The PKM Setup I Settled On After Many Iterations

The system I use for note-taking today is a combination of PARA , Evergreen Notes and 4 Buckets System that I ended up merging after a lot of iterations. This post is part 1 of a 3-part series on my PKM setup using Obsidian , how I got there and how it's used daily. Fair warning: none of this is groundbreaking. It's just a mix-and-match of various frameworks that eventually clicked. If you've ever spent more time setting up your system rather than actually using it, this might resonate. TL;DR The main idea of the system is that notes are generally grouped to seven types: Project: anything time-bound related notes Area/Resource (merged): any ongoing focus/interest area or reference materials Archive: completed/inactive/outdated items (this is simply any note with #archived tag on it) MOC (Map of Content): serve as high level overview for the notes. Project and Area can be an MOC Evergreen notes: the default note. Knowledge meant to last and be referenced again. Ranges from atomic single