Monique- There's something very outerworldly about the process of discovering an organizational tool that echoes the vastness of your thoughts. Particularly when you mentioned: "And when I realized that the constellations laid out before me were ideas, linked by relationship and mapped out, I was done." And I love your father's words on Kingdom for a Pen. The real domain of our thoughts, ideas, and potential is very much a kingdom. And a pen--its on-ground executor. Somehow, your writing here captures this beautifully. Hope you're well this week, Monique? Cheers, -Thalia
Yes! The inner life of the mind is such a rich world to be explored and cultivated (and then, of course, we have to merge it with the outer world and experience). I'm well, thank you for asking. I hope you are doing well, also :)
I have recently started using Obsidian too. Probably about two months ago. I like it in theory but I always end up getting burnt out on systems. I’ve found myself getting kind of burnt out on it. I put a lot in at the beginning but then find it difficult to keep going back to it. This is probably a problem with my personality type and something I should learn to discipline better. But this post is a reminder I should get back to it!
Do you have any other programs that work better for you? I'm a firm believer that we each need something specific to our way of processing - or at least, we need to find something flexible enough to customize to our specific way of processing. It kind of sounds like maybe Obsidian isn't serving your specific needs? Are you recording large amounts of information?
I can only use Obsidian on my phone, as I cannot download it on my Chromebook, and so it ends up serving more like a reference system - easy to pick up and jot a note about a page number and book, rather than filling in a whole lot of data.
Not one that I've ever stuck with for any real length of time. I've jumped around from Evernote, Apple Notes, etc. Obsidian seems the most promising. I think I just need to adjust how much data I put in.
Monique- There's something very outerworldly about the process of discovering an organizational tool that echoes the vastness of your thoughts. Particularly when you mentioned: "And when I realized that the constellations laid out before me were ideas, linked by relationship and mapped out, I was done." And I love your father's words on Kingdom for a Pen. The real domain of our thoughts, ideas, and potential is very much a kingdom. And a pen--its on-ground executor. Somehow, your writing here captures this beautifully. Hope you're well this week, Monique? Cheers, -Thalia
Yes! The inner life of the mind is such a rich world to be explored and cultivated (and then, of course, we have to merge it with the outer world and experience). I'm well, thank you for asking. I hope you are doing well, also :)
I have recently started using Obsidian too. Probably about two months ago. I like it in theory but I always end up getting burnt out on systems. I’ve found myself getting kind of burnt out on it. I put a lot in at the beginning but then find it difficult to keep going back to it. This is probably a problem with my personality type and something I should learn to discipline better. But this post is a reminder I should get back to it!
Do you have any other programs that work better for you? I'm a firm believer that we each need something specific to our way of processing - or at least, we need to find something flexible enough to customize to our specific way of processing. It kind of sounds like maybe Obsidian isn't serving your specific needs? Are you recording large amounts of information?
I can only use Obsidian on my phone, as I cannot download it on my Chromebook, and so it ends up serving more like a reference system - easy to pick up and jot a note about a page number and book, rather than filling in a whole lot of data.
Not one that I've ever stuck with for any real length of time. I've jumped around from Evernote, Apple Notes, etc. Obsidian seems the most promising. I think I just need to adjust how much data I put in.
That makes sense. I hope you can find a way to settle into Obsidian without the burn out. Hopefully restructuring input helps!