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When You See a New Obsidian Productivity System- Taste, Don't Swallow

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When You See a New Obsidian Productivity System- Taste, Don't Swallow

And I'll want 500+ words on why you want to change things up, on my desk by Monday

Ellane
Jan 7, 2023
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When You See a New Obsidian Productivity System- Taste, Don't Swallow

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White page with black and reddish-pink writing and pictures. Top left: cartoon head (Nicole) saying, How I get things done in Obsidian. In the centre is a reddish-pink cloud with white writing inside, saying “Core Principles, a living document.”
Portion of a sketchnote by the Author, drawn in Concepts on iPad.

This morning I watched Nicole van der Hoeven’s enlightening new video detailing her time management system in Obsidian.

Perfect! I thought. Another opportunity to practice sketchnoting (I’m part way through this course). iPad out and Concepts app open, I watched, listened, and sketched away.

Five things I learned from this video

  • It takes me a lot longer than 20 minutes to sketch note a 20 minute video. I’m optimistic this will change with practice.

  • It’s okay if normal task lists don’t work for you

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