I Am Using Obsidian Again — But Not Leaving Logseq

Tansy Bradshaw
3 min readMay 12, 2023

For many that have followed my note-taking journey over the years, you will know that I have gone from Notion to Obsidian to Logseq. The past couple of months I keep having the same argument with myself. It would always hinge on the one main question, do I go back to Obsidian?

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It isn’t that I found Logseq unusable, to the contrary I loved it. Logseq, even with its sync still in beta suited my note-taking style. The outline method. I loved how Logseq kept the linked and unlinked references on the page. The properties function was easy to understand as well as querying. Though there are some short comings, like the search (which I will note is currently a priority), lack of some plugin support and some Readwise bugs (that will be worked on); to me they aren’t huge things that will make me leave.

So what would make me consider leaving for Obsidian, even if I was happy with Logseq. The writing capabilities. This may seem silly, as I just mentioned I love the outline method. I do, it is my preferred method when it comes to note-taking; however, I am also a writer. Moreover, I need an app that has no limitations when it comes to how the text is displayed. I tried Google Docs and though it is good, there is one thing it doesn’t have that I rely on. The ability to network my notes.

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Tansy Bradshaw

Tansy is a neurodivergent writer living and working in Melbourne. Over her decade of writing they have written reviews, opinion pieces and feature articles.