“Of all the footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditation, that on death is supreme.” — Buddha — Memento Mori is a Latin word for ‘Remember you will die.’ In a world that is always moving, it can be easy to forget what is truly important. Memento Mori is a life calendar that helps remind us of the things that matter most. By taking a moment each day…

Simple and easy way to track your habits — Obsidian is a note-taking app but with the community plugins, it can be much more. Along with note-taking, I’m using obsidian as a habit tracker recently. Most people might find it difficult to track habits in obsidian. It involves the use of dataview plugin, little code, and other metadata that…

Key ideas and insights to help you improve your note-taking — Building a second brain is about optimizing a system outside yourself. It leaves you free to roam, wander, spend less time stressing about remembering the information and spend more time doing what makes you feel alive. We are living in the age of abundance. We have more of everything. And…

A free tool that can save you time and effort Note-taking has been an important aspect of our life. In an age of information abundance, personalized information becomes more valuable. Effective note-taking makes you mindful of your consumption and can reduce your information consumption time by 95%. No matter what…

And begin a new life — Most people fail to change because they try to change the wrong things. James Clear in his book, Atomic Habits wrote that there are three layers of behavior change i.e. outcome, processes, and identity. The outcome is concerned with results. The process with the steps you take and identity with…

Replicate Notion’s Database workflow in Obsidian — Obsidian is being more powerful every single day. The supportive community and developers who are building new and feature-rich plugins are the powers of obsidian. Rafael Gomez's Obsidian Database folder was a recent addition to the obsidian community plugin. This plugin allows you to create a Notion-like database in your…

Track anything you want. — Visual Progress Bars can be a source of motivation. To see what you have already accomplished gives you a boost. It gives aesthetic enhancement as well as a quick glimpse of your progress. You can use progress bars to visualize your goals, track progress on projects, and many other things…

An additional feature of obsidian — Obsidian is becoming more feature-rich with the addition of new plugins every other day. This is one of the strongest points of the obsidian app over others. Recently I came across this plugin called Annotate, and I’ve fallen in love with it. It can be used to read epubs and…

Cost-free alternative to obsidian publish that’s equally good — Obsidian has changed how I handle information and ideas. I bet there’s no better software than obsidian for personal knowledge management. It is excellent for writing and storing your notes, but not so much for reading. That’s when obsidian publishes came to the rescue. This service allows users to publish…