I’d been thinking for a while about having an online version of my Zettelkasten, and how I can use it to be more productive. Ever since I found out about the system over a year ago at the time of publishing, I’d always wanted to create something using the Zettelkasten as almost like an engine of sorts. Basically, I wanted it to work for me. (foolishness… only now that I discover that knowledge management is its own full-time job)
I’ve gone through stages of getting into PKMs, (strangely not unlike the stages of grief)
- The initial excitement, “Oh wow! This is so cool! Everything is so cool!” Before subsequently jamming all content I consume (articles, YouTube, books) into my second brain,
- The slowly sinking realization, “Oh wow… Now I’ve got all of this stuff in my vault… What now?”
- The despair, “Oh wow. I gotta read all the stuff I put in and synthesize my own thoughts?? But there’s so much to read!”
- The begrudging acceptance, “Fine. I’ll read it, don’t expect me to make anything though.” And more recently,
- The tentative seed of hope, “Oh wow, humans are really cool. Look at all the stuff they’ve made! I wanna try too…”
Fortunately one day Quartz fell into my timeline (if you’re interested in making your own digital garden, I highly recommend you check it out). By this point, I had been using Obsidian for a while before migrating to Neovim + obsidian.nvim so I thought, “Why not try it out?”
Neovim + obsidian.nvim == Obsidian, but on steroids
It’s hard not to gush about it, if you love Obsidian and Neovim on their own, and you’re on the terminal for most of your day — you’ll love
obsidian.nvim. I might write a note about that plugin, detailing my journey with it.Shoutout to
epwalshand all the contributors, they’re doing an awesome job over there.Go check ‘em out. You’re welcome.
It wouldn’t be until about 5 months later—after the first fleeting thought and spark of curiosity—I would finally get off my ass and make this work. I’m hoping that this can be a space for me to read and write more deeply. I want this place to serve as a reminder anytime I’m surfing YouTube, “Do I really wanna click on another 3 minute clip of this content creator or do I wanna do something else?” Not really a pressure to do something productive even, just enough space to stop me from reflexively consuming content.
Anyways, welcome to my digital garden!