Obsidian For Beginners 📝 Non-Linear Note Taking, Plugins & Templates

Hi Friends, my name is Callum aka wanderloots. In this video I walkthrough Obsidian For Beginners with an introduction to Non-Linear Note Taking, Plugins, and Templates.

I touch on why Obsidian is the best app for your PKM system (personal knowledge management), how to get started with Obsidian, and how you can use the different settings, plugins, and templates to augment your note-taking, with a view to an AI-assisted future 👀

In this tutorial, I give practical, real-world examples on how I use non-linear note taking in Obsidian to improve my notes, knowledge, and idea generation 📚

I give a complete overview of Obsidian, including all of the main settings to get you started with your second brain 🧠

P.S. I greatly appreciate any feedback, please let me know what you think 😊

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Links:
1. https://obsidian.md
2. https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-s...
3. https://wanderloots.xyz (written tutorial for this video)

Timestamps:
00:00 Why You Should Use Obsidian
02:08 Outline
02:58 Install Obsidian & Create A Vault
04:36 Vault Overview
05:07 Create Notes In Markdown
07:33 Obsidian vs Notion
08:11 Linking Notes: Bi-directional Links
09:05 Linking Notes: Ghost Notes
09:56 Linking Notes: Backlinking
10:48 Linking Notes: Aliases
11:37 Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
12:38 Real World Example: Book Quotes & Notes
14:41 Folders
15:02 Insight: Non-Linear Note-Taking
17:04 Graph View: Following Insights
18:46 Embedding: Notes & Images
19:46 CODE & Second Brain
20:55 Note Organization
21:57 Settings Overview
24:16 Appearance
25:03 Hot Keys
26:26 Core Plugins
27:30 Obsidian Publish Alternative
28:06 Templates Plugin
30:36 Properties
31:28 Tags & Topics
34:00 Canvas
35:46 Daily Notes Plugin
37:25 File Recovery
38:20 Community Plugins
40:11 Dataview
41:06 Templater
43:09 Improving Graph View
45:02 Local Graph View
45:32 Obsidian + AI
46:48 Summary & Suggestions

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🌱 Obsidian & Digital Gardens    • Obsidian, Digital Gardening, & PKM  
🧭 Recalibrating (Main Storyline)    • Recalibrating 🧠 🧭 My Philosophy  
🎨The Creative Act (Art and Mindfulness) (coming soon)
🖼️ NFT & Smart Contract Tutorials    • Manifold Smart Contract Tutorials  
✨ Mindfully Calming Timelapses    • Calming Timelapses  

LINKS (MY WORLD)
🧭 [Recalibrating Newsletter Home](https://paragraph.xyz/@wanderloots.et...)
🏔️To start reading from the beginning: [Recalibrating Newsletter Entry 1: What Recalibrating Means To Me](https://wanderloots.substack.com/p/1-...)
🌍 My [Website](https://wanderloots.com/)
📸 My [Print Shop](https://wanderloots.darkroom.com/) ✨
🧠 [What is Mindfulness](https://www.wanderloots.com/mindfulne...
🔥 [What is Burnout](https://www.wanderloots.com/burnout) and How Can I Recover?

SOCIALS
🟣 [Farcaster](https://warpcast.com/wanderloots.eth)
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🧵 [Threads](https://www.threads.net/@_wanderloots)
🤖 [Reddit](  / _wanderloots  )

MY FAVOURITE TOOLS
😴 🤯 The [Waking Up App](https://dynamic.wakingup.com/guestpas...) (use this link for a 30 day free trial)
📝 [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) (decentralized note-taking)
🗓️ [Notion](https://affiliate.notion.so/wanderloots) (project management)
⏰ [Descript](https://www.descript.com/?lmref=Jjh8Gw) (text-based video editing)
📹 [Adobe Suite](https://prf.hn/l/lQ9DwpA) (general creativity)
🎵 [Epidemic Sound](https://share.epidemicsound.com/0o6bev) (YouTube Music)
❤️ [Welltory](https://app.welltory.com/payments/pla...) (Health Tracker)

EQUIPMENT USED
1. Camera [Sony A7iii](https://amzn.to/3seSHv6)
2. Lens [Sony F2 28 mm](https://amzn.to/3TiWCT2)
3. Tripod [K&F Concept](https://amzn.to/3soCKCP)
4. Lighting [Ubeesize Ring Light](https://amzn.to/3GD02Zy)

ABOUT ME
My name is Callum, also known as wanderloots. I am an intellectual property lawyer, patent agent, engineer, blockchain specialist, photographer, animator, videographer, and writer.

I quit my job to pursue a life of creativity while teaching people along the way. The world is changing more rapidly than ever before. Learning how to deal with change and recalibrate is the best skill I can learn, and hopefully the best skill I can teach you ✨