The first time I downloaded Obsidian was about two years ago and I really liked the concept of storing everything locally in simple markdown files without unnecessary clutter
My first struggle
So when everything is clear and simple, people tend to overcomplicate things so I've started browsing a lot of YouTube videos about perfect Obsidian setup
I've tried many of them and got caught into situation where I was spending more time on my perfect configuration instead of using Obsidian for note taking as it was intended to be used
My solution was super easy, however it took some time to come up with it - I've started from scratch: I've deleted all the installed plugins and just started writing, without any plugins and it worked:
My graph
This graph isn't insane as most of graphs you might seen, but it's all handwritten in a pace I want and I'm happy to use it as it goes.
The solution
As a software engineer I've found out that you can create Obsidian plugins pretty easily. So I did: https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/plugins-limitter I RECOMMEND everyone who just starts using Obsidian to install it. It works very easily: you have a 5 plugins allowance at start so you can't install a dozens of plugins which you will never use and as much as you write, your plugins allowance grows 1 plugin for each 10 notes. It's very easy to trick to install more plugins, but it's unlikely that you will come back so maybe it makes sense to step back and just start using Obsidian for note taking or your personal intention
The final thought
Sometimes it's better just to start working instead of trying to understand what's the best way of working and doing nothing. You don't even have to use the plugin I created, but if you're stuck in chasing the 'perfect' setup, starting with these limitations will save you hours of wasted time.
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