![]() ![]() I just like being able to scroll through my vault folder and just see coherent thoughts without the clutter of a thousand random words. The line between the two can occasionally get blurry, but again it ultimately doesn't really matter. Since I imagine I might be mentioning motivation a lot, I open it, create aliases for other forms of the word (motivated, motivational, motivate, etc.) so I can more easily reference it, and then put it in the index folder. I still have my root folder designated as the location for empty new files (excluding zettels), so if I inadvertently create the "motivation" file it gets created outside of any folder. Among other things, it links to "motivation" which is inside the 'e. ![]() ![]() For example, "The Three Motivators of Work" is a thought inside 'd. Index (Certainly not necessary but I enjoy having this - this is where topics, keywords, concrete concepts - basically anything that could eventually become a "map of content" goes. Although I don't fully use the Zettelkasten method in the traditional sense, this is where my new ZK-prefixed notes go.) Vault (This is the bulk of my files, with no sub-folders. Events ~ (Contains calendar folders for the Full Calendar plugin).Periodic Notes (Self explanatory the periodic notes plugin automatically puts these notes in their respective folders) It's only like three lines but it still saves some keystrokes over typing it manually) Snippets (random odds and ends - one is "insert aliases" which simply adds YAML for aliases.Periodic Notes (Templates for periodic notes).I also have a "presets" folder in here for say, a book template with fields already filled for a book I am currently reading) Metadata (Templates for metadata/YAML heavy notes such as notes on Books, Videos, Podcasts, etc.Easier to sort through/filter/group than just clicking the tag and getting search results. ![]() They pretty much just have dataview fields for quick overview of things that have whichever tag the page is for. Tags (the "Tag Wrangler" plugin lets you create a "tag page" for each of your tags.Meta (One example of a file in here is "Command and Hotkey List" which just has a dataviewjs script that - as you can imagine - lists all hotkeys I have currently assigned.).Excalidraw (Where Excalidraw plugin stores files).I might have a photo in "Attachments" that is linked to an entry for that photo here - but whereas for attachments themselves you can only change the title, here I can add more context so it's more easily searchable) DFC (My "Digital Filing Cabinet" which is where things in the "Attachments" folder are actually indexed.The other is simply a note with some inline buttons that I keep docked on the sidebar for easy access.) One is where I stage buttons (buttons plugin) that are used inline across other files/templates. Buttons (only two files in here - which now that I think about it could just as easily be in the Meta folder below.System ~ (I filter my graph view to hide anything with "~" in the path) I'll just lay out my entire folder/tag structure and you can glean from it what you wish. I find the ability to colour items by folder (and by tags) in graph view visually useful. I sometimes also use the graph view for searching as it makes better sense for some types of searching. MOCs are useful for when you’ve moved on from certain ideas and haven’t looked for them in a while. I don’t use Bryan’s task-oriented tags as my vault is for research and instead use tags as another pseudo file structure to collate/find items that aren’t directly linked. I mainly rely on search and my own system of nested tags to find individual items fastest. The organic linking (backwards and forwards) and occasional MOCs (minimum one per folder) means my folder structures are much, much flatter than if folders were my only method.įolders are handy if you want to back up specific sections of the vault using drag and drop. Folders are not my ultimate structure though - being able to link anywhere anytime is fantastic, permits organic growth, and is the entire reason I began using Obsidian as it frees the mind from being limited by traditional constraints (folders). Folders don’t hurt and keep my top level tidy/not visually distracting. ![]()
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