How I Organise My Notes with Obsidian - “Deathnotes” System

[BikeGremlin]

I’ve started using Obsidian a few weeks ago and built a personal system for storing notes, ideas, and organising articles. I based it loosely on the Zettelkasten method - and nicknamed it “Deathnotes”, because that sounds cooler.

I wrote an article where I explained the whole setup, including:

• Directory and filename structure.
• How I use tag-notes ("t-tags") and structured indexes ("g-tags").
• A real example where I couldn’t find a note - and how better tagging and writing fixed it.
• How I keep it all portable and lightweight.

The article:

BikeGremlin Deathnotes – My Zettelkasten System

I’m sharing this to get feedback, corrections, or advice from more experienced users.
Still learning - but learning fast. Any tips are welcome!

Relja

 

[VlPo]

I see that one way or another, normal people are starting to think about storing and structuring their data notes
I tried Obsidian, but it turned out to be too redundant for me. Therefore, I settled on the Russian equivalent of Notion. All my requests are completely closed. A simple and intuitive application structure. Rich data formatting features. For not very demanding users, it is quite enough.
Yes, and quite beautiful in my opinion

 

[BikeGremlin]

I see that one way or another, normal people are starting to think about storing and structuring their data notes
I tried Obsidian, but it turned out to be too redundant for me. Therefore, I settled on the Russian equivalent of Notion. All my requests are completely closed. A simple and intuitive application structure. Rich data formatting features. For not very demanding users, it is quite enough.
Yes, and quite beautiful in my opinion
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That looks nice.

As far as I can see, your system is a hierarchy (sorted by categories and subcategories), correct?

 

[VlPo]

correct?

Yes. But both internal and external links and tags are supported. Inside this "beauty" is the standard markdown
It's just that the tree structure is simpler and clearer to me.

 

[BikeGremlin]

Yes. But both internal and external links and tags are supported. Inside this "beauty" is the standard markdown
It's just that the tree structure is simpler and clearer to me.

I'll see if I end up regretting this decision - but so far it does look promising.

No hard tree structure (though I did create some division by directories), mostly relying on links (and "g-indexes") to keep things organized.

Hopefully, in a year, I'll be wiser and see if this was a good idea or not.

 

[VlPo]

Hopefully, in a year, I'll be wiser and see if this was a good idea or not.

Are you talking about your system?

 

[BikeGremlin]

Are you talking about your system?

Yes - that's experimental still. It does resemble how I used to do things (and how my brain works to a degree), but I haven't used such system before. Until now I've worked with a system that is top-down structured like yours - and it worked OK, but I'm curious to see if this would improve it (and I won't know that for certain until it "grows" a bit more).

 

[VlPo]

I think everything will be fine. You're not starting from scratch... You've thought, you've decided... The option that should be right for you