Simple Studying
Hello, I am an animation student and have been researching Obsidian in my off time and using it for most class notes for about four weeks.
Unfortunately I’m realizing I don’t have a solid way to study besides reviewing notes. I don’t understand the how having small notes for individual topics helps me remember better. Obsidian is supposed to work like a second brain, but I don’t see enough talk about recalling information.
Current Process:
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Have 4 major notes, one for each class. Kind of a meta note.
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Take a big long note for a particular class lecture / PowerPoint. Link it to the meta note for that class so I can find it later.
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Make smaller notes linked to the lecture note. These are for specific topics, like terms and definitions, project directions, time periods (for history classes), animation studios, important figures.
I consider going through my lecture note afterwards and organizing the information a part of studying, by keeping the info fresh. But I don’t know if it’s forcing me to recall.
Solutions I’ve looked at
I have seen many suggestions on the forum for linking external apps or code for flash cards. I want to keep my process as simple as possible because learning new softwares again and again is time consuming and overwhelming for me, and won’t stick.
I have read about Zettlecasten and PARA but it’s been a little while.
What I’m trying to do
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Streamline and improve my studying workflow. Making the notes in a way that’s easy to study later, and then a way to find/recall them easily. I think I have somewhat of a system but I’m looking for feedback
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Not use external apps unless unless it’s a. simple and b. necessary.
Thank you for your help