# Inside my Obsidian Homepage—a portal to what matters most. 2025-04-20 **Do you have an Obsidian homepage? What's on there? 🤔 Mine gives me instant access to tasks, trips, projects, and family info. It works as an efficient dashboard to what matters most.** First things first. My homepage is basically a note, automatically updated with dynamic information from other parts of Obsidian. In other words, it's a dashboard created using the Homepage plugin, as demonstrated in the [video below](https://youtu.be/Bnkfwr5zhW8).  Since it is the first thing I see when I open Obsidian, I expect the information there to be what I'll be looking for most of the time. And what could be more relevant than my next tasks?  Using the Tasks plugin and some basic configuration that you can learn in the [video below](https://youtu.be/ip_2RJZ3s6c), I created four dynamic lists: **Overdue**, **Today**, **Tomorrow**, and **Upcoming**. There's also a fifth one that is mostly for groceries, but I also use it for anything I need to buy. That's why it's called **Purshases**.  Next is a world map widget with pins on every place I've been. It's a [[vladcampos.com/Blog/2025-02-17 • The Digital Caveman project|backup of what I have on Google Maps]] and is built and automaticity updated using the [Map plugin](https://youtu.be/sZdmJdOZuSs). There's also a short list with links to the itinerary notes of my next trips. I could have this list dynamically built like the tasks, but I don't travel that much and manually creating it is easier and, as you soon see, more useful.  The dashboard information is ordered by how often I need or use each module. That explains my #tasks at the top, but why the trips section is right below it? Well, there are at least two parts to a trip: planing and the trip itself. In my case, there's also a third part. I love to keep a journal during the trip, and when I return, I adjust the details here and there. Planing and organizing a trip is more than a list of tasks. So, having the link to the itinerary note means that I can constantly go there to monitor what I have already done and what I still need to do. Then, during the trip, I can easily open the itinerary, and inside that note, find invaluable information, like a link to the hotel on Google Maps. Since I see the Homepage every time I open #Obsidian, there's almost zero friction. It's just a matter of scrolling a little bit to get to the links right below my tasks and click or tap. ![[vladcampos.com/Toolbox/Obsidian/Obsidian posts|Obsidian posts]] When I come back, it's time for some fine-tuning, and that's when not having the next trips list automated is helpful. If links to past trips have not yet been removed, it means that I still have some work to do. By the way, this is a strategy I use all the time. Keeping things in an undesirable place is a constant reminder.  And it also works for physical objects too. For example, I recently kept a giant bicycle lock on top of my desk to remind me that I needed to make a copy of its key. Back to the Homepage. Next is a Canvas widget of my Knowledge Base. It used to be the only one, but below it, I now have another one with all the information related to my [Apple IIe project](https://youtu.be/4WZODHH6nUc). That project was dormant for more than a year, and it wouldn't make sense to keep it on the Homepage. Now that I'm working on it again, having a direct link to all that information is very welcome. This demonstrates how dynamic the Homepage is.  And speaking about the Canvas, it has become my go-to feature for visually organizing all the information I have in my [[vladcampos.com/Timeline System|Static Containers]]. My Family Documents container is probably the next contender to be displayed like that. But for now, they are embedded notes on my Homepage. It's a long list that sits as the last segment because it is definitely something I frequently use, but it's the least needed when compared to the other items. Having a Homepage like this is a game-changer, but it has to meet your needs and reality. If you could see the ones I help [[vladcampos.com/Consulting/Consulting Services|my clients]] build, you would be impressed by how different they are. Another important detail is that your notes have to be organized using a system that works for you. Of course, I use the [[vladcampos.com/Timeline System|Timeline System]], but regardless of which one you choose, there must be some sort of predictability to have a good dashboard. Without that, your dashboard will only be adding more friction to your life. ![[vladcampos.com/_embedded/After Post|After Post]]