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> # This is my 4yo vault, AMA
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> r/ObsidianMD · [u/Magical_cat_girl](https://www.reddit.com/user/Magical_cat_girl) · Jun 26, 2026 · showcase
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> 1,530 points · 235 comments
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> ## Comments
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> **u/EnigmaParadoxRose**
> What subjects did you write in it?
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> **u/wells68**
> Where is the ventilation port on your Death Star?
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> Or did Luke already nail it and those red areas are are eruptions?
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> **u/PhilosopherEmperor**
> How is it colorful?
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> **u/agrophobe**
> Do you do passes to recategorize notes afterwards or leave them be in time?
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> **u/zacgarbos**
> Finally a vault that looks like mine lmao, an jumbled chaotic meatball
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> **u/ntn8888**
> do you have to type in your notes, or use a pad and ocr system? thanks
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> **u/aatmagya**
> I started using Obsdian like 15 days ago and it’d be awesome if you could answer these questions-
> - What does a note look like when you write one that you know will be useful later?
> - When you look at your vault honestly, what percentage of your notes are storage versus actual thinking?
> - How do you organize your notes? Do you use properties/tags/folders/wikilinks?
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> **u/Dangerous-Company954**
> This looks really cool, I wish to make my own vault this big in CompSci one day, which field do you study/work in that made you have this many notes ?
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> **u/airyrice**
> What's the folder structure like in your vault?
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> **u/quelling**
> No questions. Just wanted to tell you it looks beautiful and like a solar system. ❤️
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> **u/AndrewAE86**
> This awesome! I like see how it interconnected.
> Is there a method you followed, like Zettelkasten or the PARA/Second brain? or what sort of workflow you do to for deciding what links to be created or which folder to put the files.
> I recently stumbled on Zetellkasten and interest about this and that's how I found out about this Obsidian Note.
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> **u/Life_Door_2166**
> Can you share an excerpt from one of your favourite entiries? (As long it doesn't reveal private info)
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> I have a big obsidian graph over journaling over 6 months and it's gotten pretty huge but I only write about daily entries and about people. The interconnections is nice to see!
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> But i usually have trouble with writing about anything else, like ideas and stuff, thinking they'd become less relevant anyway
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> **u/Express-Point-4884**
> do you ever just dwell and wander throughout it?
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> **u/PiratesOfTheArctic**
> Could you tell me if possible what plugins you've found useful?
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> **u/rosietheamazon**
> Insert “It’s art!” gif
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> **u/Charming-Big-8112**
> Una pregunta: ¿el objetivo de tu vault es encontrar información rápido o descubrir conexiones nuevas entre ideas? Me parece que son dos formas muy distintas de usar Obsidian.
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> **u/Sad-Confusion-616**
> the whole universe
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> **u/PotentiallySillyQ**
> My god… it’s full of stars!
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> **u/XxAtroyxX**
> How's the performance and folder size?
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> **u/Crafty_Ball_8285**
> Does having a visualization help you in terms of productivity ?
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> **u/iwilldoitalltomorrow**
> How do have you kept it organized? Linting process?
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> **u/JigglyBobblyWobbly**
> This makes me think that someone needs to code a plugin for obsidian that spits out your vault as a galaxy for stellaris. Maybe via this plugin:
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> hmmm, maybe one day i'll get round to it.
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> **u/NotAF0e**
> Do you use your vault to track fleeting or quickly removable stuff e.g. tasks in Google tasks? If so is your approach to remove a note after completed or to mark it as completed?
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> **u/arcade-MC**
> I see a lot of beginners guide on obsidian. None of them answer my big question: HOW do I consistently build something in it? Even I wish to write everything about me as well. Family trees, ideas, studies, memory palace stuff, everything. I wish! But whenever I get started, I get overwhelmed and then I exit the app 😮💨😭
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> **u/Droezan**
> How do you find a specific note or subject? Do you use categories and bases?
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> **u/dih_lover456**
> Do you find that you're always thinking of ways and trying to link notes together like I do 😭
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> **u/Flashy-Bandicoot889**
> Congrats, this must be a proud moment for you.
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> **u/lunedelily**
> How do your family tree notes work? I’ve been wanting to organize mine as well but haven’t found a great method yet
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> **u/MasterAcct2020**
> Have you tried to get one of the ai agents to do the heavy work for that? For some reason they are saying I have to write everything myself but I thought they gather the various pieces of information from emails, messages, ai chats on topics that requires further research, notes in various apps used like Apple Notes, etc.
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> I thought having an ai assistant would be a perfect solution
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> **u/AnonymousFredo**
> You mentioned grocery list. You keep every grocery list you ever made in the last 4 yrs?
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> **u/shokk**
> Why is it staring back and asking where Aragorn is?
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> **u/happyhahn**
> Are links better than tags? If so, why?
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> **u/kamadojim**
> How much of the info in your vault do you actually use?
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> **u/Overall-Fortune-6092**
> Do you ever delete things or plan to delete a chunk of those notes due to it being outdated / not used anymore or do you prefer an accumulation with an aspect of leaving all of it for history/memory purposes? I read that you are having performance issues on mobile so will that affect this decision?
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> **u/Yamcha2020**
> whoa
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> **u/Desperate-Data-3747**
> note count?
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> **u/supa_lou**
> Was it worth it?
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> **u/CthulhusPetals**
> Looks pretty cool, like a picture of your thoughts. But I don't understand why the map is useful. Do you look at the cluster regions and gain some insight on something?
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> **u/Nomadic_Artificer**
> That's an entire galaxy man!
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> I was going to Silo certain facets of my life, but damn that looks cool
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> **u/Global_Complaint8713**
> Damm.
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> **u/Vectan**
> I thought you were supposed to create a second brain, not a second universe.
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> That looks amazing.
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> **u/meothfulmode**
> I'd love to see an example of a note. Your notes are far more interlinked than my own -- sounds like you force yourself to make links. How quickly are you able to make those connections? I find many of my notes are forgotten shortly after i write them.
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> **u/nelsci**
> The vault worker!
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> **u/LilleSang**
> What a beauty :)
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> **u/migglegrob**
> i appreciate you saying "just write" and your willingly abandoning multiple organizational systems as you went. another example that a pragmatic forward movement that avoids preciousness is the key.
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> i'm interested in your capture workflows, and how the system is built to accommodate different intake contexts? can you elaborate on how you "feed" your different areas, and what those access points look like? like quick capture vs focused work, idea vs shopping list, or mobile vs desktop?
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> i guess i'm looking for the mechanics of input, and how you landed on whatever they are? do you use web clipper, something like apple shortcuts to launch new notes, or obsidian templates? and how did you organize those things?
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> **u/K-realB**
> Beautiful🙌🏽
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> **u/davidvkimball**
> Just based on seeing your replies to comments here, you seem like a very fun person. Cheers.
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> **u/Aggressive_Mark3772**
> does it really help or give insight to see the formation like this or do you think its a hype? I mean it looks cool and i am just starting. But do you ever go in this view and look at it to form new connections? How much does it help in an academic or personal way to connect them like this?
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> **u/Ekkarrie**
> It’s so beautiful
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> **u/kimhamlinwrites**
> Beautiful!
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> **u/tdi**
> You apparently can write stuff but how do you read it ? do you come back to topics what is your method here v
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> **u/Fether1337**
> Is obsidian slower now due to the quantity of files?
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> **u/jamiedefined**
> Very impressive, wow!
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> I've been trying to embrace Obsidian for a couple of years, but every time I start using it I immediately overthink it and abandon it completely.
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> I'm not a researcher, reader, or scholar. I'm just a normal guy who wants to jot down ideas, thoughts, journal entries, and capture moments. The problem is I don't know how to write the note in such a way that the links are meaningful and organic.
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> For example: let’s say I went to Starbucks today and tried a new iced coffee that I loved and wanted to remember for next time . What would that note look like in your vault? How would you title it tag it and link it ?
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> Hopefully your insight will help me understand the underlying simplicity that I’m missing.
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> **u/NudnikGadfly**
> I'm truly fascinated, especially as someone who's recently starting to get into Obsidian. Do you have any pro tips or suggestions for noobs like me?
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> **u/Proof_Repeat_9632**
> This is inspiring. How do you take notes? Do you follow any systems? And for personal reflection - how often you do that?
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> **u/Ok-Answer5178**
> 👀👀
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> **u/PeteSwitch**
> Just started using Obsidian for work, and trying to get my head around the MOC process and how and why notes link to one.
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> Also, are you graphing everything there (tags, attachments +) or just Notes ?
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> **u/WillShattuck**
> Why? How do you use it? I’ve tried for years and can’t figure it out.
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> **u/Exotic_Calendar5284**
> Im interested to build an OS on top of this data
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> **u/Puzzleheaded-Ad8016**
> what's the green section?
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> **u/Failed_Alarm**
> Do you have notes about Magical Cats?
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> **u/fakeclown**
> Thought this was you 4 yrs old's vault. Lol.
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> **u/HarworkingStudent**
> When will my father come back?
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> **u/RedGriffins**
> Do you use claude or any LLM over this vault? I’m wondering how much tokens will Claude consume to understand the full vault
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> **u/Far_Newspaper5331**
> Is this a Stellaris?
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> **u/NeatOhBanditO**
> If you stare at the photo it starts to move
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> **u/meathack**
> My god, it's full of stars!
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> **u/LunarFrost007**
> What did you do with this much notes? Is it just keep as record for bookkeeping?
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> **u/FuckYouAndroidUsers**
> How to prevent lag while opening graph
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> **u/Ok_Outside6541**
> Do you actually use grid view for anythinf useful? I see a lot of praising about this feature by Obsidian users, but I have never used it once despite having used the software a lot
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> **u/Frequent_Switch_3265**
> How do you sync everything? Are you using OneDrive/icloud? Your own NAS? Do you ever use obsidian on your phone? Do you store all notes locally on all of your devices?
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> **u/Shieldxx**
> Is your kid a genius?
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> **u/The-Nice-Writer**
> Do you think God’s hiding because He, too, lives in fear of what He’s created?
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> **u/Freshgreentea**
> I thought this is your 4 year old son/daughter vault, and I wonder what kind of prodigy do you grow.
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> **u/Magical_cat_girl**
> In case anyone wants more info, I wrote a detailed breakdown including a quick vault tour here:
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> **u/ScippyOne**
> Visto che lo usi molto per la salute come associ un esame a una data? Come riesci a vedere un elenco temporale degli esami fatti o a vedere ad esempio tutti gli esami di un certo anno?
> E se aggiungi un tipo di esame come lo leghi a quelli della stessa tipologia già fatti se ad esempio non ricordi il nome che gli avevi dato? In altre parole con che modo e regole colleghi le cose fra di loro per evitare dieci nomi diversi che uniscono la stessa cosa?
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> **u/multipleparadox**
> I read this as « this is my 4 years old’s AMA », thinking you recorded every questions of your 4yo kid 🤣 I was amazed for half a second
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> **u/Diareha-gobbler**
> Looks like bacteria bruh
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> **u/rowland007**
> Looks like a petri dish growing bacteria
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> **u/jinnvk**
> Impressive! How much time on average do you spend on the app?
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> **u/Pika_Sonic**
> Since Obsidian offers so much personalization, I often ask others these same questions:
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> 1. What's your Surface level Folder Structure?
> 2. What are your Go-to/ can't live w/o community plugins and why?
> 3. Do you incorporate AI for any purpose in your note making?
> 4. Any tips or workaround that YOU have found out on your own that made your life a lot easier in Obsidian.
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> **u/CalebDR1029**
> 1. How?
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> **u/RobinzonKruzoe**
> Do you ever feel the fear of losing it?
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> **u/toubar_**
> Looks great!
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> Curious, have you tinkered around with AI tooling like Karpathy's LLM Wiki or the new shiny object from Google Open Knowledge Format? How was your experience if you did?
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> Thanks :)
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> **u/Viz-1**
> Any noticeable / prominent benefits over time that you’ve realized?
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> **u/Hellbat570592**
> I'll sound really naive but I have just started using obsidian, I still haven't fully understood how this is useful. Isn't this simply another note taker, most of the thoughts are individual, what's the point of connecting them? And once you reach to your level inst it extremely difficult to look back at this? I haven't fully understood the purpose of this apart from a cool looking graph.
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> Pardon my ignorance
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> **u/AlarmedLevel4582**
> Hey, just curious, roughly how much storage does your Vault use?
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> **u/tengu53**
> Beautiful knowledge graph. Do you use any AI (like the LLM wiki concept, etc.) to organize your notes?
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> **u/vseth__**
> Have you added each of these notes individually or have you used an LLM to add notes for you as you work with it?
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> **u/CrimsonshadeLP**
> I am new to obsidian.
> 2 Questions
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> 1. How do you do these preety colors?
> 2. Do you have a folder structure in your vault? Like do you try to still sort it a bit or just have all kind of files in one place?
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> **u/FiberglassFlowers**
> Newbie here but why are you connecting everything? Is there a need to do that? Or does it work like mind maps? Also is there a practical reason?
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> **u/Fit-Economics2493**
> How do you make sure you have a good and active recall, given that you have such a large vault?
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> **u/Indoor-Cat4986**
> What is the green dot in the bottom right that isn’t connected to anything else
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> **u/Silas_Undead**
> AMA?
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> **u/GrimLeeper**
> How do you get usefulness out of this
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> **u/GooseWithAnAxe**
> This does look pretty but useless. Are you one of those people taking notes about taking notes?
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> **u/InternationalNooker**
> performative note-taking