How I Use Obsidian As A Creative - Part 3
Tags: productivity, obsidian, walkthrough, learning
Published: 2021-12-13 10:25:30

Welcome to part three of a four-part series where I share with you how I use Obsidian as a creative.

It's an extensive look at how my Obsidian vault is setup and how I use it to store my thoughts, learnings, and ideas.

Today we're going to talk about the following two directories: Literature + Evergreen.

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## 02-literature

The Literature directory contains notes for all the content I consume and learn from. This includes articles, books, videos, courses, and even social media posts.

### **Naming Format**

I start each note with the content type:

- *{a}* - article
- *{b}* - book
- *{v}* - video

Then I simply include the name of the book, article, or video.

### **Labels**

The labels I use depend on the type of content:

- #literature/article - article
- #literature/book - book
- #literature/video - video

### **Literature Note Templates**

The template I use will vary depending on the type of content:

#### Article Template

This is for notes based on the articles I read. 

I clip articles from the web into a Notion DB. You can check out my [Notion Library Tour](https://www.mishacreatrix.com/notion-library-tour) to see how I capture this content.

Once I've read an article and taken rough notes, I create an Article note in Obsidian and refine my notes.



```
# {{title}}
URL:[Article Link]()
URL:[Notion Link]()
Source:
Tags: #literature/article
Topics:
```


#### Book Template

This is for notes based on the books I read. Similar to Article notes, Book notes start life in Notion and are then refined in Obsidian.

I publish the book notes I create [here on my website](https://www.mishacreatrix.com/tag/book-notes) as well as add them to my [Knowledge Vault of Digital Notes](https://www.mishacreatrix.com/knowledge-vault-digital-notes).


```
# {{title}}
Author:
Tags: #literature/book
Topic:
URL:[Notion Book Notes]()
URL:[Mishacreatrix Book Notes]()

## The Book In 3 Sentences
## Who Should Read This Book?
## How The Book Changed Me
```


#### Video Template

This is for notes based on videos I watch.


```
# {{title}}
URL:[Video Link]()
URL:[Notion Link]()
Channel:
Tags: #literature/video
Topics:
```


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## 03-evergreen

The Evergreen directory contains all my evergreen notes. 

There are lots of definitions of [evergreen notes](https://maggieappleton.com/evergreens) but for me, these are atomic ideas or concepts that I find useful, I learn something from, and are interesting to me.

### **Naming Format**

There is no naming convention for these types of notes, I just try to make sure they are understandable out of context as they should stand on their own.

### **Labels**

These types of notes are labeled: *#evergreen.* 

### **Evergreen Note Template**

This is a simple template with the tags, topics, note content itself, then the source at the bottom of the note.

```
Tags: #evergreen
Topics:


Source:
```

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That's it for this part of the series. The next post will be released next Monday. 

In the meantime you can read the original article I wrote over on my website: [A Walkthrough Of My Obsidian Setup](https://www.mishacreatrix.com/obsidian-setup-sep-2021)