This is an interesting topic, since it’s making me think about my own strategy. Here’s what I’m thinking, so far:
- Any task that arise out of a train of thought be marked as such e.g.
- [ ] [[ToDo]] do something
- This can be simple, complex, the start of an entire project, or anything in between
- The [[ToDo]] page itself remains blank, but this is where the Backlinks panel is my friend
- I can see all my tasks as backlinks and there shouldn’t be that many because I’ll be triaging them as follows:
- Anything that’s complex or big enough that it warrants significant time and potentially a bunch of sub tasks gets entered into my preferred todo app of the moment - Trello, Planner, ToDo, etc. I’ll then simply delete the task in Obsidian, or at least just remove the [[ToDo]] link - or maybe replace the link with a #ProjectTask and maybe a [[Trello]] or whatever task manager link so I keep a reference if I want to go find something. As I engage in the project, any thoughts and notes that arise along the way will find themselves in Obsidian.
- For anything that’s singular, simple or otherwise fairly quick to execute I’ll keep as a task and use the backlink to go to the originating note, so that I can remind myself of the context within which the task arose and also remove the distractions of other tasks. Again, notes that arise will find themselves in Obsidian and once the task is complete I’ll remove the [[ToDo]] link, but maybe add a #TaskComplete in case I want to reference things that I have done at a later date.
- For me the ToDo page will always be empty and I’ll rely on the back links to manage clutter.