Thanks for trusting me to help you on your second brain journey!

As promised, here are the templates:

Download My Templates

Throughout these next 4 days, it will be your experimental playground for learning Obsidian.

To learn how to open it inside Obsidian, you can follow this video:

(just be mindful that instead of "PARA Method in Obsidian", it would be "Templates Vault", which also has different folders.

Next, you can learn how to use the templates in another vault (or in the vault you opened) by watching this video:

But before we start, I wanted to make sure we're on the same page:

This course is more than just learning an app.

You're creating your digital galaxy amidst the grand digital universe.

By being on the internet you're exploring the digital universe, a boundless sea of knowledge, data, ecosystems, and other voyagers navigating their own journeys.

The vastness of the digital universe

But after your explorations, you need a digital home where you can return to nurture your new discoveries and reflect on your experiences.

A personal sanctuary of personal significance and purpose protected from the business and noise of external influences.

Your digital galaxy.

Your silhouette staring at the universe from the comfort of your digital galaxy

In your digital galaxy, you are the creator building a world shaped by your interests, ambitions, and curiosities.

Here, every function and idea serves a specific role in fostering our learning and personal growth.

It's where chaos is ordered, silence speaks volumes, and every outside discovery adds another star to your ever-expanding horizon.

So, if you find the process of learning the app overwhelming, that's totally fine.

It's a radical shift in the way you interact with knowledge, and combined with the extensive features Obsidian has to offer, there's a lot to digest.

But I highly recommend you to keep learning and trying.

My digital galaxy in Obsidian has revolutionized my productivity systems and relationship with knowledge.

Before having it, I was a 17-year-old who felt overwhelmed by all the responsibilities and information when transitioning into adult and university life.

I constantly faced boredom and was uncertain about the future; to cope with the stress and uncertainty, I distracted myself by playing games for up to 16 hours a day 😓

When I needed my notes the most for personal projects or school, I would always lose them in my unorganized Google documents.

Crucial takeaways and insights from the content I consumed were eventually forgotten, resulting in shallow consumption.

But now, my second brain has become my digital assistant to explore my curiosities and work towards meaningful goals.

It's my ever-evolving space for all my knowledge and experiences that will serve me for my lifetime.

It lets me achieve the things I want to.

Within my first two years of use, it's helped me:

Self-learn web development and land my first coding internship (and another one at SAP 🤯)
Achieve a 4.07 GPA in my first semester of university all while studying less than my peers
Create content to grow my YouTube channel to 10k subscribers
Compound my knowledge across various topics by making connected notes on over 50 books and countless resources, simultaneously implementing them into my life
Understand and explore myself through a daily and weekly journaling habit
Gain focus and clarity in my life by aligning my tasks > projects > goals > vision in my periodic reviews
Learn countless skills like Obsidian, growing a personal brand, and creating digital products

To see what it lets me do now, you can visit it online in my digital galaxy.

After 1000+ hours of learning and experimenting, I genuinely can't wait to share my learnings with you.

Through my content, I hope I can help you experience a similar transformation in your own life as well 🫡

If you have any questions about the templates or Obsidian in general, feel free to join my discord community to ask questions!

So, the next 4 days will include answers to the following questions:

Day 1 - How do I get started learning Obsidian?
Day 2 - What can Obsidian be used for, and how do you use the templates?
Day 3 - How should you organize Obsidian notes?
Day 4 - What resources are best for learning Obsidian?

It's how I would want to start learning Obsidian if I were to start over again.

If you stick around until the end, I'll even reward you with a little gift 💝

So... when does day 1 start?

I mean, why not now?

If you still need an overview of the app's benefits and features from my initial beginner eyes, you can follow me on my 7-day journey when trying it out for the first time.

Then, if you haven't created your Obsidian vault yet, I highly recommend watching my comprehensive guide on how to get started.

It covers:

How to create your first vault
How to format your notes using markdown
Why and how to connect your notes using links
How to use templates
Some other useful practices for learning/studying

Before you get to watching those videos though, we need to ask one crucial question:

What problem are you trying to solve by building your second brain?

The answer will be your north star to help you better personalize and engage with the following lessons.

If you're comfortable with sharing it with me by replying below, I'll try my best to give some guidance or resources to help you to personalize your learning experience 😎

Hopefully, that should be enough homework until part 2 tomorrow, where we can dive into more personalized ways of using the app 😉