2023 Zettelkasten Obsidian Workflow ⚡️ Simple Set Up

I just captured my first content note in my Obsidian system: your proposition of capturing notes without judgment. I agree with, and love, the idea that this helps practice a sort of mindfulness; too often do I dismiss my thoughts outright and give them no space -- sometimes to a very negative mental effect.

I've watched a lot of Youtube videos on using Obsidian as a platform for Zettlekasten. There is a real risk of overcomplicating the process, but this video offered a lot of clarity and is the best video I've watched. Thanks for putting this together.

Okay, it took me 3 hours to watch this video! Your content is so beautifully dense! I slow myself down, to capture the thoughts in Obsidian right away, and my ADHD brain goes down soooo many rabbit holes. And I love, that I can put the thought process somewhere with your amazing help! My lifes paradox is to combine chaos and structure so I found a home here, and in Obsidian. I have been searching for this my entire life. In my 20s (half a lifetime ago) I even build a Flash Card "Idea Generator" But I didn't finish it. So here I am 20 years later. Other people build my dream program and learned how to use it! Thank you so much!!!

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This is SO HELPFUL. The idea compass is GENIUS and something I want to teach my middle schoolers :D I'm just beginning my Zettlekasten for my Ed.D. and I've started and restarted so many times, but watching this video, I feel like I finally have a grasp of how I can make mine actually be helpful! Thank you so much for your time, care, and clarity!

Most of all, I enjoy the way you think. Okay, I relate to the way you think. I love your interest in paradox and opposites. It's so revealing to observe in this way, things hidden in plain site simply require a new angle to heighten the contrast, too many kind words to say. Thank you for sharing Vicky

I have tried the zettelkasten method multiple times with different tools and always used to lapse back into Google notes because of all the friction the system used to command. I tried your method and in half an hour, WOW! The way to use tags and backlinks just clicked, and what really seemed to pull this together was the Idea compass. I have at least 10 ideas to build out on and even a couple of ideas for a book from this first hour of processing 3 day worth of notes. Thank you so much Vicky! I hope i can sustain this

This is like a module in an obsidian PKM course. Thank you so much for making this detailed tutorial. Thoughtful and also not at all overwhelming

Yep, this one is the best video for setting up zettelkasten out of the 10 or so I've seen

After watching dozens of videos on how to take good notes in Obsidian, I just found your channel, and I finally feel like I have some clarity! Thank you for putting together such a detailed overview while keeping it simple to understand! And thank you for walking us through your entire process from idea generation to output; I really needed that! I also love the kind of ideas and topics you've been thinking and writing about! Super excited to follow you and continue learning from you 💗✨

I just wanted to tell you thank you, this is THE best channel about obsidian... and I watched a lot. Everything is well explained, why and how you use this etc... So thank you a lot.

Dear Vicky, I think you're a great teacher! And you have such a soothing voice and presence that makes learning from you that much easier. Thank you for sharing and more power to you!

I've trawled through so many videos and clicked out of a lot of them because they haven't presented any new ideas or ways to question my thinking, but I've been binging several of your videos because I like the way they make me think of things from a new perspective. I always WANT to learn something new, but when I come across something, there's nothing satisfying to me about it with my typical way of analysing or evaluating it. So this brings a little excitement back to me by giving me new tools to learn with. Thank you for sharing intriguing stuff.

For the past college year i tried many things to capture notes from lectures. None worked - I don't have time reading word in word transcriptions of lectures from mine or other student's notes. The most useful tool was actually small cards and leaked presentations. But they were liable only right after the creation, which is why my sessions were quite stressful. New semestre starts soon, hope obsidian and atomic note taking will help. THX for tutorials!

Would love more details on your output process. I'm a writer, so your newsletter output process would probably be really helpful for us practicing long-form output. Thanks!!!

I believed if a thought is important to me, I will remember it without taking a note, but your writing everything way gives me a second thought. Thanks for sharing your idea and way of processing information!

This was such a great video! The Atomic notes idea. The West, North, East, South... so profound to think about a note and a thought. Very helpful!

You are amazing. I just found your channel, binge watched excellent actionable relatable relevant content, while taking my regular notes. Time to get to work and put this into practice…thank you so much!

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU ARE SAVING MY FUTURE

This is the rabbit hole I would gladly dive into over and over again. Thank you for the idea map and this whole video! I'm excited to see where my Obsidian journey leads to.