Obsidian as a tool for psychedelic integration

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Hi there,

I’m currently exploring ways to use Obsidian for my own psychedelic integration work and would love to hear other user experiences and suggestions. It feels like Obsidian could be a crucial tool for integration, but I’m still looking for the right way to implement it, more structured and real-life change focused.

At the moment I use it mainly to

  • document specific experiences
  • reflect and uncover patterns across different experiences
  • connect insights to other aspects of my life and work

While Obsidian works well for documenting insights, my current challenge is bridging the gap between reflection and action. I sense there’s significant potential here - particularly in using Obsidian as a self-accountability tool to drive real-life changes.

  • Is anyone else using Obsidian for psychedelic integration?
  • Have you developed any specific protocols or workflows?
  • How do you bridge the gap between reflective notes and actionable tasks?
  • What methods do you use to track and maintain accountability for implementing insights?

Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences!

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I don’t know if I see any distinction between this and any form of integration of knowledge or intention into action. The principles are likely the same right?

I wrote about this a few years ago. A process of 4 steps that an idea goes through from "Creative Strategy and the Business of Design” by Douglas Davis. The #ICE Method (Idea, Concept, Execution)

Observation, Insight, Concept, Execution.

To be honest, having these tags in my notes has not helped me very much. I always forget to track them without some visual structure. But I have used a flow much like this in creative Kanbans. I use Kanban in Obsidian for most projects, and Trello for music production.

So for example, I’ll move my music down the Kanban through a series of steps, like Sketchbook, Discovery, Draft, Done. And Discovery comes with a set of tools and questions I use to explore ideas. Sketchbook is where I dump everything I’ve made. Just a place where I can listen to 5 random tracks with a Trello action button. Draft is a limited set of tracks I’m working on to move towards Done. Done is mastering and release prep.

Music has the atomic artifact of sound files, graphics, etc. Your own integrations likely don’t – and shouldn’t – have that kind of structure. But that’s where the OICE tags might be more handy for you, as you nudge looser concepts, writing, sketches, etc. into action. (Depends how you think and organize I guess. Maybe I should get my OICE tags into an automatic Kanban using Obsidian Projects.)

Another thing I love is liberal use of the Random Note hotkey. Forget the formal structure for a moment, and just enjoy the stream.

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