Using a folder system for note taking

[Something Funny]

2 minutes ago, Michael569 said:

Plus the book Productivity Ninja by Graham Alcot to get you started on creating a filing system 

thanks.

I was thinking about giving another try to Obsidian.

I don't trust notion.

Edited January 18 by Something Funny

[Girzo]

3 hours ago, Yimpa said:

How big is your stick and what are OS are you running it on?

I don't use this method. I use RemNote app on Mac OS.

[mmKay]

Notion Squad where you att

Been using one note for 8 years and I'm moving over

Edited January 18 by mmKay

[Something Funny]

@Leo Gura how much space do all your notes take after all these years? I am trying to decide how much memory do I need.

[Something Funny]

On 1/18/2025 at 10:43 AM, Michael569 said:

Notion or Obsidian for organizing. 

Plus the book Productivity Ninja by Graham Alcot to get you started on creating a filing system 

I've decided to settle on Obsidian after all and I really like it so far.

For filing system, I've watched this video
 

 

And am using a plugin that automatically creates pseudo folders for the tags you have. This allows you more flexibility and also allows one note to be in multiple "folders". I just hope that it doesn't get discontinued and causes issues in a few years, lol.

[The Renaissance Man]

@Something Funny Yeah Obsidian is awesome. Especially when you set up your plugins, shortcuts (I'm in love with all the shortcuts) and even the theme.

 

I just use MOCs (Maps of Content) for organization, no tags, no folders.

They're nothing fancy, basically instead of a folder you have a page with links to sub-pages. For example, I have a "Developmental Psychology" page, and inside it I have links to random notes I have, and sources. So a link to "Leo Gura", "Ken Wilber", "9 stages", etc. And inside "Leo Gura" I have a page for each video on the topic.

This way I can always find everything. Then I can also use links normally within the page.

Edited February 24 by The Renaissance Man

[Something Funny]

@The Renaissance Man that's a cool idea

[Leo Gura]

On 1/24/2025 at 1:48 AM, Something Funny said:

@Leo Gura how much space do all your notes take after all these years? I am trying to decide how much memory do I need.

You can fit a lifetime of notes in a single Word doc.

[Something Funny]

1 minute ago, Leo Gura said:

You can fit a lifetime of notes in a single Word doc.

True, but I was asking more in terms of storage space on your hard drive.

Now I actually wonder what's a file size limit for a word document, lol.

[The Renaissance Man]

@Something Funny Obsidian is all markdown, so basic text. I have 1000 notes (so it's likely the equivalent of 3000-5000 pages of a book with 500 words per page), and I'm pretty sure I'm under 10MB. Text takes zero storage. It's all about the images, but especially the vids.

PS - Just checked, 6MB for 1000 notes, excluding videos and images.

Edited February 24 by The Renaissance Man

[Something Funny]

@The Renaissance Man so basically if I've had 100GB of storage, even with images and videos, I would have to try really hard to fill it all up, right?

[The Renaissance Man]

@Something Funny Definitely. If for every one of Leo's videos you were to download the entire 3 hour video in full HD and paste it into Obsidian, then you'd possibly get to 100GB lol.

My entire vault is 7GB right now, but there are 3 videos that alone are 4GB+. And I've been using Obsidian extensively for one year. I don't normally need videos for my notes, at most screenshots that take less than 1MB.

At this pace I'd take me 15 years to fill in a 100GB drive, and a 4TB drive can be bought for $80 (probably less). So... no worries

Edited February 24 by The Renaissance Man

[Ulax]

On 18/01/2025 at 8:59 AM, Yimpa said:

How big is your stick

Cheeky