# Best practices for using Obsidian --- ## Create your default template + date + heading (don't just rely on the filename) + heading as a link + use aliases %% This is a [[Comments|comment]] and won't be in the slide presentation%% --- ## Don't follow any one methodology strictly. + Use [[Search]] to find notes. + Rename files and folders *in Obsidian*. + Search and replace using other text editors (Notepad++, VSCode, Atom, SublimeText) --- ## Use as few vaults as possible --- ## Don't create orphans + Link to other notes *from* that note. + Add a link *to* the note you're creating *from* other notes. --- ## Do regular reviews + [[Random note]] + Be curious about your vault + Create structure where you need it, and leave things unstructured if you don't --- ## Learn in public Do something with your notes! --- ## Make it yours --- - Create a default template for notes. - Don't follow any one methodology strictly. - Use as few vaults as possible. - Don't create orphans. - Regularly review your notes. - Learn in public. - Make it yours.