A Broader, Flat(ish) Approach to Obsidian Folders

Adapting and evolving the obviously hierarchical parts of Obsidian.

Screenshot by the author of this post being created in Obsidian.

I’m always curious as to how other folks set up their filing system, even though I could only work with some of them without swearing.

I’ve spent the last month or so reading, thinking, and adapting my Obsidian vault to better serve me. One of the things that’s helped me to create clarity around the how, what, and why questions is to document my thoughts.

Most recently, I’ve taken shallow dives into Tiago Forte’s the PARA Method and Nick Milo’s Linking Your Thinking models, leaning into their freely available content to get a sense of the systems they’ve created.

Neither system really appealed to me. Part of it was that I’m not just using Obsidian for content creation. It’s part of what I do here, but it’s a small piece. Part of it was their classification systems not aligning with how I think or approach using Obsidian.

My Obsidian Needs

• Meet the needs of the One Notebook to Rule Them All approach I adopted when I started Bullet Journaling. The more places I keep similar stuff, the more chances I have at loosing what I’m trying to keep track of.
• A daily note with a focus on tasks that…