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Video preview: Should you have multiple vaults in Obsidian? (Patreon)

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2022-11-07 12:51:11

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How many Obsidian vaults should you have? The short answer is that you should do what makes sense for you. I don't like to state definitively how things should be done, so instead, in this video, I'm talking about different reasons to have single vaults and different reasons to have multiple vaults.

Personally, I would have a single vault if I could, but I use Obsidian for so many different purposes that I do now use dozens of vaults.

Also today: Interview with the developer of Obsidian Projects

Obsidian Projects is a plugin that lets you create different views for the same data in Obsidian. If you've used Notion, this is very much like that! I'm chatting to the Projects developer today here. It'll also be available after the event on the same link.

If you'd like a preview of what we're going to talk about, here's something I recorded last night just to show the basics of the plugin!

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The more notes you have, the more you might wonder if you should have multiple vaults in Obsidian. There is no definitive answer, but in this video, I talk about reasons you should have only one vault as well as good reasons to have several vaults, based on my own experience. Like with anything I say, take what's useful and do what makes sense! // TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:39 Why keep just one vault 01:23 1. Linking across vaults 03:06 2. Searching across vaults 03:25 3. Serendipity from one vault 04:22 Why have multiple vaults 04:54 1. Distinguishing between private and public 06:06 2. Security and plugins 07:02 3. Development and testing 07:36 4. Keeping assets minimal 08:14 5. Reference vaults 09:17 How to create multiple vaults --- // ABOUT ME Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/n_vanderhoeven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvanderhoeven My travel YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/luckydippers k6 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/k6test // APPS I USE - Obsidian: https://obsidian.md - Readwise: https://readwise.io/nicole - Reclaim: https://reclaim.ai/r/s/yYOqK // GEAR https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/gear/ // WANT TO SUPPORT ME? ❤️ Join my Patreon and get my sample vault with templates: https://patreon.com/nicolevdh ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/nicolevdh ✈️ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmQZ9HHnJ2qpd6udc8iYYw/join Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means I may get a small percentage when you sign up using those links. To see how I decide what to promote in this way, check out my Ethics Statement: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/ethics/