Obsidian beginners should start with core tools like Daily Notes and Graph View, then add plugins slowly to build a steady writing routine.

Three years ago, I downloaded Obsidian, thinking I'd finally found the perfect tool for organizing my thoughts and building a digital brain. What started as excitement quickly turned into frustration ...

I'm pretty bad at being an employee. I openly despise meetings, I say exactly what's on my mind, and I sincerely believe that many managers exist only to waste the time of otherwise productive people.

I avoided Obsidian for a long time because every tutorial made it look like rocket science. Plugins, YAML frontmatter, templates, custom CSS — everyone seemed to be building elaborate knowledge ...