full-title:: [Obsidian: Stop Wasting Time With Directories and Filenames | by Brian Carey | Aug, 2023 | Medium](https://omnivore.app/me/obsidian-stop-wasting-time-with-directories-and-filenames-by-bri-18a87f2d720)
site:: [Medium](https://medium.com/@biscotty666/obsidian-stop-wasting-time-with-directories-and-filenames-7808a89e1604)
author:: Brian Carey
date-saved:: [[12-09-2023]]
date-published:: [[29-08-2023]]
source:: [[Omnivore]]
state:: [[Reading]]

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	  * ### Highlights
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		- > we use Obsidian for information management, not file management. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/obsidian-stop-wasting-time-with-directories-and-filenames-by-bri-18a87f2d720#863d2bbb-2a01-42a6-b465-aeab9fc0e4d2)
		- > The Bookmarks panel provides an information tree, the Navigator panel provides a file tree. I want the information tree. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/obsidian-stop-wasting-time-with-directories-and-filenames-by-bri-18a87f2d720#f820512c-1994-4ec6-b090-a90c66c25c47)