Using Obsidian as Learning Tool

Concepts in Note-taking and Processing Tools.

  1. Zettelkasten.
    1. Taught us how to separate type of notes.
    2. How to tag, link and structure our notes.
  2. Model Thinking
    1. Taught us to use system and models as the foundation of learning.
  3. Workspace / Thematic Approach

Workspace / Thematic Approach

How to use:

  1. Establish Theme of learning.
    1. The theme of learning can a descriptive title.

As you can see here for an example, the theme here is to enrich “Finance as a Whole”.

So it’s the best to have: 3 Windows

  1. Admin Windows (Stacked Tabs)
    1. 1 - Task/Dump list - usually interconnected with library
    2. 1 - Library
    3. 1 - Bases
    4. 1 - Canvas
    5. 1 - Excalidraw
  2. Main Windows (Stacked Tabs)
    1. 1 - TOC (or main thesis)
      1. Branch out to main topics/ideas.
        1. Then the rest can be permanents or literature or fleetings.
  3. Learning Windows (Unstacked Tabs)
    1. New books, new notes etc

Always save it in the new workspace.

Important rules

  1. Thematic and consistent naming convention.
  2. systematic tagging
  3. systematic linking

The tag act as a branch of model compounding, whenever you’re reading something, you wanna ensure the output of that reading related to theme that you’re pursuing (here all themes is a model, so it’s by definition almost impossible to read and learn without linking to the model you’ve created before).