For the longest time, I was always using Word as my default word processor. I’ve used this for all my homework, projects, and everything you can imagine.

I used it for my journal entries, crash and burn sessions, and some of my short thoughts.

It wasn’t until my computer started dying and slowly becoming so obsolete to the point that I had to change my laptop to another operating system – Linux, specifically PopOS.

I had a hard time adjusting to the tools used in Linux since there weren’t any Microsoft products available. So, I decided to use the open-source word processor – Writer.

It did fit my needs, but it wasn’t all that great compared to Microsoft Word.

Years passed and I graduated school, so every flaw I saw in Writer no longer mattered. it was over. I was already working and the only time I use this tool is when I do journal entries.

It wasn’t until one day, a coworker shared an application called Obsidian. It’s a simple word processor tool, but instead of using the .odt and .docx file extensions, it uses .md (markdown).

As a programmer, this is great! I was familiar with markdown so I tried it. In a few short weeks, I fell in love with the tool and migrated every single note-taking app, and word processor that I used to this very singular application.

I love it, and I want to share my appreciation for this application and want everyone to try it out. It’s pretty intuitive and rather simple.

So, yeah. That’s my experience with Obsidian. I hope that I can work with this tool more!