High School Student Just Getting Started - Help!

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Hello!

I am a high school student who stumbled upon Obsidian by chance. I love the idea of Personal Knowledge Management to help me study, but there is way too much information on the internet on how to get started. I do like the idea of conceptual notes, but I am open to any note-taking system that works. Are there any specific tutorials, walkthroughs, methods, or tips on how to set up a note-taking system for learning (and beyond)?

Not sure if this is helpful, but:

• What I want to organize: at the moment, just school (maths, sciences, history, computer science, Spanish)
• Machine: MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro

Once I set up a school vault, I would also like to set up a vault for my personal life as well (or can these both be in the same vault?).

[AdrianoCzelentano]

1. Learn Markdown syntax.
2. Create a lot of notes with links [[...]].
3. Enable Backlink core-plugin in Settings to see more connections.
4. try to copy examples like The Quantum Well

Links are the core. Most of the time you don’t need: folder, tags and properties.
I personally only use:
folders:
_InBox - new notes
_People
_Places
_Resources - files, images
_Templates
_Working - notes after organization process
tags:
#person
#place
#todo
#daily
Properties:
aliases - another title for searching

You have to make mistakes to know what you want.

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So essentially don’t listen to anyone on the internet on what works best (at least starting out) and dive in. Thank you!