I’ve been using Obsidian for a few years now, and it’s where I keep all my important notes. I’ve even adopted the popular term “2nd Brain” to describe it. While it’s my primary storage for all important notes, it hasn’t been my daily go-to app recently. Instead, I found myself using Bear, BBEdit, Runestone, or pretty much any app I have handy. I’d then move anything I want to keep into Obsidian.

Well, I decided to give Obsidian another serious look and put aside all my other apps for the time being. Now, I’m using Obsidian exclusively for everything daily. By “everything,” I primarily mean my daily notes and any reference material I want to save for future use.

As I explored it more, I really got back into it, and I’m genuinely enjoying using it on both my desktop and iOS devices. This is ironic, as I had recently advised others to switch to apps like Bear, citing their superior aesthetics. And don’t get me wrong, Bear is indeed more beautiful, but Obsidian, I’m rediscovering, is simply wonderful and is consistently getting better.

As I use it more and more, uncovering its intricacies and utilities, I think I’m going to stick with it as my daily driver, at least for the foreseeable future. Especially since I discovered Bases. This has truly leveled up my Obsidian usage! I’m now taking numerous notes and adding properties to them, which I can then filter using my new Bases setup.

That said, I’m still new to it, so I’m sure there’s much more to learn, and I guarantee I’m only scratching the surface. My plan is to learn everything I can about it, customize it to suit my needs, and work more efficiently. Let’s see how it goes.

If you want to learn more about Obsidian, there are many YouTubers who do a much better job explaining it. Here’s one video you might find helpful: