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PARAZETTEL Foundations

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Setting Up Vanilla Obsidian
Originally I was quite unsure about how I'd be able to teach in this program. Was it going to be purely theory, with videos + text? How would I get people to follow along? After some thought, I'm choosing to demonstrate building out a minimum viable system as we go through the lessons, showing you how simple personal note-taking really can be. Today's lesson is the first of these interventions, with me taking stock (or 'vanilla') Obsidian and simplifying it, installing a handful of plugins and deactivating and hiding many others. You can watch it over at - https://www.skool.com/parazettel-community-4498/classroom/38433b8f?md=f738b097c3ad4a4ab7329192e4e65ad4 Keep in mind we're going to be bringing a few more moving pieces into the vault as we progress, this is simply to put together a clean slate if you're new to the app, and to give you inspiration for how simple things can be if you've already got a vault. I'll see you back here tomorrow to combine our two lessons - the goals we've set for ourselves, and the new, simple vault we've created!
Setting Up Vanilla Obsidian
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I've used Obsidian to make "atomic notes" daily for over a year (relearning biochemistry I first learned 48 years ago). Even though I mostly stay productive and avoid fiddling with extraneous features and plugins, I applied several of the ways Theo showed for removing distractions from an Obsidian workspace. The approach can be the same for your note-taking system of choice.
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