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Daily Note Template Approach

Path: Computer Tech/Productivity/Obsidian/Templates/Templating Approach/Daily Note Template Approach.mdUpdated: 2/3/2026

See the _templates/Daily Note template file here.

This file contains the created at, modified at, and permalink metadata that is ubiquitous across every note in the vault.

Daily Dataview

  • daily-dataview
  • Would like to add an idea of how long the daily note is, according to:
    • how many edits
    • how long the article is
  • The daily dataview then has data about how peripherally something was looked into, so that I can get a better understanding of how much work went into it.
    • Maybe just word count

    • And a number_of_edits property, that lists how many times the file has been modified

    • a number_of_openings property, that lists how many times the file has been opened

    • a last_opened property, with date

    • A way to check that the content is part of a create event, or a modify event, perhaps created notes are colored green, Whereas other notes are colored based on the substantiveness of the edit.

    • A command to git add pull when saving in Obsidian.