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My personal [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) vault template. A bottom-up approach to note-taking and organizing things I am interested in. This is not dogma, just my personal approach. Hopefully it can serve as inspiration, but do what works for you!
My personal [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) vault template. A bottom-up approach to note-taking and organizing things I am interested in. It is in no way dogmatic, just one example of how you can use Obsidian. Take the parts you like and tailor them to your needs.
To learn more about how I use Obsidian, visit my website [stephango.com](https://stephango.com/topics/obsidian/).
See the article [How I use Obsidian](https://stephango.com/vault) on my site for a detailed explanation of this vault structure.
## Get started
1. [Download this vault](https://github.com/kepano/kepano-obsidian/archive/refs/heads/main.zip)
2. Unzip the .zip file to a folder of your choosing
3. Open Obsidian and create a new vault pointing to that folder
## Vault structure
### Theme and related tools
- My theme: [Minimal](https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-minimal), more at [minimal.guide](https://minimal.guide)
- My [web clipper](https://stephango.com/obsidian-web-clipper) for saving articles and pages on the web
### Plugins
Some of my templates depend on plugins I use:
- [Dataview](https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview) for overviews
- [Leaflet](https://github.com/javalent/obsidian-leaflet) for maps
### Folders
I use very few folders. I avoid folders because many of my entries belong to more than one area of thought. My system is oriented towards speed and laziness. I don't want the overhead of having to consider where something should go.
My personal notes are in the root of my vault. These are my [journal](/Categories/Journal.md) entries, [evergreen](/Categories/Evergreen.md) notes, and personal ideas. If a note is in the root I know it's something I came up with. I do not use the file explorer much for navigation, instead I navigate mostly using the quick switcher or clicking links.
If you want to use this vault as a starting point the **Categories** and **Templates** folders contain everything you need.
The folders I use:
- **Attachments** for images, audio, videos, PDFs, etc.
- **Clippings** for articles and web pages captured with my [web clipper](https://stephango.com/obsidian-web-clipper) written by other people.
- **Daily** for my daily notes, all named `YYYY-MM-DD.md`.
- **References** for anything that refers to something that exists outside of my vault, e.g. books, movies, places, people, podcasts, etc.
- **Templates** for templates. In my real personal vault the "Templates" folder is nested under "Meta" which also contains my personal style guide and other random notes about the vault.
The folders I don't use, but have created here for the sake of clarity. The notes in these folders would be in the root of my personal vault:
- **Categories** contains top-level overviews of notes per category (e.g. books, movies, podcasts, etc).
- **Notes** contains example notes.
## Style guide
### Templates and metadata
I use templates very heavily, because they allow me to lazily insert most of the metadata I need about any kind of note.
The `.obsidian/types.json` file shows which properties are assigned to which types.
- Most of my properties attempt to be reusable across categories
- Many properties have short names e.g. `start` instead of `startdate`
- I use the `list` type more than the `text` type for many properties, because I find it useful to be able to enter multiple links
### Categories and tagging
My notes are primarily organized using the category property, e.g. `category: "[[Movies]]"`. These also function as links that help me navigate to the overview note for that category. Some rules I follow:
- Always pluralize categories and tags
- Use `YYYY-MM-DD` everywhere
- Use a single vault for everything
- Avoid folders for organization
- Avoid non-standard Markdown
Having a [consistent style](https://stephango.com/style) collapses hundreds of future decisions into one, and gives me focus. I always pluralize tags so I never have to wonder what to name new tags. Choose the rules that feel comfortable to you.
### Rating system
Anything with a `rating` uses an integer from 1 to 7
- 7 — **Perfect**, must try, life-changing, go out of your way to seek this out
- 6 — **Excellent**, worth repeating
- 5 — **Good**, don't go out of your way, but enjoyable
- 4 — **Passable**, works in a pinch
- 3 — **Bad**, don't do this if you can
- 2 — **Atrocious**, actively avoid, repulsive
- 1 — **Evil**, life-changing in a bad way
Why this scale? I like rating out of 7 better than 4 or 5 because I need more granularity at the top, for the good experiences, and 10 is too granular.