1/ Hello #obsidianmd community! I'm sharing a quick tip today to automatically organize repeated note types in @obsdmd .
2/ Throughout the day, I find myself creating notes of the same type or category. I have two options when linking these notes:
1. Find the appropriate folder in my PARA hierarchy. Create the new note there. Link.
2. Create the new note on-the-fly by creating a link and clicking.
3/ Option 1 guarantees organization, while option 2 is better for fluidity of thought / writing. I prefer option two, but do not want to (or forget to) manually move the notes after I create them. So I end up with a bunch of notes in my vault root that clutter up my structure.
4/ So I started using Hazel by @NoodleSoft to automatically organize certain types of notes after I create them. My rules generally follow some pattern and trigger when the note is older than 1 day.
5/ For example, all of my meetings notes have "-Meeting" somewhere in the title of the note. All of my screenshots and other pictures are typically PNG. So I create Hazel rules to automatically file them to the appropriate folders.
6/ Each of these Hazel rules are triggered when the matching conditions are met. I add an extra condition of "Date Added is before Today" so that the notes don't get moved while I'm working on them.
7/ By letting Hazel do most of the work around filing my @obsdmd notes, I can just concentrate on writing and thinking!