Author: Jan

What Belongs in a Task Note? A Practical Structure for Obsidian

A task note should not become a form you must complete before doing any actual work. It should contain just enough structure to tell you what the task is, why it matters, what it depends on, what it changes and what happens next.

A task note should not become a form you must complete before doing any actual work. It should contain just enough structure to tell you what the task is, why it matters, what it depends on, what it changes and what happens next.
Checkbox or Task Note? How to Choose

TaskNotes can turn every task into a note, but should it? Learn when a checkbox is enough and when work needs its own context, status, relationships and history.

TaskNotes can turn every task into a note, but should it? Learn when a checkbox is enough and when work needs its own context, status, relationships and history.
Checkboxes and Task Notes: Two Ways to Represent Work in Obsidian

A checkbox borrows its meaning from the note around it. A task note gives a piece of work its own identity, with context, properties, relationships and history. Here is why Obsidian benefits from both.

A checkbox borrows its meaning from the note around it. A task note gives a piece of work its own identity, with context, properties, relationships and history. Here is why Obsidian benefits from both.
The Basis of Aging

Aging seems inevitable. Humans age, animals age, materials decay, even stars eventually burn out. But if aging is simply a universal consequence of time, why do some organisms survive for days while others live for centuries or barely seem to age at all? The answer may lie in a simple idea: life is a continuous…

Aging seems inevitable. Humans age, animals age, materials decay, even stars eventually burn out. But if aging is simply a universal consequence of time, why do some organisms survive for days while others live for centuries or barely seem to age at all? The answer may lie in a simple idea: life is a continuous…
The Longevity Approach

This higher-order article covers all and everything nosy scientists uncover about aging and longevity—from why organisms deteriorate to the habits, treatments, and technologies that may help us live longer and healthier lives.

This higher-order article covers all and everything nosy scientists uncover about aging and longevity—from why organisms deteriorate to the habits, treatments, and technologies that may help us live longer and healthier lives.
Longforms with Templater Plugin in Obsidian

With a few Templater scripts, Obsidian turns into a lightweight manuscript compiler. Instead of rigid folder structures or cluttered frontmatter, you can combine linked notes into one clean Markdown file, stripping links, tasks, comments, and more along the way. In this post, I share the template system I use as an alternative to the Longform…

With a few Templater scripts, Obsidian turns into a lightweight manuscript compiler. Instead of rigid folder structures or cluttered frontmatter, you can combine linked notes into one clean Markdown file, stripping links, tasks, comments, and more along the way. In this post, I share the template system I use as an alternative to the Longform…
Budget with Dataview

Want more control over your project budget in Obsidian? This guide shows how to use the Dataview plugin to track costs, analyze spending, and build flexible budget overviews, all inside your notes. From linking invoices to querying by category or project section, budgeting in O3PM with Dataview gives you structure without switching tools.

Want more control over your project budget in Obsidian? This guide shows how to use the Dataview plugin to track costs, analyze spending, and build flexible budget overviews, all inside your notes. From linking invoices to querying by category or project section, budgeting in O3PM with Dataview gives you structure without switching tools.
Budget with Bases

Obsidian’s new Bases feature opens the door for structured, low-friction budgeting inside your daily project workflow. In this deep-dive, we show how to gather cost data using frontmatter properties, query it with Bases, and export clean reports, all without ever leaving your vault. Whether you’re managing tasks, tracking invoices, or planning future spending, this guide…

Obsidian’s new Bases feature opens the door for structured, low-friction budgeting inside your daily project workflow. In this deep-dive, we show how to gather cost data using frontmatter properties, query it with Bases, and export clean reports, all without ever leaving your vault. Whether you’re managing tasks, tracking invoices, or planning future spending, this guide…
Budgeting in O3PM

Budgeting isn’t just about numbers, it’s the tangible bridge between project strategy and execution. Yet traditional tools scatter data across sheets, notes, and platforms, making updates painful, oversight easy, and alignment rare. Here O3PM offers a friction-less alternative by turning budgeting into a habit that improves project quality. With Gathering, Querying, and Interfacing, your system…

Budgeting isn’t just about numbers, it’s the tangible bridge between project strategy and execution. Yet traditional tools scatter data across sheets, notes, and platforms, making updates painful, oversight easy, and alignment rare. Here O3PM offers a friction-less alternative by turning budgeting into a habit that improves project quality. With Gathering, Querying, and Interfacing, your system…
The Alignment Issue

We’re not just meeting too much, we’re meeting for the wrong reasons. This article dives into the real cost of alignment meetings: those synchronous gatherings where information gets passed around instead of documented. From wasted time and passive participation to blurring responsibility, we break down why alignment meetings often do more harm than good and…

We’re not just meeting too much, we’re meeting for the wrong reasons. This article dives into the real cost of alignment meetings: those synchronous gatherings where information gets passed around instead of documented. From wasted time and passive participation to blurring responsibility, we break down why alignment meetings often do more harm than good and…