PARA in Obsidian. Start being productive.

when I get started with obsidian I found when I get started with obsidian I found it really hard to decide how to start it really hard to decide how to start it really hard to decide how to start and I was watching dozens and dozens of and I was watching dozens and dozens of and I was watching dozens and dozens of videos on the topic and now I've been videos on the topic and now I've been videos on the topic and now I've been using it for a few years I'm going to using it for a few years I'm going to using it for a few years I'm going to make a few recommendations to you so I make a few recommendations to you so I make a few recommendations to you so I recommend using the py method to get recommend using the py method to get recommend using the py method to get started and then you can Branch out started and then you can Branch out started and then you can Branch out later and in this video I'm going to later and in this video I'm going to later and in this video I'm going to explain to you in my own words what the explain to you in my own words what the explain to you in my own words what the par method is and how you can use it in par method is and how you can use it in par method is and how you can use it in obsidian and this video is actually a obsidian and this video is actually a obsidian and this video is actually a part of a course that I created it's a part of a course that I created it's a part of a course that I created it's a 1hour course where I just condense all 1hour course where I just condense all 1hour course where I just condense all of my knowledge of my dozens of hours of my knowledge of my dozens of hours of my knowledge of my dozens of hours of watching obsidian content and of watching obsidian content and of watching obsidian content and building my own zle cast which now is uh building my own zle cast which now is uh building my own zle cast which now is uh over 2,000 notes so um I hope you enjoy over 2,000 notes so um I hope you enjoy over 2,000 notes so um I hope you enjoy the video and maybe you're interested in the video and maybe you're interested in the video and maybe you're interested in the course too let's go so just to uh the course too let's go so just to uh the course too let's go so just to uh speak a few words on on structuring your speak a few words on on structuring your speak a few words on on structuring your notes this is a rabbit hole that I have notes this is a rabbit hole that I have notes this is a rabbit hole that I have spent I hate to admit but it spent spend spent I hate to admit but it spent spend spent I hate to admit but it spent spend dozens and dozens of hours in in in sort dozens and dozens of hours in in in sort dozens and dozens of hours in in in sort of figuring it out and I go through I've of figuring it out and I go through I've of figuring it out and I go through I've gone through many Evolutions in my gone through many Evolutions in my gone through many Evolutions in my system where I go from using no folders system where I go from using no folders system where I go from using no folders or directories at all uh going back to or directories at all uh going back to or directories at all uh going back to putting everything in directories and putting everything in directories and putting everything in directories and well I'm not going to go too deep into well I'm not going to go too deep into well I'm not going to go too deep into that I'm going to make an more advanced that I'm going to make an more advanced that I'm going to make an more advanced course later but basically there's two course later but basically there's two course later but basically there's two ways of handling it either you can put ways of handling it either you can put ways of handling it either you can put your notes in just one big pile and then your notes in just one big pile and then your notes in just one big pile and then you use links to to um bring structure

you use links to to um bring structure you use links to to um bring structure into your notes I'm going to show you into your notes I'm going to show you into your notes I'm going to show you that in a minute or you can also use a that in a minute or you can also use a that in a minute or you can also use a directory structure and I think most directory structure and I think most directory structure and I think most people are used to thinking of notes and people are used to thinking of notes and people are used to thinking of notes and files in directory structure so I think files in directory structure so I think files in directory structure so I think that's a good way to start and then you that's a good way to start and then you that's a good way to start and then you can adjust it later if you want to you can adjust it later if you want to you can adjust it later if you want to you can always just take all of your files can always just take all of your files can always just take all of your files write a script where you take all your write a script where you take all your write a script where you take all your markdown files and pile them in one markdown files and pile them in one markdown files and pile them in one directory like that's not a real problem directory like that's not a real problem directory like that's not a real problem but um I'm going to show you how to use but um I'm going to show you how to use but um I'm going to show you how to use the para method and I think this is a the para method and I think this is a the para method and I think this is a good way to get started to bring some good way to get started to bring some good way to get started to bring some structure into your notes and to your structure into your notes and to your structure into your notes and to your thinking process as a whole so let's get thinking process as a whole so let's get thinking process as a whole so let's get into that so para what is it well I'm into that so para what is it well I'm into that so para what is it well I'm going to press command n and create a going to press command n and create a going to press command n and create a new note and I'll just do Para and we new note and I'll just do Para and we new note and I'll just do Para and we see that the note just came into the see that the note just came into the see that the note just came into the sidebar here and para is a system um sidebar here and para is a system um sidebar here and para is a system um that was popularized by or con conceived that was popularized by or con conceived that was popularized by or con conceived by uh by Thiago by uh by Thiago by uh by Thiago Forte and it basically means that it is Forte and it basically means that it is Forte and it basically means that it is a way to structure your your your notes a way to structure your your your notes a way to structure your your your notes but also your life and and and thought but also your life and and and thought but also your life and and and thought process in general so the process in general so the process in general so the first uh P the first letter in the first uh P the first letter in the first uh P the first letter in the acronym is acronym is acronym is projects next is projects next is projects next is areas and if you're not familiar with areas and if you're not familiar with areas and if you're not familiar with markdown if I'm doing the hashtag this

markdown if I'm doing the hashtag this markdown if I'm doing the hashtag this is how you make head is how you make head is how you make head headlines um next is resources headlines um next is resources headlines um next is resources resources and finally we have resources and finally we have resources and finally we have areas so I'm just going to go through areas so I'm just going to go through areas so I'm just going to go through these and write a couple of the bullet these and write a couple of the bullet these and write a couple of the bullet points here so the projects is um points here so the projects is um points here so the projects is um shortterm collection of shortterm collection of shortterm collection of tasks Tasks and notes so in in getting tasks Tasks and notes so in in getting tasks Tasks and notes so in in getting things done projects are defined things done projects are defined things done projects are defined everything that takes uh several tasks everything that takes uh several tasks everything that takes uh several tasks in order to achieve a certain outcome so in order to achieve a certain outcome so in order to achieve a certain outcome so it is something that you are working be it is something that you are working be it is something that you are working be working on on a temporary basis um working on on a temporary basis um working on on a temporary basis um basically it might be um PL create a garden on the balcony or um PL create a garden on the balcony or so and to create that Garden I have to so and to create that Garden I have to so and to create that Garden I have to buy pots I have to buy Earth I have to buy pots I have to buy Earth I have to buy pots I have to buy Earth I have to plant the seeds I have to do some plant the seeds I have to do some plant the seeds I have to do some research and then I collect all of the research and then I collect all of the research and then I collect all of the research in that that folder for the research in that that folder for the research in that that folder for the project so I have everything handy there project so I have everything handy there project so I have everything handy there so uh another example would be um I want so uh another example would be um I want so uh another example would be um I want to write a uh program I want to write a to write a uh program I want to write a to write a uh program I want to write a go program that serves an API that says go program that serves an API that says go program that serves an API that says the current weather well then I'll have the current weather well then I'll have the current weather well then I'll have to um research how to do web servers in to um research how to do web servers in to um research how to do web servers in go I have to find find a source for my go I have to find find a source for my go I have to find find a source for my weather information and Etc right you weather information and Etc right you weather information and Etc right you can get all these tasks and collect the

can get all these tasks and collect the can get all these tasks and collect the information in that folder and then you information in that folder and then you information in that folder and then you have it neatly together so that is uh um have it neatly together so that is uh um have it neatly together so that is uh um collecting collecting collecting information in the information in the information in the folder so that is uh the projects next folder so that is uh the projects next folder so that is uh the projects next is areas so this is something that you is areas so this is something that you is areas so this is something that you are responsible for over a longer period are responsible for over a longer period are responsible for over a longer period of time of time of time responsible something your you're responsible something your you're responsible something your you're responsible for over a longer period of responsible for over a longer period of responsible for over a longer period of time and this means like uh say you have time and this means like uh say you have time and this means like uh say you have your own house right well then you are your own house right well then you are your own house right well then you are responsible for the maintenance you have responsible for the maintenance you have responsible for the maintenance you have to you have to paint the house you have to you have to paint the house you have to you have to paint the house you have to make sure that you your roof doesn't to make sure that you your roof doesn't to make sure that you your roof doesn't leak this is something that you leak this is something that you leak this is something that you continuously need to review and continuously need to review and continuously need to review and something that um is ongoing it's not something that um is ongoing it's not something that um is ongoing it's not going to stop anytime soon so ongoing going to stop anytime soon so ongoing going to stop anytime soon so ongoing engagement uh or uh or responsibility responsibility responsibility example example example house um responsible for maintenance uh making sure the roof maintenance uh making sure the roof doesn't leak and that the the the P um doesn't leak and that the the the P um doesn't leak and that the the the P um the paint doesn't disintegrate the paint doesn't disintegrate the paint doesn't disintegrate right uh regular right uh regular right uh regular painting I'm going to refine these notes painting I'm going to refine these notes painting I'm going to refine these notes a little bit before I publish it but um a little bit before I publish it but um a little bit before I publish it but um that is basically what areas are so in that is basically what areas are so in that is basically what areas are so in my life areas are uh my tech blog that's

my life areas are uh my tech blog that's my life areas are uh my tech blog that's something that I it's not a project it something that I it's not a project it something that I it's not a project it started as a project but it is something started as a project but it is something started as a project but it is something that has continue to be something that I that has continue to be something that I that has continue to be something that I am uh responsible for uh now is my my am uh responsible for uh now is my my am uh responsible for uh now is my my school Community is an area in my life school Community is an area in my life school Community is an area in my life that I'm responsible for which I need to that I'm responsible for which I need to that I'm responsible for which I need to um write I write notes related to that um write I write notes related to that um write I write notes related to that and all of those go into the school area and all of those go into the school area and all of those go into the school area uh one another area is my career or or U uh one another area is my career or or U uh one another area is my career or or U my volunteer work so these are things my volunteer work so these are things my volunteer work so these are things that or family these are things that um that or family these are things that um that or family these are things that um basically a very big responsibility in basically a very big responsibility in basically a very big responsibility in your your your life next we have resources so resources life next we have resources so resources life next we have resources so resources are a collections of are a collections of are a collections of information of information of information of information which you which you information which you which you information which you which you um expect to be useful in the future um future um so many of us have many different so many of us have many different so many of us have many different hobbies and some uh you you might like hobbies and some uh you you might like hobbies and some uh you you might like to sort of collect notes on based on to sort of collect notes on based on to sort of collect notes on based on your hobby and maybe you are doing some your hobby and maybe you are doing some your hobby and maybe you are doing some work on that hobby uh maybe for two work on that hobby uh maybe for two work on that hobby uh maybe for two months and then you write a bunch of months and then you write a bunch of months and then you write a bunch of notes and then you move on to a notes and then you move on to a notes and then you move on to a different hobby for a while and then you different hobby for a while and then you different hobby for a while and then you write the notes in that resource and um write the notes in that resource and um write the notes in that resource and um you you store the notes as a resource you you store the notes as a resource you you store the notes as a resource there uh so these are basically just there uh so these are basically just there uh so these are basically just only for reference so things you yeah

only for reference so things you yeah only for reference so things you yeah reference reference things reference reference things reference reference things you uh expect to come back to or what you uh expect to come back to or what you uh expect to come back to or what you want to store for later basically so you want to store for later basically so you want to store for later basically so some of the resources I have are go some of the resources I have are go some of the resources I have are go goang Linux goang Linux goang Linux um um um also Urban gardening also Urban gardening also Urban gardening um U holiday trips in Norway like I um U holiday trips in Norway like I um U holiday trips in Norway like I might one example I might be browsing might one example I might be browsing might one example I might be browsing the internet and then I get a nice tip the internet and then I get a nice tip the internet and then I get a nice tip of a hiking route in Norway well then I of a hiking route in Norway well then I of a hiking route in Norway well then I put that in my Norway holiday resource put that in my Norway holiday resource put that in my Norway holiday resource because I know it will be there it's because I know it will be there it's because I know it will be there it's stored there but then I when one day I'm stored there but then I when one day I'm stored there but then I when one day I'm planning planning planning a I'm planning a vacation to Norway I a I'm planning a vacation to Norway I a I'm planning a vacation to Norway I will just go through the resource there will just go through the resource there will just go through the resource there and see all the stuff that I stored and see all the stuff that I stored and see all the stuff that I stored there so that is the idea of a a there so that is the idea of a a there so that is the idea of a a resource and finally oh I'm sorry I resource and finally oh I'm sorry I resource and finally oh I'm sorry I wrote areas there finally is the archive wrote areas there finally is the archive wrote areas there finally is the archive actually the archive so sometimes uh actually the archive so sometimes uh actually the archive so sometimes uh like say you have a like say you have a like say you have a project you have done a project you have project you have done a project you have project you have done a project you have collected a bunch of notes there they collected a bunch of notes there they collected a bunch of notes there they are not necessarily resources they are are not necessarily resources they are are not necessarily resources they are not necessarily needed later but you not necessarily needed later but you not necessarily needed later but you also o don't want to just permanently also o don't want to just permanently also o don't want to just permanently delete it delete them then they go to delete it delete them then they go to delete it delete them then they go to the archive maybe you have an area maybe the archive maybe you have an area maybe the archive maybe you have an area maybe you are doing volunteer work for a you are doing volunteer work for a you are doing volunteer work for a certain Organization for a long time and certain Organization for a long time and certain Organization for a long time and then at some point you think well I am I

then at some point you think well I am I then at some point you think well I am I don't have time for this anymore or I'm don't have time for this anymore or I'm don't have time for this anymore or I'm moving on to a different moving on to a different moving on to a different organization well those notes might not organization well those notes might not organization well those notes might not be very useful to you at that point be very useful to you at that point be very useful to you at that point anymore but you also don't want to throw anymore but you also don't want to throw anymore but you also don't want to throw them away then you just them away then you just them away then you just put them in the put them in the put them in the archive um so archive um so archive um so notes which are not notes which are not notes which are not useful uh currently or in the near useful uh currently or in the near useful uh currently or in the near future but which future but which future but which you don't want to throw away you don't want to throw away you don't want to throw away either so either so either so um the way the reason you have the um the way the reason you have the um the way the reason you have the archive is archive is archive is because you will most most likely be because you will most most likely be because you will most most likely be navigating your Vault mostly through navigating your Vault mostly through navigating your Vault mostly through search and it might be that someday you search and it might be that someday you search and it might be that someday you are searching for something and then are searching for something and then are searching for something and then there is something in the archive that there is something in the archive that there is something in the archive that you have completely forgotten about and you have completely forgotten about and you have completely forgotten about and then it suddenly it is resurfaced then it suddenly it is resurfaced then it suddenly it is resurfaced suddenly you come to a note that you suddenly you come to a note that you suddenly you come to a note that you think you would never use again but then think you would never use again but then think you would never use again but then somehow your life changed and it is somehow your life changed and it is somehow your life changed and it is useful to you again so there is a point useful to you again so there is a point useful to you again so there is a point in keeping an archive as in keeping an archive as in keeping an archive as well but there's also a way to exclude well but there's also a way to exclude well but there's also a way to exclude the archive from your searches if you're the archive from your searches if you're the archive from your searches if you're sure that you don't want to see them so sure that you don't want to see them so sure that you don't want to see them so that is a quick introduction to the the that is a quick introduction to the the that is a quick introduction to the the para method it is again by Tiago Forte para method it is again by Tiago Forte para method it is again by Tiago Forte the internet is full of articles on it the internet is full of articles on it the internet is full of articles on it and I'll post one down below as well and and I'll post one down below as well and and I'll post one down below as well and you can uh look into that further if you you can uh look into that further if you you can uh look into that further if you want to but that is basically the

want to but that is basically the want to but that is basically the shortest summary that I could give of it shortest summary that I could give of it shortest summary that I could give of it so that was my summary of the para so that was my summary of the para so that was my summary of the para method I hope you enjoyed it and a real method I hope you enjoyed it and a real method I hope you enjoyed it and a real trap when you get into obsidian and no trap when you get into obsidian and no trap when you get into obsidian and no taking is that you start watching videos taking is that you start watching videos taking is that you start watching videos about it it but you're not doing any about it it but you're not doing any about it it but you're not doing any productive work really and I've fallen productive work really and I've fallen productive work really and I've fallen into that trap and I don't want you to into that trap and I don't want you to into that trap and I don't want you to fall into that trap uh yourself so I've fall into that trap uh yourself so I've fall into that trap uh yourself so I've created this 1our course where I just created this 1our course where I just created this 1our course where I just condense everything down and when you go condense everything down and when you go condense everything down and when you go through it you will have a fully through it you will have a fully through it you will have a fully functional obsidian Vault that is backed functional obsidian Vault that is backed functional obsidian Vault that is backed up to git and where you will be able to up to git and where you will be able to up to git and where you will be able to get productive very very quickly and get productive very very quickly and get productive very very quickly and this is part of my school community so this is part of my school community so this is part of my school community so here you can also ask questions or um here you can also ask questions or um here you can also ask questions or um connect with others who like to geek out connect with others who like to geek out connect with others who like to geek out on no taking systems and kubernetes and on no taking systems and kubernetes and on no taking systems and kubernetes and devops and I have a weekly Q&A sessions devops and I have a weekly Q&A sessions devops and I have a weekly Q&A sessions and other social calls and so forth and and other social calls and so forth and and other social calls and so forth and um currently I'm I'm running a promo um currently I'm I'm running a promo um currently I'm I'm running a promo that the first 100 members will become that the first 100 members will become that the first 100 members will become free as soon as we reach 500 members so free as soon as we reach 500 members so free as soon as we reach 500 members so it's a great chance to step in and I it's a great chance to step in and I it's a great chance to step in and I hope to see you in the school Community hope to see you in the school Community hope to see you in the school Community have a great have a great have a great day