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Reasons for Choosing Obsidian

The author initially chose Obsidian due to its Markdown support, flexibility in switching providers, daily notes functionality for planning, control over note storage via iCloud, and a large community and plugin support. It was also free.

Dissatisfaction with Obsidian

Despite initial satisfaction, the author found Obsidian increasingly unsatisfactory for daily planning and journaling. The app's workflow proved slower than alternatives like Apple Reminders and Things3, leading to the author supplementing Obsidian with other apps.

Goodbye Obsidian

I started using Obsidian some time ago for a number of reasons. I switched from Logseq after one day when my iCloud notes just disappeared. Before that I used Apple Notes — but I stopped using it because it only worked for a few reasons, and since then I have only used it as a scratch pad or for drawings, and there were many reasons to move on.

Why I Chose Obsidian

If you’re curious about the main reasons I chose Obsidian, here they are:

Markdown Support and Flexibility Markdown support — and the ability to switch to another provider at any time — was a huge plus. I had a painful experience with Apple Notes due to its lack of Markdown support.
Daily Notes Support Daily notes help me focus and plan my day.
Control Over Note Storage I appreciate that I can simply store my notes in an iCloud folder.
Large Community Support Obsidian had, and still has, a huge community of supporters and plug-ins, but we’ll get to that later.

And of course: It‘s free.

And for a while, Obsidian actually did the job.

When Obsidian Stopped Feeling Right

After a while, however, I realised that I didn’t really enjoy using it, especially for daily planning and journaling. I even started adding notes and todos to other apps like Apple Reminders and Things3 because they were much quicker to use when I was in the flow.