The note-taking and PKM world can be daunting for newcomers. In this video, I wanted to distill some of my learnings from many years of working in my Obsidian vault. These ideas are tool-agnostic, and will apply regardless of your app of choice.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:44 Either taking notes or recalling notes
3:06 Prioritize your own ideas
4:41 Don't take notes on everything
6:07 Habit is what will save you
7:43 Your system will be a mashup
9:42 Two ways to find plugins
11:35 Write first, organize later
12:13 Create a system you can trust
13:11 Outsource app and plugin decision making
14:31 Write notes to your future self
15:47 Final words


Links from this video:
- Obsidian - https://obsidian.md
- Use these 10 Obsidian tips to level up your note taking productivity -    • Use these 10 Obsidian tips to level u...  

Additional Obsidian Videos:
- My Obsidian Daily Note Template video -    • 📆 Obsidian Daily Note Template Tour a...  
- My Obsidian Meeting Note Template video -    • 🗣 Obsidian Meeting Note Template Tour...  
- My Obsidian People Note Template video -    • 👥 Obsidian People Note System and Tem...  
- My Obsidian Physical Object Template video -    • 🛍️ Obsidian Physical Objects System a...  

My Gear:
- Sony a6300 Mirrorless camera - https://amzn.to/3wkTfSn
- Sennheiser MKE 600 Shotgun Microphone - https://amzn.to/3wqlQFT
- Neewer Professional Microphone Pop Filter - https://amzn.to/3T0nmr0
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- Full gear list - https://dannb.org/my-gear/

More links:
- Obsidian Theme: Nick Milo's LYT Mode - https://github.com/nickmilo/LYT-Mode
- (blog) Obsidian Daily Note system - https://dannb.org/blog/2022/obsidian-...
- (blog) Obsidian People Note system - https://dannb.org/blog/2022/obsidian-...
- (blog) Obsidian Book Note system - https://dannb.org/blog/2022/recalling...
- (blog) Daily Driver Task Management System - https://dannb.org/blog/2020/daily-dri...

Where to find me:
- Homepage - https://dannb.org
- The Dann Chronicles monthly newsletter - https://dannberg.substack.com

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