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Cake day: May 13th, 2023

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  • My use of Obsidian was primarily note-taking on topics relating to Mental Health, Physical Health, Productivity, Art, so forth. I would create templates dedicated to book reviews and video notes, and I had a morning routine in my daily notes. My morning routine was primarily a few tasks, checking off some habits, and the concept of Morning Pages by Julia Cameron where you just ramble on like a madman until you’re done thinking that morning.

    It was----still is great. However, I found that I tended to use plugins a bit too often! And I didn’t really like relying on it too much, if that makes any sense? Like, what if this ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL PLUGIN TO MY WORKFLOW decides “yeah I can’t update anymore” and its just poof, gone.

    So I am trying out different software.

    A few days ago I switched to Logseq. It has a cool-looking citation method, however I think my use-case will most likely be journaling due to the infinite scroll function of the journal entries. I don’t really like the idea of making one long note in the Journal and then having to scroll past it to get to my previous day’s note. However, an infinite scroll is absolutely excellent for a morning routine template where you can scroll down and see all your mood tracking and habits. Similarly, the whiteboard function will be great to use for goal-setting. I previously used the Canva function in Obsidian for that at one point!

    As for my note-taking, I’m now switching to Zim Wiki. I am a little unsure how to incorporate templates, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out…however, I really like the simplistic look to it. It doesn’t have a graph as far as I can tell, but I can create topics, subfolders, and subpages. There’s a word editor at the top which I previously had to use a plugin in Obsidian for.

    Finally, am I enjoying the switch? Actually, yes! I think Obsidian is great for an all-in-one program, but I just didn’t like the fact that a lot of its functionality for me relied on plugins. Zim wiki + Logseq seem to be a good combination for me so far.



  • Surprisingly, I installed Calibre on Linux and for some reason it just looks…better on Linux? Not sure if its because it opened up in default dark mode or what, but it doesn’t look as ugly when I’m using it on Pop_OS. Feels at home, really.

    I will say its definitely a beast. I’ve used it a few times but I never really went in depth with it’s features. I’m definitely liking the bulk tag editing, the shop search (I’ve been looking for a way to search DRM-free books and it has it!), and the default tags. The last one is mainly because I think getting a tag called “mentally ill women” for The Yellow Wallpaper is a little funny.