why I switched to using Obsidian (as a former Notion user)

Reysu November 8, 2025
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exploring tools, routines, and ideas to improve your life. mostly videos about tech, productivity, journaling, books, and digital minimalism. new videos every 2 weeks or so! who am I my real name is eric. i used to work as a tech consultant in a big company and also briefly at a large bank. quit my job in 2022 to focus on yt/entrepreneurship. in college i majored in computer science & business admin (class of 2020). grew up in taiwan, moved to the US for college, currently live in tokyo! have been studying japanese for many years now and passed the jlpt n1 a while back. i also used to run a podcast talking about learning japanese lol a big reason to start this channel was to meet more likeminded people, so feel free to reach out! 10 subscribers: Oct 27, 2022 100 subscribers: Nov 8, 2022 1000 subscribers: Feb 19, 2023 10,000 subscribers: Mar 4, 2023 100,000 subscribers: Aug 24, 2024 1,000,000 subscribers: SUBSCRIBE (I have no interest in selling coaching or courses)

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subscribe for videos every two weeks! thank you to thea study for sponsoring a portion of this video. you can check out their app here (completely free): https://www.theastudy.com/?referralCode=reysu&ct=reysu&utm_source=reysu obsidian config: https://reysu.io/obsidian x: https://x.com/reysuing instagram: https://instagram.com/reysuing outline: 0:00 obsidian after 2 years 0:57 why obsidian? 3:13 obsidian backlinks 4:12 thea study 5:57 2 year vault walkthrough 6:08 obsidian theme settings 6:31 notebook navigator 7:00 obsidian web clipper 7:57 book or youtube note workflow 8:33 auto template trigger 8:55 using obsidian like a rolodex 9:41 obsidian map view 10:15 storing documents in obsidian 10:45 tip for starting out