I think that one of the best ways to start with Obsidian is through a [[Daily notes|daily note]]. Why? - You don't need to write anything profound or "noteworthy". You'd be surprised what you learn from just logging your day. - You're generating data about what you're interested in-- the stuff you do for fun, not just the stuff you do for work. - It makes sense to tie in notes to dates, because chronological order is the only order that is imposed by default. - If you've ever kept a [Bullet Journal](https://bulletjournal.com/), it'll be a familiar jumping off point for you. Daily Note is enabled by default, so to open it, click *Open today's daily note* in [[The Obsidian UI and settings#The toolbar|the toolbar]] to follow along. To create a bullet, type: `- ` in a new line. It should look like this: - ## Logging your day What should you log? - People you talked to, and anything relevant in the conversation. - Things you have to do - Things you did - Videos you watched - Articles you read - Random thoughts you had Log it all! Log anything that seems important, and maybe even things that aren't. Everything you type will be searchable later on. Log as much as is fun for you. Check out [[2022-10-31]] for an example. ## Creating [[Links]] After logging your day, try to review what you've written and make [[Links]] of topics, people, or ideas that you think you might want to say more about. To do that, you can highlight a word or phrase and then type `[[`. Obsidian will automatically encase that word in brackets and turn it into a link. Don't overthink it! If you don't create a link and you should have, you'll still be able to find that note as an "unlinked mention" later. If you create a link and you shouldn't have, no harm done. ## Related - [[Working with tabs groups and windows]] - [[Workspaces]] - [How to set your own custom hotkeys](https://help.obsidian.md/Customization/Custom+hotkeys)