## How to Take Smart Notes in Obsidian 🔹 *parent* [[Obsidian|Obsidian]] ▫️ *highlights* [[❞ How to Take Smart Notes in Obsidian|How to Take Smart Notes in Obsidian]], *related* [[❞ How to Take Smart Notes|How to Take Smart Notes]] ### Notes Main folders he recommends: Daily Fleeting References / Literature Projects Zettelkasten Permanent *Daily / Fleeting folder* - he has these listed as one. Daily is how I have it set up now. But he thinks fleeting notes should also be stored in this folder until ready to be deleted. *Fleeting notes* are meant to be temporary, figure out what is important and how to add it elsewhere. --- *Literature folder* - a way to not feel overwhelmed when translating everything we've learned to a Permanent note. This would include a note that you've written in your own words and the page number it refers to. [^1] - Example:  --- *Projects folder* is everything related to a project. I think that each of the notes in here could be Index notes that link to all the related ideas. *Zettelkasten / Slip box folder* - essentially should contain *atomic* notes that are permanent but contain an amount of information only related to a single topic or bit of information. [^2] > "That’s what is meant by the phrase “atomic” note. Permanent means it's kept forever, but it also means it's permanently understood. Permanent slip-box notes will become your external storage for long-term memory." - Example:  Filing something into the slipbox requires first: - relating it to other notes - connecting and linking to references - Finding where to add it to an index *Permanent notes* are the result of our own thinking. - This would likely be long-form articles that relate a number of atomic notes together. *Structure notes* are like indexes that help relate ideas on a topic: - Permanent notes that relate - Note sequence - Zet ID numbered notes of what came before and after (not sure I agree with this) So in his view you would create a named note that links to all the ZetID-numbered notes that relate. - Example   I don't love this because I think that the numbers mean nothing in the graph view, which is intended to make it *easy* to find related ideas. Though I like the idea of using structured notes in the Projects folder to relate a number of notes/ideas. Some steps I could take: - Come up with Project topics as index for note topics ("Job Interviews") - Each Fleeting note should follow a process: - Relate to other notes: add to project or find 2-3 related notes - Add references - Make sure that it's linking to the correct index - Maybe consider linking to notes that came before and after in the sequence - If that can't be done, delete or add to another note - Once that's done, add as a Permanent note in Zettelkasten - Add Permanent folder - This should ONLY include fleshed out ideas built from Slip Box notes. - Permanent folder can have a structure, I think. - All "Information" notes existing should be added here if possible. Temporary structure to consider + Inbox (Fleeting) + Kanban (project-related) + Daily Notes + References (Literature) + Permanent + Projects + Zettelkasten (atomic notes) Removed - Categories - never use this - Information - add to Permanent - Templates - might want to consider just adding to Permanent/Info ### References [^1]: Duffney, Joshua (2022). *How to Take Smart Notes in Obsidian*, (pp. 11-12). Kindle Edition. [^2]: Duffney, Joshua (2022). *How to Take Smart Notes in Obsidian*, (pp. 12-13). Kindle Edition.