“the last time i did a big rework of my vault (also mostly messing with the frontmatter), the tag wrangler + linter plugins were very helpful! i used an external code editor (visual studio code) to do some bulk search+replace text lol (easier to do this in vsc than in obsidian).”
“I use Obsidian for my TTRPG notes and wanted individual notes to look more like the books I use at the table, without changing the theme for my entire vault. You can apply styles based on a note property, so I ended up making a few for the games I play/run.”
“from that perspective, I would start to just use obsidian to take your notes, without much structure... learn how THAT tool works first (links, tags, etc)... and only when you start finding areas that are actually becoming problems for you THEN set out to solve them”
“I use the "Open Daily Note" Widget. It opens really fast and I can just write in a new note that updates every day. No need for another plugin/app, it's base Obsidian”
“On KDE I wired up Plasma that CNTRL+N goes straight to Obsidian in what I call Fleeting Notes vault and launches a templates new note for quick thought capture. I then can then turn they not into an action somewhere else .”
“I'm still in notion, yet to make the jump to obsidian, so it's useful to see how others use obsidian for journalling. And agreed about how digital journalling is wayyy better than paper joirnalling.”
“I used to use Xiaomi Notes to quickly write down spontaneous thoughts; but now that I'm using Obsidian, the process is a bit slower because Obsidian takes a few seconds to open, which is a little frustrating when I want to type something really fast.”
“I actually love obsidian, and use it for a variety of daily notes, task list, mainly school notes for linking, but when it came to journaling I just wanted a space that forced me to write.”
“Obsidian is a bit of a learning curve depending on how deep you want to go, adding plugins layers on complexity at exactly the time that you don’t need it.”
“Used Apple Notes for years, but switched to Obsidian for more flexibility. I just use the **Notebook Navigator** plugin for a similar dual-pane setup, the **Cupertino** theme, and a simple **PARA folder structure** as my organization system.”
“Basically you should know that you can link notes. Then, start using obsidian, and whenever you want to do something, that’s when you look for it. Like, templates, queries, dashboards etc… if you don’t need it, why learn it ?”
“Start with basics, like notes inside folders. Then maybe you'll want to link some notes together if they make sense. Then, after some time throw some tags at them.”
“I have an Obsidian Vault using as my... well... I don't know what to call it but some sort of mixture of PKMS and Second Brain and whatever you wanna call it. Now, I was experimenting with this for a couple of month and so far I have approximately a 1000 notes.”
“I suggest doing it in Obsidian though, as you may discover the added features give you value over time, and then it's easy to build what you need if you already have your entries in it.”
“You can just copy your vault folder, it contains your plugin and theme files already. It will likely ask if you trust the author of the vault and want to enable plugin when you first start Obsidian on the new computer.”
“Update for everyone who asked: it's in the community directory now, so no more building it yourself. Settings -> Community plugins -> Browse -> "Vault Graph".”
“I used a Python script. You have to think about how you want to sort your notes first. Then, based on what they have in common, write a small script and run it on your Obsidian vault directory.”
“I just checked in a new vault and it starts with ctrl required for everything but reading view. So if explaining this to someone new to obsidian it would be good to mention that.”
“I also prefer Obsidian but I continue to use Apple Notes for the data detectors tied into iOS and how I rely on them repeatedly throughout the day (the speed is important).”