# Best practices for using Obsidian
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## Create your default template
+ date
+ heading (don't just rely on the filename)
+ heading as a link
+ use aliases
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## 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)
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## Use as few vaults as possible
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## Don't create orphans
+ Link to other notes *from* that note.
+ Add a link *to* the note you're creating *from* other notes.
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## Do regular reviews
+ [[Random note]]
+ Be curious about your vault
+ Create structure where you need it, and leave things unstructured if you don't
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## Learn in public
Do something with your notes!
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## Make it yours
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- 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.