Building A Second Brain In Notion

[@DannyHatcherTech]

For a more detailed explanation of this space with other templates and features check out this video next: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWrCkq1oirp2aMU

[@livelikeyoumeantto]

I never comment on videos but I just wanted to say that I watch a lot of notion videos and this was so well paced, well explained, and gave me all the info I needed in such a short time, without being hard too follow. So thank you! 😊

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hagelslag9312]

This. This is what I've been looking for, for such a darn long time. Thank you kindly for sharing this, I am genuinely grateful.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Thanks, happy I could help 😁

[@andreduarte7206]

at last a video that actually shows the best notion has to offer. complexity should come with the continuous use of the app and not as a starting system and this video shows exactly what a robust structure is. from there it's all about experience and own feedback. thanks a lot Danny!

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Glad I could. I am an Obsidian user now but Notion is still a great app 😁

[@andreduarte7206]

@@DannyHatcherTech yeah, I’ve noticed that. I’m now looking at some of your obsidian videos, specifically the “how I make notes” as the one specifically for book notes was quite overwhelming for me as a noobie 😅

[@jullianacosta103]

I was planning to watch the live stream but had no time yet. This short version will be a good intro.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Yeah, it is something I was thinking about. Hopefully this help 😁

[@FuegoPazzo]

Thank you Danny. I'm a couple of months into the 3 hr video. :) This cleared things up. I should hopefully be able to go into the 3 hr video again and extract some other nuggets as I screwed up somewhere along the line. Thank you for all your content I'm sure I'll have a better organised sock drawer after all this work :)

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Ah that is awesome Fuego. I thought this video may help some people with the 3 hr stream 😁

[@sportsadictgirl]

FINALLY understood the rollups, thank you! Also have a better understanding of relations between databases overall. Still don't quite understand the self-referencing filters but one step at a time jeje. Keep it up :)

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Awesome. Glad the video helped. Self referencing filters are certainly confusing to start with.

[@TheArtisticBiker]

This goes back to an earlier video where you called me out (not me personally, but it kind of felt like it) for being a tinkerer in Notion. Always rebuilding from scratch and tweaking. 😂 Every time I watch one of these I consider starting over...

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Aha I remember. If it ain't broke don't fix it 😅

[@Souljacker7]

How do you manage your notes? I'm more interested on books. Do you keep some sort of system for that and evergreen notes?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

I don't personally read much but when I do I had a page for the book/article and then all the notes inside that with the relation property giving me the option to link the book/article with others that are similar. P.S I have actually recently changed apps for note taking due to my want for more linking options.

[@Souljacker7]

@@DannyHatcherTech Thanks Danny!

[@markr8604]

good video Danny - quick question - is there a Notion Road map for 2021? Evernote have just added a Dashboard so im trying to find out, what is in the pipe line for Notion...? I'm a paid subscriber as of last month asi felt Notion is a really good tool, however, with the other productivity apps updating, the competition is getting harder to ignore. This is mainly because i don't know what Notion plan to introduce (if anything..?) in the near to long-term future? Cheers.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

There is not a public road map that you can go and look at. Their twitter is the best place to find upcoming releases. The API is the next big release 😁

[@markr8604]

@@DannyHatcherTech Cheers. Where you based? You sound local. Gloucestershire area?

[@pollyrockstar8652]

Well. Thank you for creating this video. It is helpful in building a homepage in Notion but this is NOT a second brain I was looking for. BTW, the second brain is some kind of a knowledge management system....

[@DannyHatcherTech]

It is just the second brain I personally used for a couple of years. Add or subtract what works for you. Yes, a second brain is knowledge management between notes and actions. Tiago reinforces input to output with output requiring action, hence tasks and projects. Notes are captured and processed in a page then used for action. We all work with different systems 😁

[@shaneodonnell2515]

Self-referenced filters are very cool, thanks for showing that! It would be great to have the pages appear in the linked database as a default, rather than having to go in and click on them. Also, do you have any setup tips to add a list of daily habits all at once? This would replace the need to enter each of our habits every day.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

it is a great feature. When it comes to habit tracking, I would go with a database and have the habits as property checkboxes so you can just tick them when they are done each day. 😁

[@shaneodonnell2515]

@@DannyHatcherTech Ah I see, that's what you explained in the vid. Thanks for clarifying!

[@Rokinso]

Thank you for this useful video!

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Always happy to share my thoughts 😁

[@scotth1116]

Great video! I've been using Notion for a few months and ready to step it up. When creating a 'Habits' DB, do I need to re-enter the habits each day? I've watched your video over and over, and you said no matter how many habits we put in there, they will repopulate the next day. It sounds good for daily items not related to projects but it seems like I have to re-type them every time. Is that right?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

The habit is the name or icon of the property so doesn't change or go unless you make it so. 😁

[@scotthillstrom7529]

@@DannyHatcherTech Ahhh, I see. So a clown header, not a row. I'll check that out later. Just last week I realized I need to separate tasks, projects and notes so this was very timely. I'll make sure to watch the longer one.

[@emmamackt]

this video is V useful. Thanks so much !

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Ah thanks Emma! Just sharing my thoughts 😁

[@pjango]

Damn, I need to use Notion to learn Notion to use Notion OR I need to learn Notion to use Noti...

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Nice. Maybe note that down in Notion 😉

[@andreduarte7206]

Ok, so pretty much a week in and I feel Obsidian offers a much better flow to research any given topic as it seems there's less chaos each time a link is made, and although notion allows backlinks it's not as smooth as Obsidian. Where I think Notion maybe a bit more simple, at least with the template I'm using, is the content managing and scripting, which is a bit annoying as having everything in one single place would avoid copy pasting of information.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Not sure what you mean regarding the template? Notion and Obsidian work very similar but Obsidian has more functionality in template.

[@andreduarte7206]

​@@DannyHatcherTech buy template I mean the overall structure of the apps. I don't like the term "Zettelkasten" but let's just say something inspired on - start from a long noting page and creating links from there - Notion seams to offer a UI that's really good for work and process/consume information that's less fragmented than something that requires multiple linking. At least that's how I feel 😅 Of course the quantity of notes is going to be much more important the the platform.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

@@andreduarte7206 certainly a workflow difference 😁

[@darksideofyoutub]

Nice video! I see you create an inline table at 1:00, and it shows full page...WTF how did you do that for SEVERAL TABLES in same page? I can only make either several inline tables OR one full page table. Thank you!

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Not 100% sure what you mean. When you make a database it is always a database page. What I have done is stored the database page in a page, then made linked database views (essentially a copy) to view the database in multiple places. I hope that helps 😁

[@darksideofyoutub]

Nah I was referring the page was narrow, instead of full width (thougth it was related with tables). i just discovered inside the Page options (3 dots) the toggle "Full width" LOL For anyone interested in setting Full width as the default, this seems interesting notionanswers.com/47/can-i-set-the-full-width-pages-as-default

[@BenjaminLStewart]

Thanks for this, very helpful! I'll check out the more detailed video that you mentioned, but it's not immediately apparent why one would create a relation between Notes and Areas presumably when Notes usually move from Notes database to Tasks database. If you have not discussed this rationale before, would appreciate this topic to be considered for an upcoming video.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

I treat areas as tags so it allows me to categorise notes. That is the main reason.

[@BenjaminLStewart]

@@DannyHatcherTech So, notes are categorized into areas but could be related to different projects? Trying to internalize... What's the downside to categorizing (relating) notes to projects, since projects already relate to areas?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

@@BenjaminLStewart they can all relate to one another multiple times.

[@BenjaminLStewart]

@@DannyHatcherTech I found another video of yours where you say you categorize the same note to an Area and a Project, having one relation property in Notes for Areas and one for Projects. This makes sense.

[@Gook2man]

This is very interesting!

[@DannyHatcherTech]

There are so many options to expand 😁

[@deadflagsproductions]

Danny, I'm falling short on the first hurdle. Why is it that I can't click and create another Table underneath as you did at 1:00 ? So irritating.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

If you can't click under the table you are probably in the database page not a normal page. You probably clicked full page database not inline database. 😁

[@deadflagsproductions]

@@DannyHatcherTech Let me stop seething for a second and try that again then...

[@deadflagsproductions]

@@DannyHatcherTech All sorted! Haha. What a fun little Notion quirk for me to have never figured out in a million years if it wasn't for you. 😬

[@Doc_MMJan]

Hey this is so Good .

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Awesime to hear! It is a livestream that has become my go to for most people to watch 😁

[@billyblack3712]

I thought the point of productivity was NOT to have "unchecked habits" lol

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Well, in an ideal world aha.

[@anasyusuf1607]

Damn 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DannyHatcherTech]

😁

[@lowkeyproducktvt2101]

I wish notion was as good as desktop version in mobile

[@DannyHatcherTech]

I still think it's missing thing but that would be good.

[@minetime6881]

I just had trouble relating one database to another, but for anyone that is also having this issue, make sure you have the “show in…” name of project, turned on.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Ah, nice

[@minetime6881]

@@DannyHatcherTech woah you responded to my comment! Cool thanks haha

[@DannyHatcherTech]

@@minetime6881 I respond to as many comments as possible 😁

[@minetime6881]

@@DannyHatcherTech If I can ask, how long does that take?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

@@minetime6881 not that long as I respond when KZbin notifies me. If people don't tag me I don't get notified and so I don't respond 😁

[@Enacaus]

Oh so you do know august bradley!!!!!! He is a genius innit?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Yes I am very familiar with his framework and system. Genius is a strong word that I personally wouldn't use with many people. He certainly has a way of working 😊

[@Enacaus]

@@DannyHatcherTech He's a genius period.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

@@Enacaus A subjective opinion that will be different for each person.

[@Enacaus]

@@DannyHatcherTech chill dude, and btw I'm not an obsessed fan of August so yeah