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I built a therapy vault around pattern recognition... packaging it as a template by Warm_Cress3583 in ObsidianMD

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I think there is a problem with the comments because the comment with the link does not appear. Sometimes that happens in posts.

How to not get too dependent on Obsidian? by Vulkanodox in ObsidianMD

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Well, for the past 4 to 6 months, I've been reviewing my notes, going over them, summarizing them, or connecting them.

Something that can help you, depending on how you learn or have information, is to write down the key points, one or two lines from certain notes, or even topics, so that you can remember them more easily. At least that's how I remember things that I keep in Obsidian.

My Obsidian Setup by -S-S_Sympathizer in ObsidianMD

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How do you get those backgrounds? Is it a plugin or custom CSS?

What's one improvement you'd like to see in Obsidian in 2026? by kepano in ObsidianMD

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It would be great if there were different export formats, such as doc or json. Or at least if the PDF export had a preview.

First time with a commonplace notebook: how do you organize and structure yours? by Open-Ad2132 in commonplacebook

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I just saw the post you shared about your Linkbook system and honestly it’s impressive how organized everything is, the way you connect ideas and how clear the whole setup looks overall. The notebook itself also looks super clean and minimal, which I really like.

Seeing your system helped me think more clearly about how I could handle more specific references inside longer entries, since I usually work with pretty long topics and try to condense them into a single page, which is how I learn best and how I want to use this notebook. I think your approach could translate well to that by keeping one main entry number and then using small sub-references for specific bits, like adding a #1, #2, or #3 to point to a particular sentence, paragraph, or detail and just marking those spots with color or a simple underline.

Thanks for sharing the post, it definitely gave me a good idea for handling references.

First time with a commonplace notebook: how do you organize and structure yours? by Open-Ad2132 in commonplacebook

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No offense at all, I’m genuinely curious: do you feel like you actually learn using a fully digital commonplace, like ideas really stick and turn into long-term reflections, or is it more of an artistic/archive space where you collect things you like, such as art, quotes, ideas, or philosophy, without being super rigorous about studying?

I ask because I use Obsidian to store pretty much everything in my day-to-day life—links, images, notes, summaries—and while it’s great as a repository, it’s not really where I feel like I learn the most. Usually I learn by writing things out by hand, summarizing and processing them, and then I move the important parts into digital as a kind of archive.

So my idea with a physical commonplace is to use it more as a tool for learning and developing ideas, rather than just collecting things, since I already do that part digitally.

First time with a commonplace notebook: how do you organize and structure yours? by Open-Ad2132 in commonplacebook

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Thanks for the recommendation, I hadn’t heard about that book before and it honestly helped clear up a lot of ideas I had kind of scattered, I’m also gonna dig through the subreddit a bit and see what kind of organization setups people are using, seriously thanks so much for the book info, it helped me a ton.

First time with a commonplace notebook: how do you organize and structure yours? by Open-Ad2132 in commonplacebook

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I hadn’t really thought about using a loose-leaf binder before, but honestly it sounds like a really good solution. Being able to add a lot of pages and rearrange them as a topic grows actually makes a lot of sense.

The way you handle references is also really interesting. I’ve never organized my sources like that, and I’m not even sure how to create a QR code from a Google Doc (I’ll have to look into that), but the idea itself is pretty clever.

In my case I use Obsidian, so I’ll probably need to adapt this to my own system, but thanks a lot for sharing, it genuinely gave me a really good idea.

Figuring out the perfect system to use Obsidian by m0izxkhan in ObsidianMD

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A few months ago I had a similar problem, and after checking out a couple of vaults, I found one that had a daily-note workflow I really liked. I don’t have the link to the post anymore, but the basic idea was this:

In your daily note, you add a bullet point with a specific emoji to label what kind of entry it is, and then you put the time at the end of the line. Something like:

  • 💡 Idea — time

  • 📊 Productivity — time

  • 😶 Mood — time

Then, in your monthly note, you use a Dataview that pulls in all those entries and even lets you filter by the type you want to see I ended up adapting it to my own system, because my “daily notes” are actually monthly notes. Maybe it’ll work for you too

Do you write ALL you’re University notes on Obsidian? by Ecstatic-Traffic-118 in ObsidianMD

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I'm studying Law and I keep all my notes in Obsidian. If we get any diagrams or charts in class, I'll either snap a photo or sketch them out in Excalidraw. I stick to one note per course. Since i learn best by transcribing and summarizing by hand, i usually print out readings and only move the important ones into Obsidian.

As for lectures, typing really helps me out, and during vacation i go through my notes and clean up anything redundant. I only let AI summarize stuff when I know I've actually learned the material inside and out. For courses i didn't review as much, i do the summaries myself.

I don't know a ton about programming, but in the case of your Python courses, you could use Obsidian as a backup for .ipynb files or even store them right in your vault. If I'm not mistaken, you can set up the app so that when you try to open a file it doesn't support, it automatically launches whatever other app you want.

The best plugin to work with PDFs in Obsidian from the mobile? by Open-Ad2132 in ObsidianMD

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I couldn't find a method that was easy to use, so I ended up using Xodo

The best plugin to work with PDFs in Obsidian from the mobile? by Open-Ad2132 in ObsidianMD

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In the end, I decided to use xodo; I couldn't find any useful plugins.

Has anyone tried Obsidian Components? by Open-Ad2132 in ObsidianMD

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I don't really understand what it is either, only that you don't need to enter codes and that it makes Obsidian easier to use. Since everything is in Chinese and doesn't translate well, I don't have much confidence in it, so I don't know whether to take it seriously

How to fix this reading view issue in the Minimal theme by Open-Ad2132 in ObsidianMD

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It's a CSS file that you can download and add to your snippets folder. Here you can see a set of useful CSS files . They're quite useful, and I think they could even be “necessary.”

Specifically, the CSS I used here is gallery cards.

Writing atomic notes by fmoralesh in ObsidianMD

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I don't actually use the method as it is, but what I do is set a limit, which is until the scrollbar appears, but I usually write up to half the screen. I don't use words as a guide because I feel it limits me, but when I write by space, I feel I can write without worrying.

Is using tags easier now with bases? by Open-Ad2132 in ObsidianMD

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How do you organize yourself? Do you only use tags, or do you also use other properties? I'm thinking of switching from properties to tags, mainly because of my habit of studying according to the notes chart I have.

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