How to Manage Tasks in Obsidian: I Turned Obsidian into the Ultimate Task Manager

Ever wonder how to manage tasks in Obsidian? In this video, I explain the pros and cons of plain text task management, the key mindset shift you'll need to make it work, and a complete walkthrough of my personal task management system (including a detailed walkthrough of my Task Dashboard and all queries used). WANT MY PRE-MADE SYSTEM? CHECK OUT LIFEHQ! LifeHQ is my done-for-you vault with all of my Obsidian workflows pre-configured. Find out more at: https://www.practicalpkm.com/lifehq 0:00 - Intro 0:37 - Who Should NOT Use Obsidian for Task Management 1:35 - The Brain vs. The List 2:09 - Cons 3:06 - Pros 4:02 - The Master Task List 6:02 - Working with Dates 6:37 - The Tasks Modal Window 7:17 - Tasks Plugin Settings 11:30 - Multi-Scale Planning Overview 12:32 - Capturing Tasks 13:06 - QuickAdd Settings 14:19 - QuickAdd Hotkey 14:54 - Checklists 15:32 - Task Queries 16:07 - My Task Dashboard 16:33 - The Ready List 18:10 - The Scheduled List 18:43 - The This Month List 20:03 - The Back Burner List 20:43 - The Unscheduled List 21:40 - The Waiting List 23:23 - The Discuss List 24:20 - The Clarify List 25:48 - The Inbox 26:26 - Outro RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: ⚙️ Obsidian Tasks Plugin: https://github.com/obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks 🌐 Tasks Documentation: https://publish.obsidian.md/tasks/Introduction ⚙️ QuickAdd Plugin: https://github.com/chhoumann/quickadd ⚙️ Checklist Reset Plugin: https://github.com/lhansford/obsidian-checklist-reset 💻 Superkey: https://superkey.app/ 💻 Todoist: https://todoist.com 🌐 Todoist Filters: https://todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-filters-V98wIH ⚙️ Todoist Sync Plugin: https://github.com/jamiebrynes7/obsidian-todoist-plugin 💻 Hookmark: https://hookproductivity.com/ ⚙️ Projects Plugin: https://github.com/marcusolsson/obsidian-projects OTHER YOUTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ZTy_GGGEU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFPKz9Do5Kg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2VfeT1dsxY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPgZTiA69y4 WANT MORE OBSIDIAN RESOURCES? DOWNLOAD MY FREE OBSIDIAN STARTER VAULT Includes tips, templates, & resources to help you get more out of your notes and ideas in Obsidian: https://www.practicalpkm.com/vault SIGN UP FOR MY FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER Get more out of your PKM system in 10 minutes per week: https://practicalpkm.com