Welcome to [[Week 3 - Make and highlight connections | Week 3]] of the [[⭐️ 21-Day Obsidian Publish Challenge | publishing challenge]]! By now, you should have created a bunch of links between notes as part of [[Week 2 - Flesh out what you created | your bootstrapping exercises]]. Now, let's look deeper into making connections. Everything is connected. Everything stands in relationship to everything else. And that's fucking exciting! So. Let's explore that! For this, we'll create a "Relationship-Note". This kind of note tells us what interesting relationship exists between these two notes. It helps us explore what's there, invisible. What's between the lines? So the basic question you'll learn to answer today is: > Looking at Note A and Note B, what's the connection? Why is this connection interesting to you? ```mermaid graph LR A[Note A] --> B((Connection Note)) B((Connection Note)) --> C[Note B] B((Connection Note)) --> A[Note A] C[Note B] --> B((Connection Note)) ``` ## Part 1: The HUNT Like a hunter, you're looking for that "ONE relationship" between TWO notes that you'll flesh out today. It's okay if the notes you'll connect only have a few lines. 1. Open the Graph-View and browse your vault 2. Look at the different note titles you've created in the last 7 dayss 3. No stress, just browse and see which ones capture your attention. Just notice which ones tickle you. Take as much time as you need for this. 4. At some point you'll come across a note and a jolt of electricity will run through your whole body. You'll know it when you see it. That's your FIRST note. 5. Continue browsing. No stress. You're now looking for the SECOND note that sparks your joy. 6. At some point you'll come across a note and a jolt of electricity will run through your whole body. You'll know it when you see it. That's your SECOND note. ## Part 2: Setup your screen for maximum creativity 0. Close all panes in your Obsidian 1. Open your FIRST Note 2. Split your workspace horizontally 3. Split the top-half vertically 4. In the pane top-right open a new file and name it something like "The relationship between A and B" 5. Split that note vertically again 6. In the pane top-right, open your SECOND note 7. In your bottom half, open the graph view Your workspace should look like this, with your connection note in the middle empty. ![[Screenshot 2020-10-20 at 18.09.07.png]] ## Part 3: Find similarities and differences 1. In the new middle Note, write _why_ and _how_ the FIRST and SECOND Note are related. 1. List all the ways, the two topics are SIMILAR 2. List all the ways, the two topics are DIFFERENT 3. Use these prompts, all open panes, including the graph view, to help you guide and discover the relationship. ## Part 4: Deep-dive into ONE similarity 2. Then, when you've made the two lists (SIMILAR, DIFFERENT), narrow in on the SIMILAR items. 3. Of all those ways, the two notes are SIMILAR, which ONE captures your attention the most? 4. Do a deep-dive into that ONE most important similarity and flesh it out. At the end, your relationship note should have been fleshed out like this: ![[Screenshot 2020-10-20 at 18.05.08.png]] As an example, check out my note [[The relationship between sitting less and dopamine fasting]]. And finally: **Reward yourself** with a piece of chocolate, a glass of orange juice or anything else highly-satisfying to you!