I'm doing a tiny experiment using my Day cluster notes in Obsidian: Plan, Log, Journal, Review, Actions, and Links. These are the results of my Day 2 trial for Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 with a brief summary, what went well (Plus), what didn't (Minus), and what can I do (Next).
Summary
Today was a "review & refine" day focusing on my templates, workflow, and links (with aliases). I reflected on yesterday's problems where I was getting bogged down in Plan and Log with too much detail.
I discovered a better link strategy using Actions in Day cluster notes. I point to where the work is, not describe the actual work; this enables the plan stays high-level and strategic, rather than detailed items.
Also, I can use a linked cluster for all core knowledge objects such as App, Topic, Concept, Effort, Area, Interest, and Output, like I'm doing my temporal notes for periodic notes across time horizons: Day, Week, Month, Quarter, and Year.
➕ Plus
- Generated navigation wayfinders extremely helpful.
- Examined how I identify and reference actions of various from simple lists to efforts or projects and areas or interests.
- I manually created a working Day cluster window with multiple panes and sliding tab groups to use in my Day workflows.
- Realized that I need to consolidate too many calendars and rethink my session time blocks.
- Having sections for First Light, Meditation, Freewrites, and Last Light in Journal was helpful.
➖ Minus
- Spend some time adjusting to minor website changes for integration of PDF report of glucose values yesterday from Dexcom CGM sensor.
- I didn't focus on logging as much since I was mainly working on my Plan first and associated workflows.
- I didn't get some family and finance actions completed.
- Still I didn't do much reading that I want to do.
- I spent more time refining my templates and related workflow practice.
➡️ Next
- Test enhanced templates.
- Explore options to execute Obsidian command sequences.
- Automate creation of workspace window layouts for Day cluster workflows.
- Enhance Diabetes Review from Dexcom API
