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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by vurr@lemmy.today to c/obsidianmd@lemmy.world

Anyone keep diaries in Obsidian? How do you format the filenames/directories and the notes themselves? My current formatting for the filenames is "/Daily Notes/DD-MMMM-YYYY". Don't have many plugins right now, but I'm open to suggestions. It's kind of frustrating that the notes in the diary are not ordered in a good way, but what can you do, it's not too much of an issue. I also tag all my notes. If anyone has any experiences with journaling in Obsidian then let me know what you've learned in that process.

A list of useful plugins would be much appreciated!

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[-] gokayburucdev@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Use tags like #2026-04-06. Or use the Dataview plugin with your notes to filter them by dates—you'll get awesome results. Use bullet lists well, at least as well as possible. Link your bullets to related notes and ideas (💡 logging and linking), so you can connect your small ideas to big notes. Forget nested folders; forget massive plugins. Just write and link your notes. For example, I use quick memo notes with names. Whenever I get a new idea, I write it directly into the mobile Obsidian app in bullet-list form with timestamp tags and links to related notes. Those small pieces create big articles.

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