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Obsidian and Productivity

Plain-text notes, Dataview queries, and getting things done without renting your own memory.

Everything here runs on markdown files I own. Obsidian happens to be a nice window onto them, but the point is that the notes outlive whichever app I am using this year.

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Building a Zettelkasten in Obsidian

Small atomic notes that quietly compound into something genuinely useful.

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  1. Creating a Daily Review Template in Obsidian Opening and closing the day deliberately instead of just letting it happen.
  2. Building an Automated Weekly Review with Things 3 and Obsidian Use Dataview queries to automatically aggregate daily notes and completed tasks into a weekly review.
  3. Building a Zettelkasten in Obsidian Small atomic notes that quietly compound into something genuinely useful.
  4. Building a Personal CRM with Obsidian and Dataview Keeping track of the people you care about without paying monthly for it.
  5. Build Momentum Before You Need It Momentum is easier to maintain than it ever is to create from scratch.
  6. How to Make Time How I actually structure a day around a big family and too many projects.

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