Obsidian Tour - August 2025

It was a long time since I start using Obsidian again, only when I recognize that I can install Obsidian on my company laptop without admin rights . I decide to give myself a fresh start, let check out what we will install and take it cool .

Theme

My choice is gruvbox, always gruvbox, gruvbox is da bezt.

My gruvbox theme on my Arch 😆

There are a lot of great great choices about themes on Obsidian, but keep in mind to make it simple or you can be overwhelmed.

Default Settings

First thing to do ever when you use Obsidian: Files & Links > Automatically update internal links: ON

Then check out the Daily Note and prepare the template. You don’t need a fancy one, but focus on what will be meaningful to you. Like mine I need a reflection on what I should do.

I avoid creating too much folders, as we can structure the notes through tags and links. Why? I believing creating too much folders will make friction to my creating notes as I have to choose which folder I should put the note on. Without folders and only tags, I can use shortcut to quickly create notes, and I can apply templates to have pre-fined tags and structure for each specialised note. I have 2 folders, one is for Templates and one is for Daily as I can automate Daily folder.

Community Plugins

Dataview

First one is Dataview, I use this to have an overview for my reading list. The useful resource is Examples - Dataview.

I use Dataview to tracking my books like this.

Spaced Repetition

Second one is Spaced Repetition. This plugin makes Obsidian more lively and more interactive. With this plugin, you can review knowledge easier without using a seperated flashcard app like Anki or Quizlet.

Some recommended settings by me:

Cloze: Use Convert ==highlights== to clozes setting. Bold settings can be messy because sometimes you don’t intently want the bold to be cloze. Using curly brackets is the default Cloze setting on Anki.
Inline flashcard: I use ; instead of : cause sometimes you don’t mean to make flashcard when using :. ; is more rarely used and you have clearly intention when using it making flashcards.
Multiline flashcard: Because of multiline flashcard’s format, when ? must lies in a seperate line. I have no problem using it.

I don’t use Notes feature, I find it is not effective and passive.

Tag Wrangler

Tags is a powerful tool of Obsidian, and Tag Wrangler is the one saves your tags life. It will help your life easier to modify your tags in bulk or enhance searching with tags.

Chronology

Final one is Chronology, if you search “Calendar” on Obsidian Community Plugin page, it won’t be so impressive. But it’s my always first choice for Calendar on Obsidian. I love its heatmap, very aesthetic And I can easily search or trace back the notes I created or modified that day.

Chronology in my Obsidian.

Will update when I have some dramatic change!