1/ I feel the need to procrastinate on my thesis for a minute to speak out on the Roam vs. Obsidian vs. all the others battle. You may be sick of hearing this from me, but it all comes down to process!
2/ Once you choose a tool (the first time) you must know what you want to get out of it. What is the RESULT you are looking for.
3/ Then once you have chosen you must develop and document an end-to-end process that will get you that result. Yes from A to B. Don't know what I mean by process? Watch this:
4/ If your process works on the tool you have chosen and you are happy with other considerations (I know we have some privacy people out there). Then you are done. Tool away with the tool that you have chosen.
5/ If your process doesn't work on the tool that you have chosen... if you have a gap, then look at another tool specifically to see if that tool can address your gap.
6/ If you are switching tools just because you feel like you are missing out. That maybe that tool is doing something magical that you need but just don't know about, you are chasing, not leading.
7/ If you chase and don't lead then you will be chasing for the rest of your life (there's a new tool every minute).
8/ To summarize... know what result you want (you can call it your why). Figure out how to get that result and build a process to get there. Use a tool that supports your process. Don't build your processes for a tool.
Rant over :-)
And I would just like to make it clear. I use Roam because it works for my processes. If Obsidian would work better for your processes, switch. But it is SO personal (or it should be) it is pointless in evangelizing any tool.
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