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You’ve heard it half a dozen times or more, especially if you’re a frequent XDA reader — Obsidian is awesome. It’s so awesome that even me, someone who has bounced from app to app looking for anything to wrangle my scattered brain, has started using it. I never really settled for a single note-taking app, despite the fact that I need to scribble down random information constantly.
I’ve always reached for whatever’s most convenient at the time. Sometimes it was Notion, other times Evernote, and I’ve even used Google Keep quite a bit. They’re all fine, especially compared to OneNote from Microsoft, but there’s never been a single tool that’s cemented itself as the center of my digital life. Obsidian has changed that, and I’m shocked it’s taken me so long to jump onboard.
Keep in mind, this is why I’ve been attracted to Obsidian. It might not be the reason you end up using the app. There are a ton of objective advantages to Obsidian, from a sustainable and unintrusive monetization model to an extremely active lead developer, not to mention the open-source goodness stacked on top. You discover the reason you like Obsidian after using it for a while; the high-level perks are just what get your foot in the door.
Organization by design
You’re forced to engage
Here’s the problem with most note-taking apps — it’s way too easy to jump in, jot down a random idea, and get out. I know that sounds like a positive, but for me, it definitely isn’t. I don’t need to be explicit, but I have issues with organization and staying on-track with my thoughts. Most note-taking apps are set up in such a way that I’m pushed into a messy, unorganized blob of random notes on random topics that relate to completely different things. I just jot something down and throw the note aside, pushing the effort of recalling that information off for a later time.
You can use Obsidian in the same way, but it places a lot of hurdles in your way. It mainly uses Markdown instead of a traditional toolbar, and it’s extremely open-ended; so much so that I felt lost when first opening the app. These aren’t difficult issues to overcome or anything, but the design of Obsidian forces you to engage, at least a little, with how it works. Google Keep doesn’t care where it places any random ideas unless you pin them, and as useful as Notion is, the endless toolbar of notes fills up quickly without any semblance of organization. Using Obsidian in the same way feels wrong. It feels like using a text editor like Sublime Text to jot down notes; not good.
I struggle to pinpoint a specific design choice that pushes me to engage with Obsidian in a way I haven’t with other note-taking tools, but I suspect it’s less about a specific feature and more about the combination of them. Maybe it’s the idea of linking your notes together and seeing them sprawled out in graph view, or the concept of storing multiple, independent vaults. Or, maybe it’s the massive array of plugins available that transform what Obsidian is capable of. Even if you don’t engage with every feature of Obsidian, there’s enough there to at least spark some curiosity.
The power of Obsidian means that getting up and running can take a while, at least for someone like me who’s bounced off several hyper-streamlined tools. But as someone who struggles to stay on-track, it also inspires some motivation to dig in and learn how to best use the tool. Maybe you can get to the same spot with Notion, Evernote, or any other note-taking app. Lord knows there are millions of people that get usefulness out of those apps every day. For me, Obsidian provides that push.
Plugins provide inspiration
You don’t know what you don’t know
One of the other issues I’ve run into with note-taking apps is how to properly utilize them. That might sound odd if you’re someone pre-disposed to an organized lifestyle, but I struggle to pinpoint why, specifically, I should be using a note-taking app. I know I need to take notes to track and recall information, but that’s such a broad task. Why upend my half-baked, half-effective way of doing things? And more importantly, how? That’s where I’ve found a lot of value in Obsidien’s broad range of community-developed plugins.
The fact that Obsidian has plugins is already a major plus, giving you access to a ton of integrations and additional functionality. You can have a kanban board and synchronized calendar right next to each other, and easily connect them to additional notes or items you need, and that’s just scratching the surface. I don’t approach the community plugin hub looking for a plugin to solve a specific problem, though. I browse the community hub for inspiration on what I could be jotting down that I never considered.
Let me give you an example. I stumbled upon the Workout Tracker plugin when browsing the hub, and it’s completely transformed how I exercise. For over a year now — pat on the back to myself — I haven’t really tracked my workouts. I’ve tried to put together plans in a spreadsheet, and my Garmin Vivoactive 5 does a decent job tracking the calories I’ve burned, but not the actual exercises I do. This plugin allows me to easily log my workouts, including specific exercises, as well as my sets, reps, the weight I used, and any other metric I want to track down the line. Then, I’m able to track my workouts over time, as well as see my progress on different muscle groups and exercises.
Although I’ve wanted to track my workouts, spending money on an app I didn’t want to use wasn’t ideal, and resorting to spreadsheet was cumbersome. I would never consider logging workouts in Notion or Evernote. But a community-made plugin in Obsidian gave me the idea, and it’s quickly becoming one of my favorite fitness tools.
It’s not just in plugins where I’ve found inspiration with Obsidian. For instance, I recently set up this periodic note template I found on GitHub, which leverages a ton of plugins to generate extremely useful daily notes that are combined into a weekly recap note.
A note-taking app that adapts to you
Make it what you want
Note-taking apps all have their own strengths and weaknesses. Notion has great support for organization, while Google Keep is great for quickly jotting down and recalling simple notes like your grocery list. For me, however, the reason Obsidian has stuck is that it’s adaptable. You’ll find an endless stream of organizational ideas and templates, but they’re nothing more than that — ideas. There isn’t a single correct way to do things, and I think that’s ultimately why I’ve been able to pick up and stick with Obsidian.
As someone who can just as easily toss a new app as I can pick one up, Obsidian forces me to sit down and listen. It’s accessible but opaque, flexible yet with systems that allow it to become rigid. It offers enough power, enough flexibility, and enough intrigue to make even my scattered brain pay attention. And if that’s not the ultimate compliment I can give any app, I don’t know what is.
