Task Management in Obsidian

#Obsidian, #Productivity

Obsidian has a task management plugin, but is it a good idea to manage tasks in Obsidian?

If you're using Obsidian to manage a vault in a Zettelkasten-style format, tasks are probably not the most suitable input for the zettelkasten. They just don't fit well in the concept of Zettelkastenn note: Why Tasks Are Not the Right Input for Zettelkasten.

Task management is pretty boring by itself. Any friction you add to the process has a strong negative effect overall. Managing tasks in Obsidian does add some friction because Obsidian was not initially designed for that.

However, it's very tempting to keep the tasks as close as possible to the projects' roadmaps, contexts, and resources.

Even though tasks do not fit well in the zettelkasten flow, they can be kept separately from notes. That's how we can take the best from the two [[productivity porn]] worlds and build the ultimate second brain tool.

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