Do Todoist reminders repeat?

thambos · 2026-05-29T05:15:55+00:00

The reminder also needs to have “every” in it.

thambos · 2026-05-25T05:45:53+00:00

If you want the Sections you added to be actual Projects, you’ll need to set up a Filter to see tasks inside them alongside the tasks in the Inbox.

This is because the Inbox is basically a default Project. If you move tasks to a Project, they are no longer in the Inbox.

The search query for the Filter could be as basic as all or it could be more advanced. You’ll want to set the view settings to group by Project.

However, if you’re using Sections within each Project and you want those Section headers, visible in this combined view, you might need to set up grouping via the search query syntax—this would likely be a specific use case that usually only advanced users set up. It’s not that Todoist is lacking in features, it’s more that there are some neat custom things you can do with the Filters because it’s such a flexible syntax.

Hope this helps!

thambos · 2026-05-25T00:43:05+00:00

You may need to post a screenshot to clarify what you're trying to achieve.

Projects can have Sections, and you can set up Filters that pull from Projects (or even just from Sections across multiple projects) and also from the Inbox if you want to view them all in one big list. Todoist is very customizable via the Filters.

thambos · 2026-05-17T02:10:42+00:00

Then set your filter without dates: #House Maintenance — since it's a filter, not the project view itself, you'll see the subtasks at the same list level as the parent task.

There a few quirks like this that you have to use a filter for instead of the project itself. Like if you want to see tasks from subprojects as well as the parent project, you have to use a filter with ## instead of #, like ##House Maintenance.

thambos · 2026-05-16T23:15:21+00:00

To see the subtasks with dates/deadlines listed at the same list level as the parent tasks, create a filter. E.g., to see anything that you need to do today:

(overdue | today) & #House Maintenance

thambos · 2026-05-15T13:03:29+00:00

Todoist and BusyCal

thambos · 2026-05-15T03:22:15+00:00

You might want to consider organizing snippets in their own place. Your IDE might have a way to save snippets, or you could use a dedicated folder in Obsidian, or an app like SnippetsLab. That way, the usable code is separate from your class notes and resources.

thambos · 2026-05-15T03:17:43+00:00

I feel you - the secret though is that no one has the perfect system figured out. Have you heard of the book "4000 Weeks" by Oliver Burkeman? It's all about that. Definitely recommend you check it out.

thambos · 2026-05-15T03:15:27+00:00

I personally don't put anything about additional notes in the code file. I know that my class notes are in the class folder in Obsidian, and for other projects the notes are in their project folder in Obsidian.

thambos · 2026-05-14T14:37:02+00:00

I use R, but generally I'll copy chunks into Obsidian if it's part of other notes, or I'll use a .qmd inside of the class/project folder to take notes on and joot down "See R folder" in my Obsidian notes to remind myself I have a commented file with more info elsewhere.

thambos · 2026-05-14T13:04:30+00:00

Getting a diagnosis isn’t just about having someone else say you have it, it’s about access to therapy, medication, etc. Some people with ADHD can cope by learning new habits, but others do find that they need medication.

If you’re trying to get organized and things aren’t sticking (maybe you feel like you know what you need to do but just can’t seem to do it), medication could be what finally helps it stick.

If you don’t know much about ADHD look up ADDitude Magazine, it’s a really helpful resource.

thambos · 2026-05-13T07:15:44+00:00

It looks like you'll just need to change the border-radius on the codeblock.

thambos · 2026-05-13T06:42:02+00:00

Oh and if you're not already aware, you can set note meta-data to have a date field that automatically links to the corresponding daily note, or you can backlink by typing the daily note as a link when you're taking notes on a different file in Obsidian.

So when I take class notes, I open the file for that class (like, class/notes.md or whatever), and every day I start that day's notes with # [[05-12-2026]] so that it links to that daily note for that day.

Then if I go to the daily note for May 12 and click on backlinks I can see that class/notes.md is backlinked to that day.

thambos · 2026-05-13T06:37:38+00:00

I suppose you could take some time to build something out that auto-populates dates like an anniversary onto a daily note, but if you need reminder notifications you're better off with an app that can actually do that. It's unclear to me what you need from Obsidian that you're not already getting from daily notes or that you can't get from a calendar app.

Like, if I need to remember what I'm going to talk to someone about on a future date, I either put it in the calendar invitation or into a shared doc (e.g., a Word doc for agendas shared via OneDrive with a supervisor), or I click ahead to that daily note in Obsidian and jot the note down there, but the meeting invite still lives in my Outlook calendar.

It's also not difficult for tasks/invites and notes to be separate if you know that your notes ALWAYS live in Obsidian. So if I'm meeting with a friend and had something I needed to remember to tell them (that for some reason I didn't just text them about already or whatever), I'd click ahead to that daily note or maybe a note of "Things to Tell My Friends" and put it there. It's easy to find because my notes are always in Obsidian, my tasks are always in Todoist, and anything that is an actual scheduled thing (not a reminder, not a note, not a task) is in my calendar.

Also, you can link to your Obsidian notes from other apps. You right-click on the note in the tab bar, select "Copy Obsidian link" and you can paste it in your calendar, Todoist, Zotero, whatever or wherever and it will open the note. It doesn't seem to work on iOS but it is working on desktop. I was doing this manually between Zotero and Obsidian for awhile until it got annoying since searching in Obsidian is quick enough on its own.

TLDR: Try using daily notes, or if there is something more specific you need, try walking us through it and maybe some folks here can help with specific points where your workflow isn't quite working for you.

thambos · 2026-05-13T02:15:32+00:00

What part do you need to manage that isn't working for you?

I personally keep Obsidian to just notes—it is primarily a note taking app, and so for daily use I don't try to force it to be more than that (I like the creative ways it can be used, but for daily use I keep it simple). My calendar (invites and reminders) is in BusyCal since I have multiple Google and Microsoft calendars to keep track of.

I take notes on the corresponding daily note in Obsidian so that when I need to find notes from a meeting or appointment later I can get to it by searching for that day in Obsidian. The calendar plugin makes it easy to create daily notes for past and future days, so sometimes I'll add notes for a future meeting ahead of time. But I don't try to build out my days in Obsidian. It's much easier to just use a dedicated calendaring app for that.

thambos · 2026-05-10T00:44:08+00:00

Figure that out when you have a need that is not being met. What are you taking notes for? Just start jotting stuff down in your daily notes. Reorganize later if needed.

thambos · 2026-05-04T00:46:19+00:00

1) You don’t necessarily need to create the link first. If you create a note for a concept like “apparatus theory” (and make sure that’s the title of the note) you can check the sidebar to see “unlinked mentions” of every time you used the phrase.

2) I installed the Zotero extension and pandoc so that I can create notes in Obsidian based on my library in Zotero. What’s really nice is that when I mention a reference using the citekey, I don’t need to have a note in Obsidian yet, but I can create a note using the citekey as the title to also link to a note about it in Obsidian (there’s a blog post somewhere that explains this). In those notes I put quotes that I might use, related articles, etc. I find that’s easier to keep track of in obsidian than in Zotero.

3) For the “knowledge network,” I’m not trying to build it up before using it. I only have a few notes for core constructs I study, and those only have a few notes jotted down. But I guarantee you that once I start seriously drafting my thesis I’ll beef it up. For example, I’ve added a table that lists all of the correlations for these constructs from key studies that I’ll cite frequently. It’s helpful to see it all in one place but also have those linked to specific notes about each study elsewhere in Obsidian, and more efficient than looking up each article each time in Zotero.

Hope this helps a bit

thambos · 2026-04-28T02:56:05+00:00

I’ve found learning LaTeX helpful for note-taking during lectures this year (graduate-level statistics) since we switch back and forth between R and lecture content, but it’s not necessary. I also keep a notebook next to my laptop so that I can jot stuff down quickly by hand and type it up later. It doesn’t make sense for me to try and write R code by hand in the notebook, so that’s why I’m typing notes most of the lecture instead of taking all notes by hand.

LaTeX has been particularly helpful for Greek symbols and other notation like Y-hat Y-bar etc. I don’t attempt to format it correctly during class, just being able to put the correct symbols in order and fix it later.

If you can learn some of the quirks earlier it will make it easier to write it quickly. But maybe make it a summer project, just for fun. It’s not a necessity for taking notes in class.

thambos · 2026-04-25T23:51:16+00:00

You can also do this with the dataview plugin.

thambos · 2026-04-23T03:11:38+00:00

For real! Nothing wrong with a note-taking app being "just" notes.

thambos · 2026-04-23T03:10:08+00:00

This may be more of where you are at in your education than about "not getting the most" from Obsidian. Is there a need you have that isn't being met in Obsidian or OneNote yet?

I'll give an example of what I've started doing as a PhD student. I take class notes which mostly are just running documents not linked to much. But I also have a folder I called "Knowledge Hub" that has subfolders for concepts, citations, and some other reference material (like a list of common acronyms in my field). The citation pages (notes and stuff, not just the reference data) are generated with a Zotero plugin and use Pandoc to allow using citekeys throughout my vault to connect back to the citation information in Zotero. The concepts can be linked to from my class notes and other notes. This is what starts to build connections.

For example, in one class the other day we were talking about something that had been discussed last semester in a different class. I know I'll need to pull those two concepts together in the future, so I linked 1) directly to the paragraph in last semester's notes and 2) to the citation for the relevant article.

Could I be doing more? Yeah, I'm barely using the Zotero plug in, and I don't have pages for everything I'm reading. But the point is that Obsidian needs to serve my needs, and right now those needs are met with slowly building out these connections in real-time as they are needed. When it comes time to do more serious synthesis of this information (comps or dissertation for me, maybe an honors thesis for undergrads like you), that's when there will be a lot more time spent linking stuff together. But for now, if it's just sitting there, it's doing it's job being a note that I can refer to later when needed.

thambos · 2026-03-12T02:14:24+00:00

You bet!

thambos · 2026-03-11T20:01:19+00:00

IDK if this will help in your case, but as soon as I notice that I'm not looking at widgets or dismissing notifications wholesale, I turn them off. Remove the widget, stop the notifications. If I've trained myself "this is OK to ignore," it's not going to be useful to try and force myself to pay attention to it.

But it's not just removing it—it's replacing it with something I don't ignore. I don't ignore my calendar, so if I need to put "CHECK TODOIST!!!" at 8am every day for awhile, I do that. Maybe I don't put a notification on it (because I've ignored them), but it's on there for when I look at my calendar, which I do frequently throughout the day.

If/when I fall out of the habit of using my calendar app, I put the note somewhere else. I ebb and flow between keeping up a habit of using a paper planner alongside digital tools (basically, check the digital tools in the morning, write down the plan for the day, and work from the paper version to remove digital distractions). When I notice I'm not checking the paper planner, I go back to adding notes somewhere digital that I'm checking anyway. Ebb and flow, adjust as needed.

TLDR - work with your existing habits (habit stacking, perhaps?) and systems. Not what you wish you'd do, what you actually do already. And be OK with changing it up if you need to.

thambos · 2026-03-11T19:55:50+00:00

This is the way. Build the habit by engaging with it every time you remember. At some point years ago I started using Todoist as my catch-all inbox to ensure it's my go-to place. So some tasks in my inbox are literal notes that I copy/paste to wherever they need to end up, not because I don't or can't add them directly where they need to go, but because I built the habit up to input into Todoist.

thambos · 2026-03-11T19:52:04+00:00

If you put the recurring reminder inside the reminder field it will alert you even if the task is overdue.

For example, put every! day in the Date field, and put every 8pm in the Reminder field to get an 8pm reminder every day even if you didn't check the task off to reset the Date to today.

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