Maybe procrastination isn’t the right characterization of note-taking.
For me, Obsidian is a place to dump thoughts, keep ideas for later, and a scratchpad. It lets me clear my mind of all of the random things that pop up so I can focus more on the tasks at hand. It might sound silly but writing out all the things I’ve been thinking about does wonders for freeing up mental bandwidth, which in my experience is critical for being productive — it’s a lot harder to maintain focus when you’ve got a bunch of different thoughts vying for processing power.
I might not revisit all of my notes, but that’s fine. They’re there when/if I decide to turn them into projects.
I don’t go too far on the organizational or bells and whistles aspects though, the extent of that is folders and the odd tag here and there, because neither really matters much so long as I can find my writings easily.
For me, Obsidian is a place to dump thoughts, keep ideas for later, and a scratchpad. It lets me clear my mind of all of the random things that pop up so I can focus more on the tasks at hand. It might sound silly but writing out all the things I’ve been thinking about does wonders for freeing up mental bandwidth, which in my experience is critical for being productive — it’s a lot harder to maintain focus when you’ve got a bunch of different thoughts vying for processing power.
I might not revisit all of my notes, but that’s fine. They’re there when/if I decide to turn them into projects.
I don’t go too far on the organizational or bells and whistles aspects though, the extent of that is folders and the odd tag here and there, because neither really matters much so long as I can find my writings easily.