I've been tinkering with my Obsidian setup for months now, and it's finally at a stage where I have something that (nearly works.
In the interest of 'learning in public', it felt like a great time to share.
Here's how I am using Obsidian for note-taking and note-making 👇
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(highlight:: Obsidian is where I:
• Capture notes and highlights (input).
• Process those capture notes to generate ideas.
• Draft and finalise my own output (e.g. articles).
• Journal.
This tweet thread will focus on note-taking and note-making rather than journalling.)
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(highlight:: What's new? I've:
• introduced a home page SOP,
• started using tags consistently,
• focused on input, output and action,
• simplified and flattened my folder structure*.
*read below to find out more about my brief flirtation with Johnny Decimal ❤️
https://t.co/bOW6hx0I0k)
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(highlight:: Here's my overarching system👇
(Incidentally, you can find links to all of the tools I use on the Tools page of my website - updated regularly: https://t.co/FsDfPWR5PD).
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(highlight:: I will now share lots of screenshots of my Obsidian to illustrate my process.
Here is a screenshot of my new Home page - this outlines the critical elements of my system. Notice the emphasis on input, output and action (my tags).
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(highlight:: I include all input and output tags on my New Input Note and New Output Note templates and delete those that do not apply when the template is loaded.
Here are screenshots of my New Input and New Output templates.

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(highlight:: Crucially, I have 'wip' and 'to-process' tag searches starred and visible at all times. That way, they stay top of mind and do not get ignored.
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(highlight:: And that folder structure? Here's my Obsidian sidebar:
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My system's Capture and Permanent areas are working well now, but I still capture far more than I create. In other words, there is way too much in the Capture area and not enough in Permanent. This is what I will be working on next.
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(highlight:: That's a wrap!
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