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> # This is my 4yo vault, AMA
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> showcase
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> ## Comments
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> > **u/EnigmaParadoxRose** · 86 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > What subjects did you write in it?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 174 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Huge variety! Let's see, based on folder structure:
> > >
> > > 1. Personal: Lots of health notes, also life tracking/organization things like packing lists
> > > 2. Ideas: Just jot down any story/product/art/joke/etc idea that comes to mind. Quick capture mostly but sometimes it turns into a project!
> > > 3. Nonfiction: combination of commonplace book and personal research wiki. Lots of health stuff, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, productivity, random interesting things
> > > 4. "Tasks": grocery list, MOCs, other salient one-off personal notes
> > > 5. Projects: project planning (design mostly, I mentioned in another comment I am making an app), meeting notes etc for freelance clients, some random fiction and nonfiction writing
> > > 6. People: mostly family tree stuff
> > > 7. Wins and compliments: self-explanatory, useful boost if I'm feeling down
> > > 8. Memories and dreams: stuff I want to remember
> > >
> > > I am a big believer in jotting stuff down when it comes to mind as a way of building creative skills over time! Can always be interlinked later.
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> > > > **u/DueWallaby1716** · 22 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > How do you shuffle between actually reading about it and then jotting it down? What is the most important tip that you have when it comes to deciding what to joy down? Cause I end up putting the entire thing in, which is pointless
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 42 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > I try to follow the idea of "atomic" notes and force myself to break down into smaller chunks if I want a lot of something. One of the big breakthroughs for me was deciding to always add at least one substantive link in almost every research note at time of writing (e.g. includes my opinion about HOW the note is connected not just that it is.... but it can be very short still, like "this is partly because of [[link]]"). This makes notes a lot more valuable off the bat and forces you to filter out based on what connects.
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> > > > > I would also say don't stress if it isn't perfect, if it turns out to be important later you can always edit it!
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> > > > > > **u/DueWallaby1716** · 6 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > > Do you create higher level topics that you attach the nodes to? What if you don't have relevant information to link it to?
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> > > > > > Also the first question in my previous comment. Feels like I need to spend 2x the amount of time to know/learn something. Often times I wouldn't come back to that note. What makes something worth noting down?
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> > > > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > > > I will often go back and create a MOC for topics that come up frequently. So I have a MOC for child development, for example, and one for interesting language and wordplay. It is pretty rare for something to be completely disconnected from everything in my vault, but if so I would just leave it an orphan and link it later.
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> > > > > > > I mean I would say that is almost more of a feature than a bug... if you were forced to think about it, then you are more likely to remember it and not even need the note. I think it is really a judgement call based on experience and experimentation, but I really just note down what tugs at my interest in the moment.
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> > > > **u/Alternative-Cry-1597** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > Ideas: Just jot down any story/product/art/joke/etc idea that comes to mind. Quick capture mostly but sometimes it turns into a project!
> > > >
> > > > How do you resurface quick capture stuff? Do you have a workflow to look at those notes periodically?
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > I have a MOC that organizes them by category. But truthfully, I will only ever get to maybe 1% of it to actually execute so it is more about the act of capturing itself, which I believes trains creativity like a muscle.
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> > > > **u/Epic-Gamer-69420** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > I’m similar where I use one vault for everything. I recently had the same idea to implement a family tree. I’d love to hear more about that
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> > > > **u/AntiqueConflict5295** · 2 · Jul 2, 2026
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> > > > Thank you 💆🏻♂️🙏🏻
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> > > > **u/Mean-System-1028** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > \* Do you encrypt or protect anyhow the personal stuff, especially health etc?
> > > > \* Do you use LLMs over API or local models to organize it for you?
> > > > \* Do you sync it with cloud or any personal server?
> > > > \* Do you have a way to access it from a phone?
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 6 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > No encryption. No LLMs just yet although I use them for coding for a personal project, just haven't prioritized it and am apprehensive about using it on something so personal. I pay for obsidian sync and that is linked to my phone so a lot of my quick jotting happens from there.
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> > > > > > **u/Mean-System-1028** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > > Thanks! I agree, that is exactly why I was wondering. I would like to have analysis on health data etc and tried also local models, but gap between the level of insight you can get is still wide.
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> > > > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 5 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > > > Honestly, I find that a combination of needing to pay attention enough to write stuff down frequently, then being able to skim back through backlinks to confirm a hypothesis, was enough to make use of my "natural intelligence" over time. Most of my health tracking was from before LLMs were even a thing and it was still super helpful to me. I made common symptoms into notes, like [[headache]], as well as common fixes or potential causes to see what was helping or hurting.
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> > **u/wells68** · 115 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 49 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Unfortunately it's full to the brim with hot air. No escape.
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> > > > **u/wells68** · 11 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > Uh-oh! Hmmm, how about uninstalling a plugin. The hot air might escape through the hole left by the removed plug?
> > > >
> > > > P.S. Thanks for having a sense of humor. It really is a good-looking vault!
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> > > **u/Nickmorgan19457** · 7 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Those red spot are actually Bothans
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> > > **u/williamshatnersvoice** · 5 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > You can't see them from this perspective. They are only 2 meters long ... about the size of a womp rat.
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> > > > **u/wells68** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > 2 meters! We could send a whole crew through that, if only we could spot one.
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> > **u/PhilosopherEmperor** · 22 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > How is it colorful?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 34 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Graph view > settings button > filters. Personally I group into folders and set a color for each folder. IIRC you have to set it up fresh on every device if you use Obsidian Sync.
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> > > > **u/lasnir** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > Can you give an example of your folder structure? Do you nest folders in folders frequently?
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > I almost never use subfolders. Rough folder structure breakdown here:
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> > > > **u/vic-the_son_god** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
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> > > > I dont use folders. I guess I can filter and color based on classification property
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> > > **u/Sacrificial-Toenail** · 3 · Jun 27, 2026
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> > > I like to imagine you have an equally impressive vault and somehow haven’t discovered color coding yet
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> > **u/agrophobe** · 13 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > Do you do passes to recategorize notes afterwards or leave them be in time?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 22 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Depends what you mean by recategorize... There are definitely buried remnants of old organizational systems that I have abandoned that are pretty much just left there. When I fully switched from tags to links I did spend quite a while, in separate chunks, updating all the old tags via find and replace. I do sometimes do "gardening" sessions where I link unlinked notes.
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> > > > **u/Fun_Excitement_3515** · 18 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > “Gardening” session is brilliant. As a horticulturist who is now studying psych science and using Obsidian to hold all the ideas and overlaps between my study, personal writing, research, etc, cannot tell you how much I’m gonna steal this and turn it into a dedicated time block in my calendar. TYSM OP ✨
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 10 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > Wow I'm so glad that was helpful! It is genuinely so fun/relaxing for me, enjoy! Being able to tap through a rabbit hole of interconnected notes across domains is super satisfying.
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> > > > > **u/agrophobe** · 5 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > Good catch. Garden it is
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> > **u/zacgarbos** · 12 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > Finally a vault that looks like mine lmao, an jumbled chaotic meatball
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 8 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Lol yup... all the unlinked notes on the outside form an aura of chaos
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> > **u/ntn8888** · 7 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > do you have to type in your notes, or use a pad and ocr system? thanks
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 10 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > I mostly type them in. However, I do have a Kindle Scribe I use specifically for journaling where I can send the notes to Obsidian, because I like the handwriting aspect for personal reflection. A bit of a funky workaround, but I use Scribe's built in handwriting-to-text send-to-email functionality, then use an AI-written script to download the notes to the corresponding vault folder. I do have to trigger it manually but you could probably set it up to be automated.
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> > > > **u/shokk** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > How is the handwriting recognition on the Scribe? I have really bad handwriting and I tried Rocketbook for a while; it was mediocre. In the same vein I recently tried sending an image of my handwriting to Claude and it was flawless, but that’s $$$ for tokens.
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > Not perfect but pretty good! My handwriting is hard for humans to read but not atrocious, and it gets it maybe 95+% right or so? Formatting like line breaks is a struggle.
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> > > > > > **u/shokk** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > > I even had a little note written diagonally after a line, as three words on top of each other. It got that too as text after the original line.
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> > > > **u/never_username** · 2 · Jun 28, 2026
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> > > > Interesting. I have been journaling and using evernote's image AI transcribe feature. I want to move to obsidian but haven't found a good way to have inage-to-text yet.
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> > > > **u/Hunter-of-Sound** · 2 · Jul 2, 2026
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> > > > I had this going too with my scribe! In my daily had a callout section that would link to one note that has all journal’s text with year month day headers, then pull it in by it’s header. [[JournalPages#DaysDate]]. But preparing the vault to be LLM friendly eventually thinking I’ll just go to a folder with a note for each Journal. Would love to automate the scribe process a little more and get back to it. Like where there’s a folder with the images of the Journal itself linking into a converted text of it where you can read the text or call out box the images or both etc. How did you do it?
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jul 3, 2026
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> > > > > Basically how I had it set up was that I could write what folder I wanted it sent to at the top, with a fallback for where most journal entries go, and then I could specify what I wanted the title to be. The script reviews my emails, looking for emails from the kindle scribe email address, and then scrapes the content from the link inside. It routes it to the correct folder and creates a new note there with the corresponding title. I can then format and link as needed manually. Personally I would also recommend the individual journal entry notes just for ease of use, too!
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> > **u/aatmagya** · 7 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > * I would say that I really don't know if most notes will be useful later unless they're for life maintenance/projects. I have certain habits that help but on some level I can't predict what I will need. Comment on linking philosophy here that helps me make research notes more helpful:
> > > * maybe 60/40ish? Depends on your definition of actual thinking. That orange cluster, for example, is all ideas which could be considered storage, but realistically I will never execute on more than 1% of them so it is more about the action of capturing the idea when it comes up. Such a huge variety throughout the vault it can be hard to categorize cleanly I would say.
> > > * broad folder categories, MOCs for either functional groupings or subject matter guides, file naming for easy chronological and alphabetical sorting w/ project codes (ABCD YYYY-MM-DD), lots and lots and lots of linking. Linking does most of the work.
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> > > > **u/aatmagya** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > I see.
> > > > Thanks for sharing
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> > **u/Dangerous-Company954** · 5 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 13 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > This isn't just one field/subject, this is pretty much everything from my whole life. I work in design and am currently developing an app, so different projects have their own obsidian organization. Lots of personal health notes. And a lot of miscellaneous research about things that are interesting to me. Occasional random projects like a family tree sprinkled in.
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> > > > **u/Dangerous-Company954** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > That's really cool, I wish you the best of luck on your app (and other projects) :3
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > Thanks, good luck with the CompSci stuff!
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> > **u/airyrice** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > What's the folder structure like in your vault?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Posted about the folder subjects here:
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> > > I also use some organizational conventions like dates in YYYY-MM-DD order to make notes chronological, as well as project codes like ABCD YYYY-MM-DD to group projects together.
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> > **u/quelling** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > No questions. Just wanted to tell you it looks beautiful and like a solar system. ❤️
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Aw thank you!
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> > **u/AndrewAE86** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Took inspiration from zettel
> > > a bit but it is really a random amalgamation of tips I learned online and ways my brain works. I've elaborated in a few comments throughout the thread, let's see...
> > > Organization:
> > >
> > > Folder structure:
> > > File naming:
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> > > Linking philosophy:
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> > **u/Life_Door_2166** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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!
> >
> > 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/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Let's see, here's a random personal musing.
> > >
> > > Title: **Life is a sculpture you chip away at every day to reveal its shape**
> > > Body: Opposite to [[ James Clear ]]'s ideas that you build with habits [[ The benefits of habits compound to shape what kind of person you become ]].
> > >
> > > More about how you never get a certain time back-- like each day is a topological layer of a cake you can only decide the shape of once. In line with his idea that [[ You'll never have more time ahead of you than right now ]].
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> > > > **u/Life_Door_2166** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > Damn! I'm assuming each of the [[.]] wikilinks are ideas of their own! Profound!
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > Yep, the ones linked are mostly quotes from others. The interlinking can make for some really cool connections!
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> > **u/Express-Point-4884** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > do you ever just dwell and wander throughout it?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Absolutely! It is very fun to do so. It's interlinked enough that some threads you can follow quite a long ways, it's fascinating honestly.
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> > **u/PiratesOfTheArctic** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > Could you tell me if possible what plugins you've found useful?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Let's see. I don't use a lot of plugins. Core plugins I use canvas and templates. I'm a huge proponent of Omnisearch, it is way better than built-in search, that would be my #1 rec. Advanced Tables is kinda helpful but still a bit funky, if I really need to use a spreadsheet I just go for excel or google sheets. I mostly only used Advanced Tables for time tracking so that it can be in the same place as my client meeting notes. Kindle Highlights is alright if you want to sync highlights from kindle reads, but it puts them all in one note which I didn't love.
> > >
> > > There are some plugins that are fun to play with but not really long-term useful for me, but I think those are mostly on desktop and not synced so I can't really tell you what those are right now.
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> > **u/rosietheamazon** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > Insert “It’s art!” gif
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> > **u/Charming-Big-8112** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > For me it's a combination of both! Finding information rapidly applies to life organization, project notes, and a few research reference things (supplement interactions, for example). Discovering new connections applies to general research/learning notes and some personal notes. There's also a third category, which is notes that writing them is the whole point-- brain dumping stuff I am unlikely to ever come back to but is worth writing down like random ideas.
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> > > > **u/Charming-Big-8112** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > Tiene mucho sentido. Una última curiosidad: después de cuatro años, ¿sigues reorganizando el vault de vez en cuando o ya has llegado a una estructura que apenas cambia?
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> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > > > Most of the majoral structural things have either stayed the same or evolved gradually. For the most part, if I added/changed structures I left the old stuff alone and just built around it. The one exception is when I switched from tags to links-- I don't use any tags any more so I spent a while search-and-replacing a chunk every time I touched the vault and eventually got it all switched over.
> > > > >
> > > > > This has been fun to wake up my Spanish brain again, didn't realize I could still read it! Not even going to try to write or speak it, haha...
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> > **u/Sad-Confusion-616** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > the whole universe
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> > **u/PotentiallySillyQ** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > My god… it’s full of stars!
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> > **u/XxAtroyxX** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > How's the performance and folder size?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Folder size is fine I think, markdown is so light. However I use obsidian sync and recently mobile has been.... rough, to say the least. I have actually been meaning to go in and filter out a bunch of stuff so it doesn't try to sync/load everything on my phone all the time.
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> > **u/Crafty_Ball_8285** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > Does having a visualization help you in terms of productivity ?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Not really, no, but it is fun. Occasionally I will see interesting proximity-based connections, especially in the personal and research categories that are more organically interlinked vs. rigidly organized.
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> > **u/iwilldoitalltomorrow** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > How do have you kept it organized? Linting process?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Multiple layers of organization. Broad folders, MOCs, file naming conventions (dates and sometimes project codes), links. Definitely lots and lots of links. I would also recommend the omnisearch plugin over built-in search, for times when stuff is not as well organized.
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> > **u/JigglyBobblyWobbly** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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:
> >
> > hmmm, maybe one day i'll get round to it.
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> > **u/NotAF0e** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > I do not use it for tasks specifically these days, but I did once set up a GTD system inside and experiment with that for a while. Honestly part of the issue at the time was just life/work overlap and not wanting to have my personal vault synced to a company device.
> > >
> > > Fleeting stuff-- jotting down ideas, reflection/journalling/venting. I do have a monthly life check-in template that I use but that truly becomes a reference for later. I am also ironically building a productivity app for moms/sahms because nothing meets my needs currently.... using obsidian to plan feature architecture, keep track of bugs, etc..
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> > **u/arcade-MC** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Just write!!!! Ignore all the plugins and organization systems and nonsense. If all you did was write and then link notes together, it would still be awesome. When you get to the point when you need a specific new piece of functionality, you can come up with a template or search for a plugin or whatever, but to start with just keep it super basic. Maybe a couple general folders at most.
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> > **u/Droezan** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > How do you find a specific note or subject? Do you use categories and bases?
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > I use MOCs for common topics when I have enough notes that I want to stay organized. For productive notes I use file naming and project codes so that sorting alphabetically puts things in a useful order, or keep super common notes in a smaller folder, or sort by recently edited. Otherwise mostly search, specifically the omnisearch plugin. On desktop there are a few drop-in notes I may occasionally go to from the graph view because I know roughly where they sit relative to everything else.
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> > **u/dih_lover456** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > Do you find that you're always thinking of ways and trying to link notes together like I do 😭
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Yeah it's fun! Maybe not as much these days because I have a kid now so it's not as top of mind as it once was, but it can be pretty addictive...
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> > **u/Flashy-Bandicoot889** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > Congrats, this must be a proud moment for you.
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> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > I am literally blown away that anyone is interested, let alone this many people! This was very spur of the moment and in hindsight I probably shouldn't have posted so close to my bedtime, lol
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> > **u/lunedelily** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > 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/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
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> > > Every person is a note with a loose structure including relationship links to close family and other general notes like on family history. It's all organized visually in a canvas. A tad unwieldy but not awful.
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> > **u/MasterAcct2020** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I thought having an ai assistant would be a perfect solution
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > I have not personally, I might experiment with it but I consider it to be a relatively personal thing so I'm hesitant. And I currently use my Claude subscription for coding a project I'm working on so I have other priorities for my tokens.
>
> > **u/AnonymousFredo** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > You mentioned grocery list. You keep every grocery list you ever made in the last 4 yrs?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > No haha I actually just save over it every week. But it is nice because I have a meal idea MOC that is linked, also a costco inventory list note that is linked so I dont forget anything on monthly costco run planning.
>
> > **u/shokk** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Why is it staring back and asking where Aragorn is?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you
>
> > **u/happyhahn** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Are links better than tags? If so, why?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > 1,000% better IMO. Links are more dynamic, less restrictive, and force you to actually think about how things are related instead of vomiting tags into the note randomly. It means I have fewer things to keep track of because ypu don't need to know what's a link and what's a tag. Plus it's fun to tunnel around the whole vault using links alone, or skim through a whole list of backlinks on a densely connected topics.
>
> > > > **u/happyhahn** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > >
> > > > What are your top tips with links?
>
> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > > >
> > > > > Let's see.
> > > > > - if you think it should be a tag, probably just make it a link in 99% of cases.
> > > > > - always try to link to at least one thing at time of note capture so you don't have any orphans, force the note to earn its spot, and think through how it's interconnected from the get-go
> > > > > - if linking to notes instead of tag-style topics, always make the link substantive. So instead of "related to [[link]]," try "one of the causes of this is [[link]]" or "contrast with [[link]] which takes XYZ perspective instead"
>
> > **u/kamadojim** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > How much of the info in your vault do you actually use?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Notes I touch on a regular basis? Not all that many. Notes I touch at least occasionally? Probably more than you'd expect. But of course plenty of those notes are either outdated, like notes for freelance clients I no longer work with, or writing them was the point, like a journal entry.
> > >
> > > But for the research and commonplace book type stuff, unless I'm just not interested in the topic at all anymore, I at least have a chance to encounter it when I'm making connections to new notes. And I find that I remember a lot of the information in the notes without rereading them because I have processed them in an interconnected way to learn them in the first place.
>
> > **u/Overall-Fortune-6092** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > 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?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > No I never delete things, it seems like a lot of work for not very much benefit, and I like the history/archive aspect. I will probably just stop syncing the full vault to my phone once I get around to it, it's very snappy on my laptop or desktop.
>
> > **u/Yamcha2020** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > whoa
>
> > **u/Desperate-Data-3747** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > note count?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Just checked. 3,252. Yowza!
>
> > **u/supa_lou** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Was it worth it?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > 100%! I love Obsidian and unironically may never use another note-taking software again.
>
> > **u/CthulhusPetals** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > 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?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > For the most part it's not, it's just for fun. I do sometimes notice general connections, and it is helpful for finding orphaned notes to link up.
>
> > **u/Nomadic_Artificer** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > That's an entire galaxy man!
> >
> > I was going to Silo certain facets of my life, but damn that looks cool
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> > >
> > > I'd recommend against it honestly even beyond the cool factor! You'd be surprised at how many random connections you can make between domains.
>
> > > > **u/Nomadic_Artificer** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> > > >
> > > > is it just .MD files in your vault? or do you also include other files like pdfs, svgs, and the like?
>
> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> > > > >
> > > > > Mostly .md and sometimes .canvas. Occasional PNGs or JPGs, but it is like 20 out of 3,000+ files.
>
> > > > > > **u/Nomadic_Artificer** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Okay, cool! Do you also use a dashboard?
>
> > > > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Nope, I'm pretty basic. I do have a Map of Content MOC but honestly I just know how the vault is shaped and where important stuff is, or roughly what it's called to search for it.
>
> > **u/Global_Complaint8713** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Damm.
>
> > **u/Vectan** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > I thought you were supposed to create a second brain, not a second universe.
> >
> > That looks amazing.
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> > >
> > > Aw thank you!
>
> > **u/meothfulmode** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > 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.
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> > >
> > > I will find a few examples to paste. Forcing myself to link them is part of the thing that helps me remember them later, actually. However I will say I have a pretty good memory in general. A lot of times I may not come up with something right away though and just search on some of the topics to find a likely connection candidate.
> > >
> > > **Title:** "A healthy mind is an editing mind"
> > >
> > > Body: "A healthy mind is an editing mind, an organ that manages to sieve, from thousands of stray, dramatic, disconcerting, or horrifying thoughts, those particular ideas and sensations that actively need to be entertained in order for us to direct our lives effectively.
> > >
> > > This issue is pervasive today, as observed by [[[James Clear](James Clear)]] by saying [[[The most invisible form of wasted time is doing a good job on an unimportant task](The most invisible form of wasted time is doing a good job on an unimportant task)]]
> > >
> > > Moreover, [[[A well-functioning mind recognizes the futility and cruelty of constantly finding fault with its own nature](A well-functioning mind recognizes the futility and cruelty of constantly finding fault with its own nature)]]
> > >
> > > Quote by [[[Alan de Botton](Alan de Botton)]]"
> > >
> > > **Title:** "neurons" (this one has a gazillion backlinks to it as you can imagine)
> > >
> > > Body: "Specialized units in a [[[brain](brain)]] or [[[Neural Network](Neural Network)]] that receive or transmit electrical information
> > >
> > > Input comes from [[[dendrites](dendrite)]] and output passes by way of [[[axons](axon)]] through connections called [[[synapses](synapses)]]
> > >
> > > Neurons can only have one [axon](axon)
> > >
> > > Consume a lot of energy but can't store high energy compounds, so having high levels of [[[vitamin B1](vitamin B1)]] is important
> > >
> > > **Title: "**Life is a sculpture you chip away at every day to reveal its shape" (this one is an original thought)
> > >
> > > Body: "Opposite to [[[James Clear](James Clear)]]'s ideas that you build with habits [[[The benefits of habits compound to shape what kind of person you become](The benefits of habits compound to shape what kind of person you become)]]
> > >
> > > More about how you never get a certain time back-- like each day is a topological layer of a cake you can only decide the shape of once. In line with his idea that [[[You'll never have more time ahead of you than right now](You'll never have more time ahead of you than right now)"]]
>
> > **u/nelsci** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > The vault worker!
>
> > **u/LilleSang** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > What a beauty :)
>
> > **u/migglegrob** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> > >
> > > Once again super basic. A lot of regular old copy-pasting. Truthfully part of my simplicity is that part of my professional skillset is UX design and I have very little patience for unnecessary friction or poorly thought out interactions, so I have played with lots of plugins that never really stuck.
> > >
> > > I definitely do more quick capture on mobile and actual reading/thinking/writing on an actual computer. It is actually a pretty big friction point when I read something interesting on my phone that I want to add, because I kinda hate how my phone handles copy/paste especially now that the screen is older and a bit touchy (I really regret switching from Plus One to a regular Samsung). But I wouldn't trade having my vault on my phone for anything because so much of my life is on there.
> > >
> > > One interesting workflow I use specifically for journalling is Kindle Scribe > built-in convert to text and email > script to download from my email into my vault. That lets me get the benefits of manual handwriting but still save the content in my vault.
> > >
> > > I have like three templates, but plenty of notes that are a bit template-y and I never reused them enough to pull them out. The big one is a monthly life audit for things like budget at a glance and notes on different areas (house, health, kid, etc)
>
> > **u/K-realB** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > Beautiful🙌🏽
>
> > **u/davidvkimball** · 2 · Jun 28, 2026
> >
> > Just based on seeing your replies to comments here, you seem like a very fun person. Cheers.
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 28, 2026
> > >
> > > Aw shucks, thank you!
>
> > **u/Aggressive_Mark3772** · 2 · Jun 28, 2026
> >
> > 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?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 28, 2026
> > >
> > > The connections themselves inside the notes help immensely, it is truly like a personal wikipedia. The graph itself is mostly for fun, although I do sometimes use it for something like finding orphaned notes to link.
>
> > **u/Ekkarrie** · 2 · Jun 28, 2026
> >
> > It’s so beautiful
>
> > **u/kimhamlinwrites** · 2 · Jun 29, 2026
> >
> > Beautiful!
>
> > **u/tdi** · 2 · Jun 29, 2026
> >
> > You apparently can write stuff but how do you read it ? do you come back to topics what is your method here v
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 29, 2026
> > >
> > > A lot of times I drop in to somewhere either via search or via a MOC, but for the most part once I'm approx where I want to be in the vault I can tap or click around for a while to browse. It's interlinke enough to be a pretty smooth experience.
>
> > **u/Fether1337** · 2 · Jun 29, 2026
> >
> > Is obsidian slower now due to the quantity of files?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 29, 2026
> > >
> > > No, it's very snappy! It takes a sec to load on my phone because of sync but that is absolutely solvable I just haven't gotten around to tinkering with it.
>
> > **u/jamiedefined** · 2 · Jun 30, 2026
> >
> > Very impressive, wow!
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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 ?
> >
> > Hopefully your insight will help me understand the underlying simplicity that I’m missing.
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 30, 2026
> > >
> > > It depends a lot on how your brain works. Personally I would probably title the note the name of the drink (or for more moment-style, "YYYY-MM-DD tried name of drink"), maybe jot down what I liked about it inside and mention Starbucks so that's keyword searchable, then make a note called "favorite drinks" with a Starbucks header and plop a link to the drink note inside. Adjust details based on level of coffee fanaticism, of course. Maybe if you have other things you're interested in about coffee, like health effects or flavor varieties, you add an inline link to a coffee note, like "This new [[coffee]] had perfect summer vibes" or whatever, and then you can get to and from the coffee note from there.
>
> > **u/NudnikGadfly** · 2 · Jun 30, 2026
> >
> > 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?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 30, 2026
> > >
> > > I made a follow-up post where I elaborated a lot on my approach, so you can check it out here if you're interested in further details!
>
> > **u/Proof_Repeat_9632** · 2 · Jul 1, 2026
> >
> > This is inspiring. How do you take notes? Do you follow any systems? And for personal reflection - how often you do that?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jul 1, 2026
> > >
> > > The answer to a lot of that is it varies depending on the topic/goal and just where I'm at in my life. I don't rigidly follow some outside system but I'd say I've evolved multiple subsystems within the vault based on my needs and preferences. Personal reflection has very much been on different cadences throughout the years, these days I have a monthly life check-in template that I'm liking a lot.
>
> > > > **u/Proof_Repeat_9632** · 2 · Jul 1, 2026
> > > >
> > > > Do you mind sharing the monthly check-in template or is that asking too much?
>
> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jul 1, 2026
> > > > >
> > > > > No problem! Scrubbed some stuff that is a bit specific to me, but here's the general idea:
> > > > >
> > > > > Monthly Check-In
> > > > > ================
> > > > >
> > > > > Previous: [[link to last month's check-in]]
> > > > > Next: [[link to next month's check-in when it gets made]]
> > > > >
> > > > > Spending Review
> > > > > ===============
> > > > >
> > > > > Total spent:
> > > > > Month-to-month expenses: (this subtracts out stuff that was either saved toward or came up unexpectedly
> > > > > Total income:
> > > > > Base income: (subtracts freelance income and such)
> > > > >
> > > > > Absolute cash flow:
> > > > > Month-to-month cash flow:
> > > > > Base income month-to-month cash flow:
> > > > >
> > > > > Parenting
> > > > > =========
> > > > >
> > > > > * Wins
> > > > > * Challenges
> > > > > * Opportunities
> > > > > * To-Dos
> > > > >
> > > > > Health
> > > > > ======
> > > > >
> > > > > * Wins
> > > > > * Challenges
> > > > > * Opportunities
> > > > > * To-Dos
> > > > >
> > > > > Finances
> > > > > ========
> > > > >
> > > > > * Wins
> > > > > * Challenges
> > > > > * Opportunities
> > > > > * To-Dos
> > > > >
> > > > > House
> > > > > =====
> > > > >
> > > > > * Wins
> > > > > * Challenges
> > > > > * Opportunities
> > > > > * To-Dos
> > > > >
> > > > > Lifestyle
> > > > > =========
> > > > >
> > > > > * Wins
> > > > > * Challenges
> > > > > * Opportunities
> > > > > * To-Dos
>
> > > > > > **u/Proof_Repeat_9632** · 2 · Jul 2, 2026
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you for your generosity
>
> > **u/Ok-Answer5178** · 2 · Jul 2, 2026
> >
> > 👀👀
>
> > **u/PeteSwitch** · 2 · Jul 2, 2026
> >
> > Just started using Obsidian for work, and trying to get my head around the MOC process and how and why notes link to one.
> >
> > Also, are you graphing everything there (tags, attachments +) or just Notes ?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jul 2, 2026
> > >
> > > I'm graphing everything but I don't actually use tags. For MOCs, I found it helpful to think of it as a table of contents for a group of related notes, so you can really come up with any slice that is useful to you. I have some MOCs that are for specific projects and include links to all the notes for scope, planning, brainstorming, or meeting notes. I have some MOCs for functional categories like a life management MOC or an Ideas MOC. And I have some MOCs for commonly occurring subjects where I want to be able to group or gather a bunch of different research style notes all in one place. So one that is mainly for fun is I have an "Interesting Language and Wordplay MOC" that can be fun to browse and includes links to notes like Zeugma, Malaphor, Dysphemism, rebracketing, and some ideas my husband or I have come up with like Schroezinger. So it is mostly just obscure language trivia but I have enough notes about that I wanna be able to find them all in one place! Some are more "practical" than that though.
>
> > **u/WillShattuck** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Why? How do you use it? I’ve tried for years and can’t figure it out.
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > It has evolved a lot over the years and encompasses a lot of different things. I don't use a lot of fancy tools, I have a few plugins I like but mostly just brain dumping within a light organizational framework and occasional organization/cleanup sessions. See my comment on subject matter here:
> > >
> > > It is a combination of commonplace book, personal research wiki, health diary, life organizational tool, and work organizational/planning tool.
>
> > > > **u/WillShattuck** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > >
> > > > Ahh. Thanks. I think I went too hard on plugins to make it do “all the things”. Thanks!
>
> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > > >
> > > > > Ooh yep, I am very much an "I have a hammer so everything is a nail" person, 90% of the functionality is links. Good luck with your vault!
>
> > **u/Exotic_Calendar5284** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Im interested to build an OS on top of this data
>
> > > **u/shokk** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > If you’re using Claude, I can’t recommend enough the ICOR myPKA system as the OS.
>
> > > > **u/Exotic_Calendar5284** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > >
> > > > Thanks appreciated
>
> > **u/Puzzleheaded-Ad8016** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > what's the green section?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > That is the "People" folder. Mostly family tree stuff.
>
> > **u/Failed_Alarm** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Do you have notes about Magical Cats?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Unfortunately no. Taking petitions for research subjects if you know of any
>
> > > > **u/Failed_Alarm** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > >
> > > > 😄
>
> > **u/fakeclown** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Thought this was you 4 yrs old's vault. Lol.
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > His name? Albert Einstein.
> > >
> > > I considered that for a moment because I'm in a lot of parenting subs but honestly this was super spur of the moment and I didn't expect half this engagement.
>
> > **u/HarworkingStudent** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > When will my father come back?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Reply hazy, ask again
>
> > **u/RedGriffins** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Do you use claude or any LLM over this vault? I’m wondering how much tokens will Claude consume to understand the full vault
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > No, I do not. However judging by working with it in a codebase, you would want to have a pretty robust Claude.MD set up before even trying if you want it to be even a bit efficient, haha
>
> > **u/Far_Newspaper5331** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Is this a Stellaris?
>
> > **u/NeatOhBanditO** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > If you stare at the photo it starts to move
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Obsidian = mushrooms
>
> > **u/meathack** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > My god, it's full of stars!
>
> > **u/LunarFrost007** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > What did you do with this much notes? Is it just keep as record for bookkeeping?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > A lot of different things! Plenty of functional productive things like meeting notes, project planning, writing drafts, life maintenance records, etc. Some of it is either a personal research wiki or a commonplace book. Some of it is personal health notes I can look back through if I need to refresh myself on a particular topic (chronic headaches, ugh). Some of it was more about the capturing in the first place and doesnt for the most part need to get referenced afterward.
>
> > **u/FuckYouAndroidUsers** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > How to prevent lag while opening graph
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > No clue haha, mine is fine on laptop or desktop though. D
> > > efinitely never open it on mobile and never, ever, ever click the button that plays how it was formed from start to finish.
>
> > **u/Ok_Outside6541** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > 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
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Not a ton, although I do find it fun. It can be useful for finding orphan notes to link, dropping into a few commonly interlinked notes, or noticing spatial connections on highly interlinked notes. But I wouldn't call it very integral to the workflow at all, even though it was an initial hook for me to try the software.
>
> > **u/Frequent_Switch_3265** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > 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?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > I pay for Obsidian Sync. Yes I use obsidian on my phone, super useful for quick capture or reference (like my grocery list, which is linked to a meal ideas MOC). I do store locally across all devices but I'm probably going to reduce my phone storage soon to try to speed it up.
>
> > **u/Shieldxx** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Is your kid a genius?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > The vault is four years old (actually probably older I did not check very closely), I actually have a kid but he's too young to even read lmao
>
> > > > **u/Shieldxx** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > >
> > > > I was trying to be fun but it didnt land 😅I wonder do you use AI for organization, parsing, brain dumps or everything manually?
>
> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > > >
> > > > > Lol sorry, internet humor is tough. Everything manual! Might experiment with AI one day but honestly it feels a little personal for that? So maybe never.
>
> > **u/The-Nice-Writer** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > Do you think God’s hiding because He, too, lives in fear of what He’s created?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Hmmmmmm... seems occam's razor unlikely that even the most f'ed up human things could scare an omnipotent all-powerful deity. Maybe he had to recharge his introvert batteries and will check back in after a few billion more years?
>
> > > > **u/The-Nice-Writer** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> > > >
> > > > I mean, William of Ockham was a smart guy, but I’d go with Steve Buscemi on this one all the same.
>
> > > > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 2 · Jun 27, 2026
> > > > >
> > > > > Yeah, Buscemi could probably take ol' Bill in a fight, totally reasonable
>
> > **u/Freshgreentea** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > I thought this is your 4 year old son/daughter vault, and I wonder what kind of prodigy do you grow.
>
> > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > In case anyone wants more info, I wrote a detailed breakdown including a quick vault tour here:
>
> > **u/ScippyOne** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > 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?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Used google translate for this...
> > >
> > > I use a date convention in anything temporal that is YYYY-MM-DD so I can easily search/filter/sort by date.
> > >
> > > In general, I heavily interlink things so that individual naming consistency isn't important. So I will have a note for something like "headaches" or "magnesium" that is mostly just an empty topic where I can skim through backlinks.
> > >
> > > If there's something I want to organize more formally, I create a MOC with whatever structure/grouping and use it to list all the notes on the subject.
> > >
> > > Does that answer your question?
>
> > **u/multipleparadox** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > 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
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> > >
> > > Lol!
>
> > **u/Diareha-gobbler** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > Looks like bacteria bruh
>
> > **u/rowland007** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > Looks like a petri dish growing bacteria
>
> > **u/jinnvk** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > Impressive! How much time on average do you spend on the app?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> > >
> > > It has varied widely throughout the years.... these days I'm not adding to the research/commonplace book very frequently, but I'm touching the project planning stuff a lot when working on my app. Hard to give a clear estimate!
>
> > **u/Pika_Sonic** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > Since Obsidian offers so much personalization, I often ask others these same questions:
> >
> > 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.
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> > >
> > > I do very little customization actually, in contrast to a lot of what I see here....
> > > 1. Commented about this here:
> > > 2. Truly the only one I couldn't live without is Omnisearch, because the built in search is so rough and I need to be able to find things I can't remember the exact name of.
> > > 3. Nope, all manual
> > > 4. Nothing too crazy that came specifically from me and not picked up somewhere online over the years... I am a fan of using alphabetical sort to my advantage, whether it's putting project codes/abbreviations at the beginning of file names so they all get grouped together, specific date formatting at the beginning of note titles, or appending v1 v2 etc to notes with the same title that are different drafts
>
> > **u/CalebDR1029** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > 1. How?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> > >
> > > You're going to have to be more specific haha.
>
> > **u/RobinzonKruzoe** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > Do you ever feel the fear of losing it?
>
> > **u/toubar_** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > Looks great!
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thanks :)
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> > >
> > > Nope! I'm making an app and use all my Claude tokens on that every week... and honestly I consider my Obsidian to be pretty personal, and AI writing bothers me, so I would be pretty hesitant to use AI on it except in very specific and limited capacities. I might explore it at some point but it hasn't been a priority.
>
> > **u/Viz-1** · 1 · Jun 27, 2026
> >
> > Any noticeable / prominent benefits over time that you’ve realized?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 28, 2026
> > >
> > > Lots of different things in different areas, not necessarily all at once but at different times in my life.
> > > - health-- dealt with some pretty rough issues for a while that are thankfully way better today, and the combination of the attention to detail to note stuff down plus the volume of interconnected data helped me spot patterns very effectively to help improve my symptoms/figure out what was causing them.
> > > - ideas-- I absolutely find I am more creative/have more ideas if I'm consistent about noting them down right when I think of them.
> > > - research-- doesn't happen all the time but I sometimes want to know something I am confident is in my vault and it is way easier to get from there than from Google/more custom to my use case
> > > - life-- having an archive of all the random logistical stuff so I don't need to go independently look up things like when my house was built or track down an old packing list, it's all easy to find.
> > > - commonplace book/quote type stuff-- I think that kind of content is more likely to get integrated into my actual life/worldview if I spend time thinking about it and linking it vs just reading it somewhere
>
> > **u/Hellbat570592** · 1 · Jun 28, 2026
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Pardon my ignorance
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 28, 2026
> > >
> > > I would say that the advantage of Obsidian is that you have a personal wikipedia. Like you know how finding things in an encyclopedia is annoying because you have to flip back and forth to find where things are, read the index or whatever? And then computer file systems kind of improve that because you have folders and basic search, but you still have to name the folders well and search doesn't return content in the files. Obsidian takes it a step further and makes it easy to get where you're going because there are multiple paths to get there, many right at your fingertips.
>
> > **u/AlarmedLevel4582** · 1 · Jun 28, 2026
> >
> > Hey, just curious, roughly how much storage does your Vault use?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 28, 2026
> > >
> > > Just checked, looks like 65 mb
>
> > **u/tengu53** · 1 · Jun 29, 2026
> >
> > Beautiful knowledge graph. Do you use any AI (like the LLM wiki concept, etc.) to organize your notes?
>
> > **u/vseth__** · 1 · Jun 30, 2026
> >
> > Have you added each of these notes individually or have you used an LLM to add notes for you as you work with it?
>
> > **u/CrimsonshadeLP** · 1 · Jul 1, 2026
> >
> > I am new to obsidian.
> > 2 Questions
> >
> > 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?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jul 1, 2026
> > >
> > > Actually kinda one question, ironically! Each of the colors is a folder-- I have just under 10 folders so there is some loose grouping but inside those broad categories everything is all dumped in together. You access the filters from the graph view settings.
>
> > **u/FiberglassFlowers** · 1 · Jul 2, 2026
> >
> > 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?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jul 2, 2026
> > >
> > > The connections are the organizational and navigational structure! It's more or less the core idea of obsidian and it's much more fluid and flexible than folders. Like having your own personal wikipedia. I hardly ever even open my vault without navigating between notes by way of at least a link or two.
>
> > **u/Fit-Economics2493** · 1 · Jul 2, 2026
> >
> > How do you make sure you have a good and active recall, given that you have such a large vault?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jul 2, 2026
> > >
> > > It's a combination of different things, I'm very much not a purist with how I use it.
> > > - some of the notes the value was in the capture and I don't feel the need to look at them again except in very rare cases
> > > - some of the notes I specifically only need to know THAT they exist not what is in them (e.g. reference things like supplement interactions or when our house was built)
> > > - For everything else, I find that practicing good linking actually makes the difference. Linking notes in a way that forces me to think about them and how they interact with other information (not just tossing links in there for the sake of it) slows me down enough and creates a strong enough impression that I am more likely to remember the information in the first place. Then I tend to run into important/relevant/interconnected notes again when linking other new notes or when reviewing something, so then I get reinforcement of those memories whenever that happens. If something is truly not that interconnected I don't stress about forgetting it.
>
> > **u/Indoor-Cat4986** · 1 · Jul 2, 2026
> >
> > What is the green dot in the bottom right that isn’t connected to anything else
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jul 3, 2026
> > >
> > > It's connected to a lot of notes that haven't been created yet. That's my family tree canvas-- because I'm viewing it from canvas instead of clicking into the notes, they don't count as being created.
>
> > **u/Silas_Undead** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > AMA?
>
> > > **u/youneek** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Ask me anything
>
> > > > **u/Silas_Undead** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > >
> > > > Ooohh. Thank you 🤣
>
> > > **u/SauerK3aut** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Wie hoch kannst du springen ?
>
> > > > **u/Silas_Undead** · 4 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > >
> > > > Higher on a trampoline
>
> > > > > **u/SauerK3aut** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > > >
> > > > > Beaaaa
>
> > **u/GrimLeeper** · 1 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > How do you get usefulness out of this
>
> > **u/GooseWithAnAxe** · 1 · Jun 29, 2026
> >
> > This does look pretty but useless. Are you one of those people taking notes about taking notes?
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 1 · Jun 29, 2026
> > >
> > > The graph isn't the point, it's just for fun. I can't exactly screenshot all 3,000+ notes and publish them here.... but no, I would say I maybe have 3 total notes about notetaking in the whole vault, and those are from when I first started so I was learning about zettel etc. for the first time.
>
> > **u/InternationalNooker** · -5 · Jun 26, 2026
> >
> > performative note-taking
>
> > > **u/Magical_cat_girl · _OP_** · 6 · Jun 26, 2026
> > >
> > > Ah yes, invested four entire years of my life for 7s of Reddit fame. Couldn't possibly be any other value in anything written in there.
>
> > > > **u/Prasath9711** · 3 · Jun 26, 2026
> > > >
> > > > Leave it , it's pointless to do those for showing it here . You just posted your experience.