Notion is both praised and criticized for its immense versatility and configurability. These things are both gifts and curses – the ability to tinker endlessly with systems often comes at the cost of countless hours spent NOT doing the tasks you’re trying to manage, and it’s easy to over-complicate the system or make the managing […]
Bulletproof Task Management in Notion Read More »
I’m a really big fan of Notion’s various database features – to the extent that I often go overboard with trying to connect all my information using Notion’s Relationships property. In this tutorial I’m going to go over the advantages of databases and relating them to one another, but I’m also going to talk about
Connecting your thinking in Notion – Relations and Backlinks Read More »
I’m not particularly superstitious, but recently everyone in my house has been having fun drawing a random tarot card from a deck as a ‘mood check’. It can be pretty entertaining, and confirmation bias has a great way of making your draw seem prophetic. On a lark I wondered if I could create a Notion
Notion random generator tutorial – Tarot card picker! Read More »
I recently moved my ‘Second Brain’ out of Obsidian and into Notion. It was a hard decision, because Obsidian has a multitude of strengths and some really cool features. What I’m going to be talking about today is functional in either – I started using the system in Obsidian, and then when I moved to
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I just recently finished reading Tiago Forte’s “Building a Second Brain”, and it inspired me to revisit my somewhat gunky Notion system and revitalize it. Buckle up, this one’s a doozie. If you want to skip ahead to the specifics you can start at the ‘Setting up your databases’ section, but I’ll be talking first
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If you’ve taken a look at some of my other Notion tutorials, you’ll know I’m a big fan of the platform. I’m constantly annoying my friends by suggesting it to them, and despite the fact many of them acknowledge it can do exactly what they want it to, they’re often reticent to get started. Notion
Notion – A Complete Beginner’s Guide Read More »
Note: This is a re-post of a tutorial I wrote several years ago. Notion has improved a lot since then, and my system has changed a little (more on that soon!), but I still think this tutorial is a valuable beginner’s guide, especially if my upcoming guide on my new system is confusing to you.
Creating a Flexible to-do list and agenda in Notion Read More »
