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I recently made a post 'Better Writing Habits' and I was pleasantly surprised to receive so many thoughtful and helpful comments and responses. If you are looking for possible ways to enhance your writing, you may learn a thing or two by reading through the comments. Within the comments, however, the word Obsidian came up a couple of times. My first time reading through the comments I didn't really think much of it, but when I went back to reread and reply to the comments I realized that stackers were mentioning a tool / note taking app by the name of Obsidian. This got me curious so I immediately downloaded it, opened it up, and saw this blank page, and well my mind filled with question marks. But after watching a few YouTube tutorials, I got a better general understanding of what Obsidian is and how to get started on it.
Still only my second day using it, in fact I'm writing this out on Obsidian, but after watching the YouTube videos that explained how Obsidian is all about 'linking your thinking' and can potentially become your 'second brain', it has gotten me excited to use it consistently and learn more about how to bring out the potential of this tool.
I've learned the best way to learn is to just dive in head first and try it out for yourself, but I'm also very curious to learn how other stackers use Obsidian? Did you know of Obsidian before reading this post? How do you get the most out of it? What are some cool tips and tricks you know of? Any other similar tools / apps you use that you have found useful?
24 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 29 Apr
Couple tips:
  • Don't overthink the whole second brain idea. Just take notes whenever you need to take notes in whatever format works for you.
  • Don't overdo the thing with Plugins, only install it when you really need it and remove plugins when you don't actually use them.
  • When you get a lot of notes, then it's good to do a bit more structure that works well for you and you can even start automating some stuff in Obsidian.
  • Learn the keyboard shortcuts well and modify them to your liking (here are my favorite Obsidian keyboard shortcuts).
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Thank you! Bookmarked your post for future reference!
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I have ever heard of it. What does it do?
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it's exactly as he writes, a writing app. You can use it for markdown
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Glad you like it!
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Thanks a bunch, I feel I'm going to love using this tool!
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Obsidian is all about 'linking your thinking' and can potentially become your 'second brain'
Hustle uses obsidian as well. Haven't explored all of its features, but I love it. Using it on both phone and desktop. Hustle read a book about developing a 2nd brain and thought "Nice! Hustle current one is getting pretty chaotic".
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I need to download it onto my phone as well! What was the title of the book you read?
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What does this do? I have never heard of it before..
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nym 29 Apr
I keep seeing posts like this also, but I haven't used it. Which videos did you like best?
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So far have watched these two!
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