Workflows

Slide Presentations

Goals

Potential Strategies

Folder Structure

But like isn't the problem that everything is getting siloed now? How do I link my thinking? What if all the folders above were tags instead that I put in the front matter? Could the above folder structure instead be the main MOC where I can navigate to any other files? I think I need to read this first and get back to you.

Okay I read it and it's interesting. Eleanor argues that folders have always been and therefore always will be (Lindy effect) and I think this is true. Tagging is a newer feature and may not play well with other systems. I have to decide what tags I want and would be useful and to keep a rigorous list of them using some kind of tag index/glossary. Think of tags like enums for better structure. To link my thinking... maybe that could happen within specific folders? Like the MTP areas folder? Then the projects folder probably wouldn't have links, or would it, I don't know yet until I start populating it with stuff. Another idea could be that each area folder has its own MOC or each project folder has its own MOC? The MOC could then index all the notes in the folder instead of having subfolders... But this would mean that each area folder would just be a whole mess of notes then to achieve more of a "flat" structure, but at least that would be contained within a folder itself. This chick has one giant flat structure and constructs dashboards and views from all of it but it is then extremely coupled to Notion which is bad. I think I could achieve the same but on like a "sub-topic" or "area" basis. Lots of good ideas in that video I think.

Flows

  1. Getting Things Done
    1. Capture tasks I think of during the day (Todoist)
      1. Keep the same PARA folder/project structure in Todoist
      2. Use the Taskcally integration to timebox tasks right away
    2. Maybe like a couple journal prompts to start the day?
      1. What do I want to accomplish today
      2. How do I feel (too general probably)
      3. Appreciations
  2. Academia
    1. Read/annotate PDF journals with Zotero
    2. Extract annotations with mdnotes
    3. Send annotations to Obsidian MTP > Literature notes
    4. Synthesize annotations in own words, make permanent notes, use bibtex for in text citations
    5. Work on papers in MTP > Projects, use bibtex for in text citations
    6. Use pandoc to convert .md paper to .docx
  3. Personal
    1. Read/annotate with Readwise Reader
    2. Import annotations to Obsidian with the Readwise plugin
    3. Make note in appropriate Areas or Resources folder

https://betterhumans.pub/obsidian-tutorial-for-academic-writing-87b038060522

https://thesiswhisperer.com/2022/10/01/building-a-second-brain-for-academic-writing/

https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/learning-and-course-management-systems/

My Todoist Workflow

Every new task is given a priority which denotes what time frame in which it should be completed, a label for time approximation as well as a status, and an associated project/sub-project.

My Nirvana Workflow

Friendship with Todoist over, now Nirvana is my best friend. It's much more geared towards GTD with the one killer feature being that it auto-updates next tasks as you check things off a project list. That sounds nuts but since next actions are the core of GTD, this is paramount.

Category Tool Projects Areas Resources Archive
Email Proton + Outlook Inbox
Todo Nirvana X X
Notes Obsidian X X X X
Cloud Google Drive (Proton Drive) X X X X
Calendar Google Calendar (Proton Calendar) X X
Reference Manager Zotero X
Braintoss Inbox

When I process my inbox, I do one of the following:

Tag Taxonomy