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Use obsidian like the CEO of obsidian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq3R3uS0sQ4
Stephango’s (Kipano, Obsidian CEO) Obsidian vault template emphasizes speed, laziness, minimal structure, heavy linking, and properties over folders. It turns a seemingly chaotic collection of notes into a flexible personal knowledge network.
Core Philosophy
File over app: Everything lives as plain Markdown files in a folder. The system outlasts any specific software.
Minimal folders / root-first: Most personal notes (journals, essays, evergreen notes) live in the vault root. Folders create overhead and force artificial categorization when ideas span multiple areas. The downloadable vault includes temporary “Notes” and “Categories” folders only for clarity—move their contents to the root and delete them.
Organization via properties + links, not folders: Use YAML properties (especially a categories property) and heavy internal linking. Templates pre-populate useful properties so you can capture quickly and find/filter later.
Linking: Aggressively link the first mention of anything (people, movies, quotes, places, ideas). This builds a navigable network over time and turns fleeting mentions into future note opportunities. Use backlinks and the graph to traverse connections.
Properties as links: Prefer linking values inside properties (e.g., [[Aisha]] instead of plain text)
Evergreen notes: Capture reusable insights/ideas as first-class objects you can reference repeatedly.
Bases: Category notes (or dedicated Base files) show dynamic tables of related notes (all meetings, all rated items, all evergreen notes, etc.).
Recommended Rhythm (from Steph’s blog)
Daily: Capture thoughts, journal entries, or events as unique notes. Link first mentions. Optionally use the daily note mainly as a hub that other notes point to via creation date.
Every few days: Review recent notes and compile/summarize the most interesting ideas into higher-level notes.