Obsidian: The King of Learning Tools (FULL GUIDE + SETUP)

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Obsidian has been the centerpiece of my self-education for 10 months now, proving itself as the perfect outlet for my reading, writing and thinking.
By combining mini-essays with the Zettelkasten system, I've created a workflow which fits my learning like a glove, and I hope it'll work the same for you.
Here, notes go beyond mere online post-it notes.
They're opportunities to learn, to practice writing, to store big ideas and to serve your future projects in any creative endeavor you love.
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Atomic vs Literature Notes Video:
• Effective Note-Taking ...
Mini-Essays Video:
• Mini Essays: The Ultim...
For more Obsidian (some of the resources that helped me set up my own):
• My simple note-taking ...
• Solving The Folder, Ta...
• Watch This to Finally ...
00:00-00:16 Intro
00:16-2:23 Avoiding Toxic Perfectionism
2:23-2:53 My Testimony
2:53-4:22 The Zettelkasten
4:22-5:12 The Value of Being Slow
5:12-6:25 Instant Feedback
6:25-9:14 Perfect Idea Storage
9:14-10:22 The Power to Remix Ideas
10:22-14:00 Your Personal Writing Assistant
14:00-20:34 Folder Setup + How to Tag
20:34-22:30 Important Settings
22:30-24:03 Note Template
24:03-24:58 Creating a New Note
24:58-35:38 Writing a Note (Start-to-Finish)
35:38-36:26 Ask Me Anything

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@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Quick note: To get relevant links to show up at the bottom of each page: 1. Make sure the 'backlink' core plugin is turned on, as well as the 'backlinks in document' toggle within it. 2. Exit the settings and press Ctrl + P 3. Search for and select 'Backlinks: Toggle Backlinks in Document'

@Wingedmagician Ай бұрын

nice of you not to make this an info-product 😅 thanks

@Connn 27 күн бұрын

Hey thanks for this! Is there a way to get the ctrl T function to make a template for your note easily on android mobile?

@odysseas__ 27 күн бұрын

@@Connn No idea, sorry

@blvcksync 25 күн бұрын

@@odysseas__ Thanks for the info man, I gave obsidian second chance because of you. But how you managed to make note titles in backlinks blue? Bcs they are grey by default :(

@KingOfTheDeepSea 13 күн бұрын

@@Connn You are use the "command pallet" by swiping up in android mobile. Here is how to: 1. Open Obsidian on your mobile 2. On the main page, there you will see 4 buttons, Swipe up; instead of swiping down like one would do when scrolling, do the opposite. 3. Doing so, it will open up a menu called "Command Pallet". 4. Once you see it, there will a search bar. Type "Template" and you will see the option to "Insert Template" 5. Click on it and the template shown in the video will be inserted nice and good.

@Shwetakhari070 Ай бұрын

now this video is like a genuine helping hand in the swarm of deceiving ones ... -No bs -No exaggeration -No irritating aestheticism just pure minimalism and pragmatism. Also i really appreciate how you pulled off such a technical task with such simplicity. I am not a native english speaker but i can understand each and every bit of it ...keep it up dude.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad to hear it's easy to follow, that's the most important of all

@probrickgamer Ай бұрын

I speak American and it was also easy for me to understand as a second language mate.

@MkwesiW901 Ай бұрын

Absolutely stellar comment, exactly what I was thinking! Hey I was imagining what a community for this stuff would look like. If he made a community for us, what kind of stuff would you want to see?

@emirobinatoru Ай бұрын

@@probrickgamer American is English...

@Fateeh.22 Ай бұрын

It's called English not American and Americas don't use "mate"@@probrickgamer

@GabrielCarusetta 17 күн бұрын

One of the KZfaq videos you just HAVE to watch all the way through, trust me. Incredible job with this video. THIS is what I go on KZfaq for. You sir, are a gentleman, and a scholar

@odysseas__ 17 күн бұрын

Thanks, real grateful to hear it

@Esch-a-ton3 Ай бұрын

the potential for this is really mind-blowing. research papers and other papers could be completed in hours rather than days with a highly sourced vault

@JamesSmith-ix5jd 29 күн бұрын

I think good writers are basically doing the exact same thing but in their mind almost unconsciously.

@trevanleckie6755 27 күн бұрын

⁠@@JamesSmith-ix5jdbut the mind can forget the vault will not, and can link multiple thoughts

@James-Renown 20 күн бұрын

@@JamesSmith-ix5jd is elitism personified. You're a joke.

@faye_gwenn 8 күн бұрын

@@trevanleckie6755 The mind can also link multiple thoughts lol, in fact that's kind of its whole thing lol

@autodidact-d 27 күн бұрын

I had never heard of Zettlekast or Obsidian until this morning. Every so often, YT's algorithm nails it. I'm excited to get into all of this. Thanks for being concise and sharing what you've learned. 🙏🏾

@kazz-ef4sv 26 күн бұрын

lol , me too ! recently got my first lap and i didnt know such a world exists !

@Timy_tim Ай бұрын

Quick tips for creating concept notes from books. To avoid doing it “manually” I use the Note Refactor plugin. In a large Obsidian “name of book” note, I write down all the insights I had while reading. At the very end, I go over it again and give a title (e.g. H3) to each “concept” in the book. So that they become independent notes I launch Note Refactor which will automatically separate my concepts into different notes. The advantage is that each note is automatically linked to my large book note.

@SeanThomasCross Ай бұрын

I've been using obsidian for 2 years on and off. I say "on and off" because of these common hangups I continued to get annoyed by. I go through phases of switching between MS word, notion and obsidian over and over never feeling fully comfortable in any them. After watching this it's time to go again into Obsidian, but fresh. This is by far the best Obsidian video I've seen because it is simple and exactly how to use it PRACTICALLY. You are quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on all of youtube and just joined the newsletter. THANK YOU.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Real grateful to hear this, thanks. I hope you can get a nice flow going.

@ashishawasthi9796 Күн бұрын

What is better in, your opinion, Notion or Obsidian?

@benbryan3618 Ай бұрын

I’ve been looking forward to this like a new episode of of my fave TV show.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Cheers man, I love to hear it

@Tvtardy Ай бұрын

Same

@shakebraza196 Ай бұрын

@@odysseas__how did you set up mic i have same but don't sounds like this

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

@@shakebraza196 I have a preset on Premiere Pro which I learned from a few videos

@catedoge3206 Ай бұрын

Yuh

@devongiguere3721 Ай бұрын

I literally got this yesterday after watching your video on mini-essays , so this is actually perfect for me. I'm an anthropology and philosophy undergrad with a personal research project on archiving my local city's working class culture and history. I've been archiving, taking photos of places, and reaching out to my community to make it a collaborative process.

@emirobinatoru Ай бұрын

This is actually incredible! Congratulations and I wish you the best!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Sounds like a valuable undertaking, love it.

@PeterIntrovert Ай бұрын

Cool project! Obsidian and mini-esseys might become great tools in your arsenal. I see documentary projects like this on Kumu where places and processes were captured. It would be interesting to show interaction between places and micro-communities inside your local cite. This is a beauty of antropology when you can tell te story about dynamics and development of people's life. Just an idea. 🙂 Keep going 👍🏻

@MkwesiW901 Ай бұрын

Good luck on your current undergrad journey. Just graduated last may and the real world isn't as bad as people say. I saw you spoke about community and I was wondering if he made a community for us, what kind of stuff would you want to see in that community. What kind of stuff would you expect?

@abdullah__ausaf 12 күн бұрын

this is single handedly the greatest obsidian note taking video ever. had it been 10 minutes longer, it would have been the greatest note taking video ever.

@francescopompo5960 10 күн бұрын

Great guide, I am setting this up almost identically. One thing only: Do not trust cloud providers, as they might lock your account for unknown reasons or lose the data. Backup both on the cloud and on a offline storage method.

@odysseas__ Күн бұрын

Good point actually. I back it up every week

@Rebleeude Ай бұрын

Your 'seemless like butter' moment cracked me up. I hadn't giggled like that in a while, thank you!

@KingOfTheDeepSea 15 күн бұрын

I have completely set this up, on June 22nd, I will come back to this comment and give my overall review of what worked and what did not.

@h4z4rd28 15 күн бұрын

commenting so that i get notified when you do

@ivanlu4044 14 күн бұрын

samesies

@KARTOPtop 4 күн бұрын

Progress?

@isthisguto 4 күн бұрын

tell me brother

@KingOfTheDeepSea 4 күн бұрын

@@isthisguto Going "very well". The most remarkable thing in my eyes is using notes as Tags. I could talk about it all day but to be concise: it is helping keep my vault as organized as possible.

@eriko9011 Ай бұрын

Thank you! This is the best obsidian tutorial out there. So straight to the point and practical! Please make it into a series of videos so we can see you use your system more and learn it in depth. That would be gold!

@n.j.9117 Ай бұрын

Man. This is so helpful. I know you are worried about being another voice in a virtual sea of voices, but the reality is that this video--your video--might just be the one that will help certain people, where nothing else has worked. I am a grad student, teacher, author, and I run a history and literature society. I have been so overwhelmed--to the point of having to go to therapy, where I discovered something about myself: I thrive off of structure. I know I have to get things out of my brain and onto a page--but I always avoided that because it was messy. I have since started bullet journaling, but that is mainly for calendar and habit tracking. What do I do about all these books I'm reading, these books I'm writing, the things I'm teaching, the things I'm studying? Well, I can't say for sure, but hopefully this is it. Cheers - and thank you.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Fair point! And I feel you with structure, this was my exact way out too

@mynickisnick8270 22 күн бұрын

I started out by placing this video as a source material and wrote about Obsidian and the things I gathered about it Pretty good starting exercise

@lukakajinic3371 Ай бұрын

This is the most complete video on this topic. I watched the two videos you linked here, but struggled to put them into practice. This one connects it all. Thanks Odysseas!

@BERNERAUS Ай бұрын

Firstly, thank you for a well structured, clearly explained video. I am in my 60s and have been reading, writing and teaching all my life. I am what is known asan "early utiluser" of technology. All that taken into consideration, I still find my system of hand-written notes - on sheets of paper, tagged by hand using 3M stickers, stacked in a binder under general headings - the most conducive to learning. Writing by hand slows you down, utilises more than one physical sense, and so focuses attention. For those who have ever seen a biblical concordance, you'll get what I am talking about in terms of system. I also believe that my constant shuffling through my notebooks also produces a kind of serendipity, and I often get unusual or novel ideas from pulling out unrelated stuff in ways that software precludes.

@ricardofleuranvil 24 күн бұрын

I agree with this approach. As a young man in my twenties, when I really want to learn something, this approach has helped me retain and grasp the concepts better.

@brileecart Ай бұрын

I’ve used obsidian for years to organize my coding projects and ideas. Your tagging process is brilliant

@tamirsalem76 11 күн бұрын

Could you expand on that, how you do it etc

@jameslangbein1471 26 күн бұрын

To quote my favourite sniper movie: Slow is smooth, smooth is fast 🙂

@kjoberk Ай бұрын

I recently went back to college and have been struggling with ways to keep my notes in such a way that is helpful when Im writing big research papers and have been using a combo of written notes, notes in books, and notes on word docs - i am so exicted to start using this process.

@carlosbrown6208 28 күн бұрын

This has been almost exactly my experience with Obsidian. The low barrier to entry, the ability to expand tools within the ecosystem, and most of all, a structured way for your knowledge to accrete and combine is so powerful.

@EcomCarl Ай бұрын

The emphasis on simplicity, learning, and connecting ideas is invaluable! 💡

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@EcomCarl Ай бұрын

@@odysseas__ Cheers my man! keep winning

@patrickhennessey2565 Ай бұрын

I have been following your system for only a week, but it has been a revelation. I have wanted to make a Zettelkasten for years, but I always got bogged down in the BS and fluff. But this system actually works! Keep up the great work and much thanks!

@federicomoctezuma7512 7 күн бұрын

This is the first YT video I've watched more than twice in its entirety. It just made me see what I was doing wrong all this time with Obsidian (and note taking in general). Great straightforwardness and clarity. Thanks for sharing.

@techreader 6 күн бұрын

Thank you for this. You know how to keep a video interesting, it's packed full of information, and the information is explained in a clear practical manner. I'm in my 60's, and aside from the normal aging and memory loss, caught Covid a couple of years ago. Been losing important memories at a frightening pace. Thinking clearly is a struggle, and I had to relearn how to read. I've been desperately keeping daily journals to remember who my friends and family are, remind myself of important events, and improve reading and writing. It's not been as successful as I'd hoped, but could have been much worse. Recently switched from Joplin to Obsidian, discovered Zettelkasten, found your video, and am incredibly excited. This may be the link between a daily journal and an organic extension to memory. Your explanation of Tags didn't click at first, but suddenly tonight, I got what you were saying! Your tags are like "Tags on Steroids!!" Sorry for the long explanation, but I wanted you to understand, when I tell you how much your video and your method, mean to me. It feels like a reprieve from execution. I'm hopeful and excited for the first time in a long time.

@sbonventure 27 күн бұрын

AMAZING. I have watched, over time, at least a half dozen videos on this topic. Complete waste of time because of the complexity. I love your system. Although you referred to "tags" in the video, technically, those are links. I'm sure if people are paying attention they'll see that, and, see that it's a much better way to "tag" notes. I have wasted a lot of time with Obsidian, but thanks to your clear, simple and uniquely effective system, I'll be using it A LOT more. Thank-you very much for sharing this. This is probably the most valuable video I've found on KZfaq to date.

@jiaojiao7756 20 күн бұрын

thanks- i watched this video twice, once before and once after using obsidian, and each time and learnt a lot without getting overwhelmed. this is a gem!

@bonifasiusbriantoni5179 Ай бұрын

After a lot of pain and overwhelming searching process to use obsidian. Your video is totally worthed to view from the very beginning to very last second. Thank you for sharing, terima kasih

@marcelberes469 Ай бұрын

I have a system of my own up and running, but I like seeing how other people structure theirs. The way you use tags in sticks out to me, you basically create a MOC, instead of relying on the list that Obsidian makes for you with classic tags, it's quite clever.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

It's exactly that -I just try to avoid unfamiliar terms so it's simpler to follow

@sebadziki6807 Ай бұрын

You have inspired me to create my own "second brain". It's been years since I started thinking about something similar, but I wasn't familiar with this software. It seems perfect. Thank you so much! Your video was not only very inspiring, but also incredibly helpful. Your calm way of speaking and presenting the information made me feel very comfortable. I'm glad I happened to come across your video and not someone else. It certainly saved me from hyper-fixing and looking for the best options to create my system. Thank you again and I wish you all the best.

@just4universe219 9 күн бұрын

I've been putting off using Obsidian for years now. You've made such an amazingly simple system that will probably last forever that I HAVE to do it now. Thanks a ton, amazing work!

@FracturedParadigms Ай бұрын

The winds of grace are always blowing, but one needs to raise the sail

@YosepRA Ай бұрын

What a timely video, reflecting on my urgent need at the moment. My study hasn't been fruitful for a few months now, and I needed to change my system. I found your "Mini-Essay" video, and it struck me. When I read a book, I would often settle with writing a list of pointers about said books. And I found it hard to manage all of these knowledge in case I need to go back to review it. So, writing mini essays would fit perfectly in my routine. Now, that's one. Then I discover Obsidian in that video too. I thought to myself, "Hm, I wonder what this app could do?" I did quick search on KZfaq and I found this video, freshly uploaded from 15 hours ago. I thank you for the help. Hopefully, it will also reach people who have similar struggles as I do.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Amazing, I hope it's the answer to your issue!

@pioussutherland Ай бұрын

I started using this for visualising how my work's structures are laid out. Look forward to watching this!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thanks, hope it helps

@TheKarolka45 Ай бұрын

Hi! I rarely comment on youtube and I actually thought that you have way more subscribers. So I just wanted to say that your videos are wonderful and have been really helpful to me! Your way of explaining things and topics is very clear and understanding, so thank you for sharing your insights and knowledge with us. I really appreciate your effort to make this high quality content, keep up the great work!

@LuigiSimoncini Ай бұрын

I found this video BRILLIANT and wanted you to know how grateful I am, just what I needed!

@gustavosena7876 Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. I'm going to start using it, and maybe a year from now, I'll be very grateful for this.

@user-vq4le9si6w 21 күн бұрын

Great video. I took the time in my day to listen to you for 36 minutes and I feel smarter than before. Thank you for providing and creating. I am looking forward to your continued excellence

@user-vq4le9si6w 21 күн бұрын

Oh and two things more: It should be recommended to back up your files in a different place from time to time. I can't imagine the feeling of losing your notes. And: Try not to use questionable words like "cartel" in your videos, if you want to please the algorithm. Greetings from Germany

@orestis1 Ай бұрын

I don't take this help for granted. Thank you so very much.

@ashkumar7224 Ай бұрын

This was a great video. It has helped me attempt to make the jump from casual Obsidian user - mostly using it as a simpler Word - to using it more as a journal. I'm also happy that this lead me to your channel since you have a lot of interesting content on an interest we share - how to become a polymath. Looking forward to your videos.

@murdermayhemuk Ай бұрын

I have been using Obsidian for this process for over a year. You idea of tagging is genius thank you for sharing it.

@JanHoos 29 күн бұрын

Can I ask what’s better about it than using the normal tags as tags? no obsidian user yet, but curious :)

@murdermayhemuk 29 күн бұрын

In my opinion it’s easy to see the files without any complicated data view set up and if you want to change a tag you just change a page name.

@JanHoos 29 күн бұрын

@@murdermayhemuk aaah ofcourse! thanks ^_^

@Ava_Violetta 3 күн бұрын

I've noticed that I'm unable to create a tag this way if the word already exists somewhere else? Have you also had this issue?

@mertkoc4633 2 күн бұрын

i cant congrats myself for capable to finding nice and perfectly educational material about Obs. on internet and congrats you to make this good work. will follow your work for sure, thanks mate

@yvettemedrano6174 10 күн бұрын

I agreed on you in everything and I'm glad you make a content about this because our notes can be better with Obsidian. Obsidian is more than just an application for note taking system; Its a life-saver. Because I am looking for an application where I can write my messy thoughts and make it understand. But with obsidian, I can understand it faster than I was before. Kudos to who invented this it made my ideas clear and thorough.

@aydeepng Ай бұрын

this is a brilliant video, a lot of other Obsidian videos, try to elaborate on much more complex ideas in a quarter of the time and it definitely puts people off trying the system. You kept it simple, explained it clearly and didn't rush. Thank you!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Hearing this means a lot, thank you

@davidyoung613 11 күн бұрын

This is a refreshing tutorial approach. I totally understand the use case for obsidian now. I wish I found this video first. Good work mate.

@BenjaminHare 2 күн бұрын

All of your videos are good, but this one is pure solid gold.

@odysseas__ Күн бұрын

Cheers man

@raspy__ Ай бұрын

You put me on Obsidian a few months ago, but I definitely faced the issues you mentioned at the beginning. Thanks for releasing your system. The organizing structure definitely makes opening Obsidian up again look worth it.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Love to hear it!

@carythesnail Ай бұрын

I just put together my first Obsidian Vault because you mentioned it offhand in your Mini Essay video. Such an incredible tool, and I was stoked to see that you’re going to go more in depth on it!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Cheers, hope it helps

@sabbotaj Ай бұрын

> Watched a video of you using Obsidian a few months ago > Came back to find the software name > Your latest video is a guide on using it Perfect timing. Subbed to the newsletter, keen to read the mini essays

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Love that, thank you too

@AMVSSound Ай бұрын

Yesss, been looking forward to this one. Have been interested in various subjects like psychology, philosophy, theology, this is gonna be great to keep everything in one place. Thanks for taking your time on this one, glad it’s finally out !

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

They'll merge nice with this -thanks too!

@Fotenks 15 күн бұрын

I’ve been using Obsidian for a couple years. Yes there is a learning curve but it’s way easier than it might appear and oh so worth it. I feel like I’ve built a really efficiently read Wikipedia of my knowledge and brain that has made learning way better but also saves me so much time from re-researching old topics I delve back into. I put my vault in iCloud so that my notes are always synced to my phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop.

@kaylemfj Ай бұрын

This is revolutionary, I'm excited to get started

@princeinparis Ай бұрын

i've been looking to get in the zettelkasten wave for a while but couldnt find a simple SOP for doing it, you deserve all the love in the world man, ty.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Cheers I really appreciate it

@lukeneto1990 2 күн бұрын

your intro has summed up my life in such a specific way it may have hurt physically. I have always been searching for multiple ways to do things, thinking that maybe then I'll end up mastering perfection in life if anything else; yet it is all I have spent my days doing, searching and looking, and reading and writing. Not creating, not posting, not showing, not doing. Now I wanna change it for good.

@odysseas__ Күн бұрын

Powerful words man, wishing you well

@bronjo9343 Ай бұрын

Great video guide, simple and straight forward. 🤩 I set everything up right away, ready to grind.

@gabrieldumitru6853 Сағат бұрын

underrated content, you got me out of a lots of traps I fallen into

@specialrobot71 Ай бұрын

This was just the video I needed after watching the one on mini essays. I'm liking Obsidian, so far.

@user-hx1lp6fc9r Ай бұрын

Such a nice time for your video to come out, I just wanted to learn obsidian and you are the perfect teacher and first impression. Thanks :)

@AfterimageTV Ай бұрын

Wow this video came out with incredible timing. I found Obsidian a little over a week ago and I knew that I needed to find a system for note taking that would work for me before becoming deeply involved with using this program. I'm currently wrapping up my first semester of grad school. I've been trying to find good note taking habits, and between finding Obsidian, and now finding your video I feel better equipped but also a little overwhelmed to find that my note taking skills are in their infancy. But you referenced a lot of useful tips, books, and your other videos, so I do thank you for the time and consideration you put towards this video. I'm absolutely subscribing and I will be checking out your other videos to learn more. Thanks a bunch, I know for sure that this will have a positive influence on my work life!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thanks! It's tricky at first but I'm sure you'll find a flow in no time

@posionsoup 23 күн бұрын

How has obsidian worked out for you since then?

@AfterimageTV 21 күн бұрын

@@posionsoup I haven't gotten to really go in on it. But I do use it daily. I haven't done any indepth note taking on it yet. I'm reading through a book that I plan to note take on. I start my summer semester next week so that's when I'll probably be putting it to heavy use.

@jeremyessers1091 Ай бұрын

Clearest Zettlekasten setup video I've ever seen. I never started because it was so daunting. But this seems way easier, thanks!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thanks, glad to hear it's understandable

@stephaniemuller5500 Ай бұрын

Found you 2 days ago and keep saving your videos en masse for learning during my sabbatical, very excited about this one, thank you!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Grateful to hear it, thanks!

@jacobigilbert7156 Күн бұрын

the beginning of this video is so mindful and amazing!

@odysseas__ Күн бұрын

Thanks, grateful to hear it

@WesleyCraig93 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this process. I've been sloppily taking notes in my Notes app for far too long and have been hungry for organization. I'm excited to give this a try!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Much appreciated, hope it works well for you

@bucketaos8066 Ай бұрын

Genuinely so happy that I found this channel when I did You've been so helpful in me starting a new chapter in life

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

I'm thankful to hear it -best of luck to you

@thejokewasonme8062 Ай бұрын

Hi Odysseas, thank you so much for the pointers in taking down notes, mini essays, passive learning and now for Obsidian. I am a tax professional, and in our tax advices, I relate to your ideas that some cases or applicable rules for research are lost if not used in the final deliverable -- hence, lost and forgotten. This made me realize to organize my notes in order to avoid the mental strain in remembering and retrieving ideas.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Much appreciated, and it's great to see it work in professional fields too

@Mohammad_batesh112 Ай бұрын

I have waited for so long for this and it's finally here thank you.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Relieved to have it out -hope it does the job

@rianbaring1684 20 күн бұрын

i never knew how much i needed you.

@Binhdubiee Ай бұрын

Here we are🎉! Congrats on this great video. This video really helps me on my journey of managing my PKM. Big thanks!!!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thanks! Love to hear it helped

@colinmiller744 Ай бұрын

Many thanks for this, really helpful, like you I’ve struggled with Obsidian and using it in a way I find useful. And like you I’ve gone down that rabbit hole of plug-ins and systems. I’m a historian so I need a system that links masses of material, links that make sense is key. So just like you I restated stripped everything out and create notes pretty much like you do. Like the idea of empty notes as tags and converting them to index’s.ill use that.

@adohira_8053 24 күн бұрын

Ive just been using my obsidian as a sinple way to get onto writing my book, (its fiction) but i have like 5 folders so far with many notes and mini folders within the 5 main folders, one is for my characters, one for my art, one for my references, one for my plot, and one for my raw ideas, this video has definitely helped my understanding of obsidian and reignited my creativity, maybe now i will be overy writers block

@maherhasan4517 Ай бұрын

You made me use obsidian again after i left it for pen and paper but faced the same problem you mentioned in the video. Great video. You earned a new sub.

@rimuru2235 Ай бұрын

thanks man I been wanting to have something like this in my life. Something where I can keep my thoughts or things I learned or read just everything I want to take note off so I can look back and read it again and maybe explore it deeper. Great guide im going to dl it now.

@MarigoldAW Ай бұрын

I came to the same conclusion as well! all those other plugins and features are just gimmicks that didn't really help me start taking notes. Just getting started with Obsidian bare bones really helped me start to get into the groove of linking and organizing. Awesome video that will help many many people.

@ofenkaseoffizier9343 Ай бұрын

Short time ago when i first learned of Obsidian i was sceptic but now having implemented it, it works fir all my uni and private reading and working. Thanks for the tips!!

@MrZzack 19 күн бұрын

could u tell me how it helped u with ur uni studies?

@ofenkaseoffizier9343 19 күн бұрын

@@MrZzack So im studying philosophy, and i use obsidian in two ways. First when I have to read journal texts i in a course i will collect all my notes on the text in an obsidian note, and all texts in an an index, i will have to write a paper at the end of the term, so i read additional texts on the side to find a theme for that paper and go through all my notes again in one place and what if written about it. Second thing is I do a kind of personal glossary, for example in logic where i extract definitions from the textbook. For example validity is an obsidian note and in there cunter examples might play a role, so its linked to the note counter example and so on. THe bene fit is for me to have it explained to myself in my own words, instead of reading it. I hope this helps you

@leytonwise Ай бұрын

this dropped the day i needed it

@vlchalwell 17 күн бұрын

Man, thanks for this! I've struggled with this. Love your approach.

@svensvw Ай бұрын

Im really glad I stumbled over this video. I tend to have a problem with focusing on reading or elobarate on stuff I read although I would really like to. As well as I really want my own ideas to form something own I can publish eventually. This video really motivated me to start my own "Zettelkasten" and to revist the books I have read to further elaborate on stuff in them. I even got motivated to look into things I am not that interested in normally. Like maths etc. Thanks a lot! Now I only have to make filling my "Zettelkasten" a daily habit :D

@anthonylopez1077 Ай бұрын

How iconic, I just downloaded obsidian yesterday

@GabrielCarusetta 17 күн бұрын

Love the way you wrote this video! Can’t wait to try it!

@nedyalkokarabadzhakov5405 Ай бұрын

This is in top 3 best explantions with very clear and understandable approach about this topic, which only comes if you truly understand the topic.

@CRANEREVIEWS Ай бұрын

Who would the other two be, mind sharing? Urgh, KZfaq doesn't have a DM function, right? :(

@fun_g 11 күн бұрын

@@CRANEREVIEWS actually glad that it doesnt it'd become a full on glorified instagram then

@hangryzombit535 Ай бұрын

hay, this video is really good, I think it's a good length and teaches a lot about methods to use obsidian, thanks a bunch!

@zhongshen.xuexizhe Ай бұрын

Favorite youtuber makes a video about the tool I have been curious about. Isn't that amazing 😊

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thanks! Really appreciate it

@Nali7890 Ай бұрын

@masonmrf 20 күн бұрын

such a great video after I've struggled (and given up) on the idea of a second brain altogether. thank you so much

@39ElBarto Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! I totally agree with you , that after 10 videos about obsidian you begin to afraid use it. You approach seems to be interesting. I'll try! thank you!

@peach9265 Ай бұрын

I've been using obsidian for a little while now and while I don't think I will be using it quite the way you do, I found your method of tagging really useful and will try implementing it in my vault! so thank you!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Nice, it's good to stay true to your own system sometimes, so I respect that

@Congq13245 25 күн бұрын

Thank you, the keyword i learned from is "keep it simple"

@lambdacalculus3505 Ай бұрын

Thank you! I just started learning how to take notes, and this seems great as both a personal journal and a note-taking device. Going to binge watch your videos now :]

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thankful to hear it! I hope they serve you well

@wbynan 20 күн бұрын

Let's go! Been waiting for this one

@gobi7764 Ай бұрын

No way- i was going to learn obsidian today and you dropped a video o it with a perfect timing! Looking forward to using obsidian, thank you!

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Love to hear it, thanks!

@PeterIntrovert Ай бұрын

Synchronicity 🌌

@jdmregal Ай бұрын

Love this. Always enjoy watching people's processes. Thanks for the great videos.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Thanks, I do too. Always something nice to steal, or at least consider

@jdmregal Ай бұрын

@odysseas__ to paraphrase a quote...one source is stealing, multiple sources is research.

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

@@jdmregal Amen to that

@cody.vagabond Ай бұрын

Nice tutorial! I took A LOT of inspiration out of this. I made an extra folder, "Assets". It's photos and videos mostly, which I copied into the file folder and I'm linking in notes I write (they also show up in the note if it isn't a too wild file format). For example, I'm on a photography platform where I gave a like to every photo I found to be excellent work or something I'd like to do myself, about 1000 photos. And I link them in a note and describe what I like about it and what it inspires in me.

@nazvalizade Ай бұрын

I have been waiting for this!!

@antuan3586 Ай бұрын

I cannot believe this is free, thank you

@odysseas__ Ай бұрын

Much appreciated! Hope you enjoy it

@raveendiran_rr 16 күн бұрын

Found this video informative and crisp. Thanks for making this video

@odysseas__ 16 күн бұрын

Glad to hear it, thanks

@damianentropy 4 күн бұрын

Extremely useful! Thank you.

@shubhamthakur3321 Ай бұрын

I was literally about to uninstall the obsidian, because I am unable to keep my notes organized, but this video seem straight forward, hope this will help me big time. THANKS ALOT!!

@kojowilson2781 2 күн бұрын

Subscribed to your page based on your Brilliant Obsidian set up and teaching

@silverstar501 Ай бұрын

i only just started this video but i am glad you pointed out the videos watching and the toxic perfectionism thing since i've been trapped in that for so long