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What I’m trying to do
I am making notes in Obsidian and using links to link to other notes. I am trying to remember to keep it ‘future proof’.
But I am wondering how I can find these notes in the future?
Things I have tried
I am still used to the traditional method of allocating a folder for each note. And all I have to do is go to the folder, click click, and there is the note.
But if I am collecting notes that just have links to other notes, how can I find the right note in the future?
Do I search for it using the right tag? Or the name?
Just wondered if I am missing something very obvious here.
the way our brain or memory works is by making connections: so you will be less likely to remember “A” if nothing connects to it
hence, in obsidian we have links: you link “B” to “A” (note) and while you elaborate on these and build the connection into something bigger, you’ll teach yourself about the importance of certain things, right
then as you said, you can put certain anchor or auxiliary notes into folders and tags can be popularly used to group stuff together, if only for a more intermediate purpose
over time as your vault grows, you’ll be wanting to restructure some of it, convert tags to other properties, etc.
over time as your experience around obsidian grows, you’ll be equipped with more knowledge on how to query the vault or the kind of topics that seem to make up nothing more than a passing fad, but with more structuring and a good query system, you can come back to topics that “seemed like a good/important idea at the time” because you used to spend time curating them
it’s like this
work in or on your vault
what you don’t remember was probably not that important
Many thanks for this detailed reply. This is very enlightening.
I am slowly coming to the understanding of how it all works. I have to keep reminding myself that it is a ‘bottom up’ system and, as you said, all about the correct links.