# Simple Zettelkasten Guide

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/simple-zettelkasten-guide/3054>\
**Category:** Knowledge management\
**Tags:** zettelkasten\
**Created:** [July 10, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/simple-zettelkasten-guide/3054 "2020-07-10T15:45:02Z")\
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# Steps to Getting Started

1. Get Obsidian up and Working
2. Your First Note
  - Define your Problem
  - Just start Absorbing
    - Books
    - Internet
    - Own Thoughts
    - Talking to Others
    - Podcasts
    - Videos

### First Note

You now have Obsidian set up and ready to use, staring at a blank screen. It doesn’t really matter what your first note is. If you are having note creation paralysis then create a note describing what problem you want to solve or what area of information you want to develop knowledge in. Once you’ve done that then start with step 1 of the Core Zettelkasten Workflow.

## Core Zettelkasten Workflow

1. Pick a source of Information
  - Digest the Source of Information
  - Create Notes out of the Information
  - Create the primary link
    - Note Sequence Link
    - Add to Index Manually?
    - Add to Index with a Tag

  - Link the Notes with other ones

2. Develop and use your Notes
  - Further Develop Existing Lines of Thought
  - Create new Lines of Thought
  - Using your Notes
    - Formalize your Notes and Share with Others
    - Formalize your Notes for Personal Use
    - Reference your Notes for Personal Use

### Pick a Source of Information

Picking a source of information

## Developing Specific Knowledge in your Zettelkasten

- Students
- Graduate Students

## Developing General Knowledge in your Zettelkasten

General Readers

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