diff --git a/content/posts/writing-quick-notes-in-obsidian.md b/content/posts/writing-quick-notes-in-obsidian.md index d04380ebf..31a6332db 100644 --- a/content/posts/writing-quick-notes-in-obsidian.md +++ b/content/posts/writing-quick-notes-in-obsidian.md @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: The Totally Unnecessary Way To Write Quick Notes in Obsidian date: 2022-04-12 lastmod: 2022-04-12 --- +## Writing Quick Notes in Obsidian When using Obsidian I know that [[notes/having more connections is better|having more connections is better]]. So I often take it upon myself to use Obsidian for everything. Thanks to the plugin system provided by Obsidian, it [[notes/the future is personalization|personalizes]] the way I use Obsidian and allowed me to do many things that would otherwise be impractical (e.g. getting my TODOs from Todoist). But even with this customizability, sometimes Obsidian just isn't the [[notes/use the right tool for the job|right tool for the job]]. One example is writing quick notes into Obsidian. When writing quick notes, I'm often in midst of something and I want to jot down something in the most frictionless way possible. With Obsidian, there's a lot of friction. @@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ Points of Friction in Obsidian (Desktop): - Typing the "quick" note - Switching back to the original window +## Fleeting Notes x Obsidian Although these points seem trivial, I've noticed that they add up and have prevented me from writing more notes or even any notes at all. Oftentimes I find that [[notes/opportunities are for the prepared|the best ideas come when I'm least prepared]] to write them down. Therefore I've decided to create an entire application called [Fleeting Notes](https://fleetingnotes.app/). As the name suggests, the app is solely dedicated to writing your fleeting thoughts. So how is "Fleeting Notes" better than Obsidian? It's not.