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I’ve started realizing I don’t actually use Notion as much as I decorate Notion🤔
I get an idea for a new setup and then i start looking for fonts , icons , templates , fixing the layout, making a dashboard, adding a database, changing the properties and what not .

And at the end of it I’m like: “Damn, this really looks good.”

Then I close Notion and go back to do the actual work somewhere else 😂.

And these reminds me of myself when i was kid .
As in my childhood i use to decorate the first page of my notebook with the best possible handwriting and then back to the dirty or henwriten from the next page .

I don't know is it a Notion problem or Me problem ??🫨

I thought Notion was going to make my life easier. It somehow made me busier.

I started using Notion because I wanted to become more productive and organized.

The idea was pretty simple: put everything in one place, plan my days better, track my work, stop forgetting things, and generally feel like I had my life together.

Except… I ended up spending way too much time organizing Notion itself.

I’d sit down to work and somehow end up thinking:

“Maybe I should create a better dashboard.”

“Should I add another database?”

“Maybe I need a separate page for this.”

“Wait, this layout could definitely be cleaner.”

And suddenly an hour is gone and I’ve done absolutely nothing on the actual task. 😂

I started using Obsidian a few weeks ago because I was getting tired of having notes scattered everywhere.

Some were in Notion, some in random text files, some in Google Docs… and I’d usually forget where I had written something anyway.

I heard people talking about Obsidian for a long time, but I honestly thought it was just another note-taking app with a bunch of nerdy features.

Then I started playing around with it.

The thing I like most is probably the linking. I can write something today, link it to an old note, and suddenly I have this little trail of related stuff.

For example, I might have a note about something I’m learning, link it to a project idea, then later connect that to another concept I came across. I didn’t really plan any of it, but over time the notes start connecting themselves.

That part is actually pretty cool.

Although I have to admit, I’ve also spent way too much time messing around with plugins and trying different setups instead of actually taking notes 😂

At one point I was watching videos about how to organize Obsidian instead of using Obsidian.

So I’ve gone back to keeping it simple. Mostly just Markdown notes, folders when I actually need them, and links between things that make sense.

Still figuring out the best workflow though.

For those who have been using Obsidian for a while, what do you actually use it for?

I’m especially curious about people who use it for coding, learning, or managing projects.

I've been trying to get more serious about organizing my notes, learning resources, ideas, and projects, and I keep going back and forth between Notion and Obsidian.

Notion feels great when I want everything structured — databases, tables, project pages, etc. But Obsidian's linking and local-first approach is really interesting, especially for connecting ideas over time.

I'm curious what people who have used both actually prefer.