2 Things You MUST Balance for Efficiency in Obsidian

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5 min readMay 16

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You should always aim to make changes to your workflow only to improve the quality of your creative output. One way to improve this output is to improve the efficiency of your productivity system. I work in Obsidian and use a few techniques to improve the efficiency of my work. I spotted two contrasting aspects to efficiency that need balancing to achieve maximum productivity and I’d like to share…

Theo Stowell

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