I’m Rebuilding My Obsidian Vault from the Ground Up — Here’s Why

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When I started using Obsidian — which was only back in February of 2022 — I had no idea if I would stick with it. It was the “hottest new thing” in the PKM space — and many people I respected (Nicole van der Hoeven, Danny Hatcher, and others) were talking about it. However, I’d tried other shiny objects before — Notion, Roam, RemNote, etc. and all had fallen away not long after I started using them.

But I quickly realized Obsidian was different. Why? It has a lot of options and features those others don’t have — or that aren’t as robust or flexible as others. Things like:

• folders AND graph view
• Loads of community plug ins to build a system that works for you
• Plain text markdown for longevity, ease of storage, and compact file sizes
• Offline access is built in (in fact, I’m doing the final edit of this on my iPad on an airplane)