Starting with a blank vault:

1. Create a folder

The folder can have any name. I use _seedbox because:

• It is easy to remember.
• It does not collide with many other notes, which helps with moving files into it using Obsidian's "Move file to another folder" feature.
• The underscore sorts it to the top of the vault hierarchy, by default.

2. Create more folders

• "relegation" will be used to hold seedlings which are not immediately actionable. That means you don't want to delete it, but you don't want to prioritize doing anything with it either.
• "growing" will hold seedlings which are actively accruing knowledge.

The purpose of moving seedlings into these folders is to remove them from the review process, which will be outlined in a following step.

3. Change your settings to put new files into the Seedbox

Changing "New link format" is recommended, but not necessary. Doing this makes it so you always see "__seedbox/" at the start of your links, which provides benefit by bringing your attention to the fact that you are linking, or have linked, to an idea that is not "grown".

4. Use it

The best way to learn to use the Seedbox is by reading the articles I have previously written about it:

• What A Seedbox Is and Why It Has Been Useful To Me
• 2021 Seedbox Update

Record

Go ahead and let most of your new notes just go directly into the Seedbox. Don't worry about organizing them. You can do that later.

Review

The most important part of the system is to go back and look through the Seedbox regularly. It is intended to be looked through, frequently, and used to re-attach to old ideas, using them as a platform for generating new ones.

Remove

The end goal of the seedbox (for how I use it), is to produce "evergreen notes". That is, a note that is cohesive, coherent, and useful. Once a note has achieved this, remove it from the Seedbox and plant it in your knowledge garden!