## Ad-hoc connecting
- I often add links to notes while I'm creating the note itself
### Adding links to a "Related"
- Most often I create a [[#Related]] section and make a list of links to related notes there
- This allows me to stub out connections that I might to revist later and integrate them into the prose of the note
## Post-hoc connecting
- Regularly, I go back to my existing notes, to tend to the garden, and as I'm maybe refining a description or editing I ask myself *"What does this relate to? What does this remind me of?"* and create links to those ideas
### Useful tools
- Use the Obsidian Random Notes plugin to bubble up notes for refining and connecting
- Use my [[Obsidian Journey Plugin]] to leverage the connections I've made to discover hidden, new narratives
## Learnings
- Overall, I'd say that once you get into the flow of creating links, it's easy, self-explanatory and fun
- I find myself having an easier time with the "Related" section than linking in-text
## Linking to empty notes
- For me it's okay to create a link to a note even though the note doesn't exist yet because it's more important to me to capture an outline of an idea as it emerges
## Related
- [[Creative Remixing]]
- [[Digital Garden Trees]]