian makes for you with classic tags, it's quite clever.
It's exactly that -I just try to avoid unfamiliar terms so it's simpler to follow
After a lot of pain and overwhelming searching process to use obsidian. Your video is totally worthed to view from the very beginning to very last second.
Thank you for sharing, terima kasih
I agreed on you in everything and I'm glad you make a content about this because our notes can be better with Obsidian.
Obsidian is more than just an application for note taking system; Its a life-saver. Because I am looking for an application where I can write my messy thoughts and make it understand. But with obsidian, I can understand it faster than I was before.
Kudos to who invented this it made my ideas clear and thorough.
I found this video BRILLIANT and wanted you to know how grateful I am, just what I needed!
Great guide, I am setting this up almost identically. One thing only: Do not trust cloud providers, as they might lock your account for unknown reasons or lose the data. Backup both on the cloud and on a offline storage method.
Good point actually. I back it up every week
The winds of grace are always blowing, but one needs to raise the sail
I don't take this help for granted. Thank you so very much.
You put me on Obsidian a few months ago, but I definitely faced the issues you mentioned at the beginning. Thanks for releasing your system. The organizing structure definitely makes opening Obsidian up again look worth it.
Love to hear it!
Favorite youtuber makes a video about the tool I have been curious about. Isn't that amazing 😊
Thanks! Really appreciate it
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I have been trying to use Obsidian for a very long time. But I keep dropping it after a day or two despite knowing that Obsidian is probably the best studying tool out there. But this video is straight to the point, no bs whatsoever, and most importantly it finally gets me to start using Obsidian on a daily basis and actually be able to use it efficiently.
THIS IS A MUST WATCH for anyone who's new to Obsidian. You're the man! I was lost in Obsidian plugins madness and obsessed by those unnecessary gimmicks then I found you, Thank you!
Its time to level up learning!
> Watched a video of you using Obsidian a few months ago
> Came back to find the software name
> Your latest video is a guide on using it
Perfect timing. Subbed to the newsletter, keen to read the mini essays
Love that, thank you too
This was a great video. It has helped me attempt to make the jump from casual Obsidian user - mostly using it as a simpler Word - to using it more as a journal. I'm also happy that this lead me to your channel since you have a lot of interesting content on an interest we share - how to become a polymath. Looking forward to your videos.
Short time ago when i first learned of Obsidian i was sceptic but now having implemented it, it works fir all my uni and private reading and working. Thanks for the tips!!
could u tell me how it helped u with ur uni studies?
@@MrZzack So im studying philosophy, and i use obsidian in two ways. First when I have to read journal texts i in a course i will collect all my notes on the text in an obsidian note, and all texts in an an index, i will have to write a paper at the end of the term, so i read additional texts on the side to find a theme for that paper and go through all my notes again in one place and what if written about it. Second thing is I do a kind of personal glossary, for example in logic where i extract definitions from the textbook. For example validity is an obsidian note and in there cunter examples might play a role, so its linked to the note counter example and so on. THe bene fit is for me to have it explained to myself in my own words, instead of reading it. I hope this helps you
I love organizing/taking notes and have been looking for a system that links ideas like this for a while. I really appreciate your no BS, simple and low maintenance setup. That is a rarity nowadays.
Was curious to hear your thoughts on the following:
- Do you have any concerns for Obsidian limiting access to your notes via paywall or deleting them altogether if the app is no longer supported?
- Do you have any methods you use to transfer notes from physical highlights to digital notes in obsidian? Copying over from physical books seems like a painstakingly long process, have you found any ways of making it faster? The closest thing I can think of is using Kindle or Readwise.
- Do you think AI can be leveraged to speed up the linking via tags by asking AI to come up with commons tags for you?
Thanks, I really appreciate it. Interesting questions too!
The first point is not impossible to imagine, but the fact they are stored as files locally means I don't worry about it. I have a backup copy too.
My physical notes tend to be short and rough -just a sentence in the margin, so typing them up is where the real writing happens. I guess it is slow, but at least it's not boring copy work, and I benefit from the whole process. If I read most things online or on a kindle, I'd definitely use those apps to speed it up.
I once used chat gpt to suggest tags for a note by giving it the title, and it was actually pretty helpful to unstick myself. It's risky though because only you know yourself -AI may tag according to what's most logical, but not necessarily what makes sense for your interests. I'd say if you're stuck for how to phrase a tag, use it as inspiration.
Hope that all makes sense!
this is a brilliant video, a lot of other Obsidian videos, try to elaborate on much more complex ideas in a quarter of the time and it definitely puts people off trying the system. You kept it simple, explained it clearly and didn't rush. Thank you!
Hearing this means a lot, thank you
I just put together my first Obsidian Vault because you mentioned it offhand in your Mini Essay video. Such an incredible tool, and I was stoked to see that you’re going to go more in depth on it!
Cheers, hope it helps
Great video. I took the time in my day to listen to you for 36 minutes and I feel smarter than before. Thank you for providing and creating. I am looking forward to your continued excellence
Oh and two things more: It should be recommended to back up your files in a different place from time to time. I can't imagine the feeling of losing your notes. And: Try not to use questionable words like "cartel" in your videos, if you want to please the algorithm.
Greetings from Germany
"what? butter's not seamless..." cracked me up haha. Great video as always (and was definitely worth the wait) :))
Haha thanks, I appreciate it
To quote my favourite sniper movie: Slow is smooth, smooth is fast 🙂
I’ve been using Obsidian for a couple years. Yes there is a learning curve but it’s way easier than it might appear and oh so worth it. I feel like I’ve built a really efficiently read Wikipedia of my knowledge and brain that has made learning way better but also saves me so much time from re-researching old topics I delve back into. I put my vault in iCloud so that my notes are always synced to my phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop.
Learning about zettelkasten has been the push I needed to switch from notion to obsidian. This system allows me much more freedom. Your implementation of zettelkasten in obsidian is a good choice too; basic and allows for personal preference. Great video
The king has returned
Praise!
Hear me out. Taking notes on a computer is a cripple. Be there in the moment and enjoy life a little. It's not always about the learning and if you just let yourself experience things in real time then you will learn and naturally make connections without relying on a computer to remember everything for you. You dont remember what you type, but you do remember what you write down. Use paper amd write down the important stuff. If you journal every day youll force yourself to reflect more often and the learning is done during your processing and organizing information, not receiving the information. If you're trying to learn from books, use paper back and write inside the book or handwrite some notes, dont put everything into a computer because you dont remember anything and therfore making it harder to actually learn.
nice perspective
I agree, but you should try both! I write everything down and then transfer them to obsidian in order to see connections that I might have missed. Transferring them gives me the option to properly organize them and reflect on what I’ve already written.
this is a method for people who need something far more thorough, and it is extremely unhelpful to make generalisations like this. everyone learns differently, this isn't for everyone, but it's extremely valuable for those who need to collate a large amount of information (writers, researchers, essayists, students etc...) and sort it effectively. i always prefer taking physical notes but because of my adhd, my memory is poor (not everyone remembers what they write down!) and so obsidian has been massively helpful in being able to actually find what ive written down when i need it instead of rifling through my pile of notebooks for ages lmfao
You do remember everything. Reflecting on passages on these books and making visual and easy to modify connections between their points is really useful. It is less time consuming than writing things down. IT doesn't allow for making active connections and creating a breeding ground for insights. Also, like you said, the learnin is done when you are processing the information. But thats only half of it. Actually putting the knowledge to use in your life keeping it constantly fresh and digested in your mind is the higher level of it. Receiving the info, in his more recent video, he already stated that just reading and annotating the book, like you mentioned, was 20%, and I do agree with him on that. I just want to say, that I disagree with what you said that Taking notes on a computer is a cripple.
Obsidian has been really useful, and whilst it doesn't really manage my life, (i have a journal, a notepad, and a compendium for that) it has been vital for putting my ideas somewhere organized and somewhere where insights comes freely, and where my information intake throughout the day is constantly processed and utilized.
This was just the video I needed after watching the one on mini essays. I'm liking Obsidian, so far.
Thank you so much for this! I was getting lost in all the Obsidian setup advice but you just boiled it down to what really matters.
Much appreciated
i've been looking to get in the zettelkasten wave for a while but couldnt find a simple SOP for doing it, you deserve all the love in the world man, ty.
Cheers I really appreciate it
This is revolutionary, I'm excited to get started
Hi Odysseas, thank you so much for the pointers in taking down notes, mini essays, passive learning and now for Obsidian. I am a tax professional, and in our tax advices, I relate to your ideas that some cases or applicable rules for research are lost if not used in the final deliverable -- hence, lost and forgotten. This made me realize to organize my notes in order to avoid the mental strain in remembering and retrieving ideas.
Much appreciated, and it's great to see it work in professional fields too
Clearest Zettlekasten setup video I've ever seen. I never started because it was so daunting. But this seems way easier, thanks!
Thanks, glad to hear it's understandable
Hi! I rarely comment on youtube and I actually thought that you have way more subscribers. So I just wanted to say that your videos are wonderful and have been really helpful to me! Your way of explaining things and topics is very clear and understanding, so thank you for sharing your insights and knowledge with us. I really appreciate your effort to make this high quality content, keep up the great work!
This is in top 3 best explantions with very clear and understandable approach about this topic, which only comes if you truly understand the topic.
Who would the other two be, mind sharing? Urgh, CZcams doesn't have a DM function, right? :(
@@CRANEREVIEWS actually glad that it doesnt it'd become a full on glorified instagram then
You're incredibly articulate and great at explaining things - great video!
This is a great intro that makes Obsidian useful from the get-go. I'll be tweaking it for my specific needs (engineering and meetings), but this is a great starting point for any kind of notes. Thanks so much for this! Subscribed!
I came to the same conclusion as well! all those other plugins and features are just gimmicks that didn't really help me start taking notes. Just getting started with Obsidian bare bones really helped me start to get into the groove of linking and organizing. Awesome video that will help many many people.
i cant congrats myself for capable to finding nice and perfectly educational material about Obs. on internet and congrats you to make this good work. will follow your work for sure, thanks mate
Yesss, been looking forward to this one. Have been interested in various subjects like psychology, philosophy, theology, this is gonna be great to keep everything in one place. Thanks for taking your time on this one, glad it’s finally out !
They'll merge nice with this -thanks too!
You made me use obsidian again after i left it for pen and paper but faced the same problem you mentioned in the video.
Great video. You earned a new sub.
This is a refreshing tutorial approach. I totally understand the use case for obsidian now. I wish I found this video first. Good work mate.
Genuinely so happy that I found this channel when I did
You've been so helpful in me starting a new chapter in life
I'm thankful to hear it -best of luck to you
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this process. I've been sloppily taking notes in my Notes app for far too long and have been hungry for organization. I'm excited to give this a try!
Much appreciated, hope it works well for you
Great video guide, simple and straight forward. 🤩 I set everything up right away, ready to grind.
I will be honest, first time i watched this stuff, i was so far away from understanding
But after i used obsidian for a day, and watched around 7-8 previous videos of yours i was able to understand this "tag" stuff how they are used and every other stuff
After watching other previous videos of yours and coming back to this one had me started connecting the dots, and understand how this stuff works, and how you use it, Hahh! Feels good now.
Found you 2 days ago and keep saving your videos en masse for learning during my sabbatical, very excited about this one, thank you!
Grateful to hear it, thanks!
the beginning of this video is so mindful and amazing!
Thanks, grateful to hear it
I've been using obsidian for a little while now and while I don't think I will be using it quite the way you do, I found your method of tagging really useful and will try implementing it in my vault! so thank you!
Nice, it's good to stay true to your own system sometimes, so I respect that
Ive just been using my obsidian as a sinple way to get onto writing my book, (its fiction) but i have like 5 folders so far with many notes and mini folders within the 5 main folders, one is for my characters, one for my art, one for my references, one for my plot, and one for my raw ideas, this video has definitely helped my understanding of obsidian and reignited my creativity, maybe now i will be overy writers block
Wow this video came out with incredible timing. I found Obsidian a little over a week ago and I knew that I needed to find a system for note taking that would work for me before becoming deeply involved with using this program. I'm currently wrapping up my first semester of grad school. I've been trying to find good note taking habits, and between finding Obsidian, and now finding your video I feel better equipped but also a little overwhelmed to find that my note taking skills are in their infancy. But you referenced a lot of useful tips, books, and your other videos, so I do thank you for the time and consideration you put towards this video. I'm absolutely subscribing and I will be checking out your other videos to learn more. Thanks a bunch, I know for sure that this will have a positive influence on my work life!
Thanks! It's tricky at first but I'm sure you'll find a flow in no time
How has obsidian worked out for you since then?
@@posionsoup I haven't gotten to really go in on it. But I do use it daily. I haven't done any indepth note taking on it yet. I'm reading through a book that I plan to note take on. I start my summer semester next week so that's when I'll probably be putting it to heavy use.
All of your videos are good, but this one is pure solid gold.
Cheers man
Thank you for this video! I totally agree with you , that after 10 videos about obsidian you begin to afraid use it. You approach seems to be interesting. I'll try! thank you!
I just started reading Sönke Ahrens book last week and was overwhelmed by Obsidian! This came at the perfect time
yh zettlekasten is very interesting
Thanks, man. I like the way you deliver your content. It's nice to listen and watch.
Much appreciated
I have waited for so long for this and it's finally here thank you.
Relieved to have it out -hope it does the job
Such a nice time for your video to come out, I just wanted to learn obsidian and you are the perfect teacher and first impression. Thanks :)
Just to let you know, I just installed Obsidian yesterday and thought let me find a video to understand what next. I was beginning to go down the setup path, before I paused, in fact what led me here. So great job, mate
Love to hear it, thanks
Here we are🎉! Congrats on this great video. This video really helps me on my journey of managing my PKM. Big thanks!!!
Thanks! Love to hear it helped
No way-
i was going to learn obsidian today and you dropped a video o it with a perfect timing!
Looking forward to using obsidian, thank you!
Love to hear it, thanks!
Synchronicity 🌌
O vídeo mais completo de Obisidian que já encontrei na net...thanks bro!
Much appreciated
Im really glad I stumbled over this video. I tend to have a problem with focusing on reading or elobarate on stuff I read although I would really like to. As well as I really want my own ideas to form something own I can publish eventually.
This video really motivated me to start my own "Zettelkasten" and to revist the books I have read to further elaborate on stuff in them. I even got motivated to look into things I am not that interested in normally. Like maths etc.
Thanks a lot! Now I only have to make filling my "Zettelkasten" a daily habit :D
I’m writing a fictional book but this is amazing for organizing my historical references and I’m so thankful I found out about Obsidian and your video :) thank you so much
I was literally about to uninstall the obsidian, because I am unable to keep my notes organized, but this video seem straight forward, hope this will help me big time. THANKS ALOT!!
Yes! Thanks for making this video. I've gone back to using Obsidian after seeing your mini-essay video.
Much appreciated, I hope it works for you
I recently got Obsidian bc of your videos. It's bittersweet because I do have notebooks 📓 full of notes from my reading these past few years that I have to sit through and kinda upload to connect them with the rest of my notes. 😅 such a great system of knowledge organization.
Maybe that's better. You can use Obsidian to store information and stuff but that would be only convinient. The main point of Obsidian if you use it for thinking is that you constantly work on your notes and go back to previous ones to revise them. Now you have occassion to look again on your own notes and make them alive again. If it was me I would probably don't just upload content but rather do selection and put to the system only the best notes and also would try to simplify them and transform a little to adapt them to a new role. It's like in another system I saw, your notes would be captures and references but now you can do next step which is cristalization. If you see emergence of bigger patterns, some general themes then you can create hub notes that would summarize and connect related notes. Nice idea I discover recently.
Wish you satisfying experience with Obsidian. 👋
I had the same trouble to start -I'm still slowly transferring them over, which at least keeps it from being boring.
thanks man I been wanting to have something like this in my life. Something where I can keep my thoughts or things I learned or read just everything I want to take note off so I can look back and read it again and maybe explore it deeper. Great guide im going to dl it now.
I have been waiting for this!!
I was aware this came out a while ago but never paid attention to it, clearly is trying to evolve what note taking could be, great video.
Thanks, and I hope it serves you right