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Note-Taking for the Chronically Distracted: An ADHD Guide to Obsidian

Note-Taking for the Chronically Distracted: An ADHD Guide to Obsidian

Ernie Hsiung
Mar 06, 2025
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When I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, everything clicked. The constant tab-switching, the ideas vanishing like smoke, and notebooks filled with brilliant thoughts that never saw the light of day—all made sense. It was like realizing my brain was a browser with 47 tabs open, each playing its own tune.

Sound familiar?

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I learned that ADHD brains aren't broken—they're just wired differently. We don't need to “fix” ourselves; we need systems that work with our brains instead of against them.

Enter Obsidian—the note-taking app that changed my life and might just change yours too.

The External Brain You've Always Needed

For the ADHD mind, traditional note-taking apps are like trying to organize a hurricane with a paper folder. Linear systems fail because our thoughts aren't linear. We jump between ideas at lightning speed—chaotic to others but p…

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