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I'm finding Obsidian.md really great, it's become my daily checklist, to-do lists, shopping lists, calendar, and notes archive all at once. It doesn't give reminders (there might be a plugin for that actually) but I always have it open on a second screen and I sync it between my phone and my computer, and I've been much better at keeping track of things since I started using it.
The program is kind of a lot, but it's worth putting in some effort to set it up in a way that works for you. Although to be honest I think I only figured out how it works because I was also motivated to use it for Dungeons and Dragons. Otherwise I'd probably still be using my old mess of sticky notes.
Just a shame that it's not open source. I've been using Zettlr instead, it's pretty much the only FOSS alternative that doesn't pester me into syncing my stuff to a cloud, which is the one thing I like most about Obsidian.
How do you go about using it? I have a strong case of out of sight, out of mind, so I set it to launch automatically when I login, otherwhise I would just forget about its existence.
I have it set to launch on startup, and always open on my second screen. I have to make a point to check my day's task list before opening any other program, add new tasks as soon as they come up, check things off when they get done (free dopamine), and note down any unresolved items at the end of the day.
I also end up checking it incidentally a lot during the day simply because I use it for so many things, like my schedule, appointment and lecture notes, journaling, keeping track of medication, things I want to work on in the game I'm playing, etc. I'm kind of throwing all my (previously very disorganised) eggs in this basket and it's giving me reasons to check it constantly.
Just now discovered a reminder plugin so I'll start implementing that too.
Actually getting things done is a whole other issue though. Between the ADHD and my other health issues, some days I just end up with a blank template page for my daily note... but I try not to be hard on myself about it.
I use it mostly as an information dump. I love how you can just put things in daily notes and tag something as a #todo or #researchthing and have the first thing automatically added to your running todo list and the second unrelated item is piled in with any other notes with that tag. Which is great if you have no focus.
I personally use Logseq and sync my notes between my computer and my phone using Syncthing.
Logseq didn't work with my brain but for anyone wanting an open-source alternative to Obsidian, this is the closest one.