🗓 Notion Tour | How I Organize + Plan My Life

[@Hallelujur]

This video was just what the doctor ordered! And as the cherry on the cake, made by a fellow ENFP! 😍

[@katjohnstonl]

Hahaha hiiiii fellow Campaigner 👋🏼

[@jarobimufahr5134]

I’m only adding a comment because you asked. I love that you’ve added a template but I don’t like using templates I like to build them myself so showing how you made the rollup was great but a step by step on how to build the template/database would’ve been amazing for me personally. Still a great video though.

[@agoddessjournal1338]

I absolutely love your Notion set up ✨ it has inspired me to create my own ❤️

[@tabbywarrior]

Waitttt... This is literally the production quality of a million+subs channel. U deserve more views, incredible breakdown! Also I love your fonts, so cute!

[@katjohnstonl]

Too kind - thanks very much!

[@tayleanruatha]

Dude! I really like this set up, and your overall approach makes a ton of sense. New to the channel, only realised you were CA when you said "excuse my French". LOL Cheers on the move to Kelowna, hey from Prince George.

[@DrHenriettaCook]

Amazing video thank you, could you please film some notion tutorials like how to set up a database and how to make a recipe page?

[@martinnaflores]

This is SO amazing, keep growing love!🪴

[@brumarcel]

excelent video. You took Jules Acrees ideas but explained much better and the best thing for me is the templates you gave for free. That was a very nice gesture, thank you so much! Jules's one it's all blocked and she only gives away the shit templates. So again, THANK YOU ! ❤

[@yanagi9075]

I don't think its nice to talk about the original creator of the templates like that :(

[@selfmademillian4093]

This was so fun to watch. Thanks for sharing

[@ramblinheart8999]

I loved seeing your notion! Could you share more about the Database relation feature you are using and how that works?

[@lee-13]

love your aesthetic

[@katjohnstonl]

thank you! ☺️

[@Haikallrm]

hi, good video for notion.I recently new on notion and I watched your video and I get inspiration from it to organize my routine actually.

[@katjohnstonl]

Love to hear it!!

[@TheBunnyHeals]

love the videos. Just a quick question about spotify playlist or any widget or youtube video you add to your dashboard. Once you click on any link or page and it opens.. that widget or link stops playing the music right? any way around that so that the music is playing while you are working and creating? thanks :)

[@Wachansa]

I don't wanna believe that you give away the template for FREE! I'm a Jules fan as well. After watching her 2023 goal & plan video. I tried to recreate it on Notion but found out it's too complicated for me lol. Then I found your blog and your channel here. This is such a lifesaver! I wish I have a 100 YT account so I can subscribe to all of it to your YT channel. Thank you so much, Kat!

[@marisaedwards7865]

Could you show exactly how you built out the “Add to Grocery List” automation? I have searched everywhere and nothing has been as efficient as yours

[@tabbywarrior]

Thomas Frank has a Notion Masterclass where he programmed something similar, maybe that could help?

[@katjohnstonl]

I have a video on this dropping soon!! 😃

[@avinashjangir5609]

Good job👍

[@AyushJain.YouTube]

Thanks a lot for this detailed Notion video. I am inspired to give Notion another try. I tried in around 2020 but found it too overwhelming to proceed. Also, happy to see Tim Ferriss's recommended Gratitude Journal, I have been using that as well (trying hard to get regular with it).

[@katjohnstonl]

It certainly can feel overwhelming at times to me too, which is sometimes when I’ll dial it back to using a simple checklist in Notion rather than a giant database. I use it for work but do prefer the software for personal purposes like journaling and recipe organization. Tim Ferriss is awesome. Glad you enjoyed! 🙌🏼

[@monicacorrea81]

I love this!! Thank you so much! So useful and so pretty 😍 Quick question: how do you add that cute little transparent leaf as an icon on your life hub page? Can you share the link? I’ve tried png images, but it doesn’t go transparent like that…🤔 *I’m a newbie in Notion

[@katjohnstonl]

Hi hi! I got my icon from a copyright free icon website called FlatIcon! Here's a link to some other leafy icons 😊 www.flaticon.com/search?word=leaf&order_by=4

[@Abdullah-zl9ub]

Hey! Thanks for sharing, it was very useful indeed. I’m hesitant if to use Notion or stick to apple ecosystem which is more simple. I feel filling all the fields in your notion takes a lot of time and needs a lot of effort and may be confusing. Why did you use notion in particular if apple notes for example can do everything especially for journaling lets say

[@katjohnstonl]

Hi Abdullah - great question. For me, I wanted to use a software that had everything in one place that was also customizable in terms of the different ways I could view that information. I can open my Notion dashboard and access everything from to-dos to cost spreadsheets, to tax records, to visual inspiration boards. It's definitely a lot of up-front work (which is why I provide templates) but once the info is in there, it's pretty simple to use. And if I'm being honest, I wanted something that was also pleasing to look at -- which I feel Notion accomplishes beautifully! I used Apple Notes years back, and previously was using Evernote and Trello, but in my view they don't compare to the limitless customizability of Notion. But I will say if I ever want to jot something simple down, I 100% still use Notes for that purpose and bring it over to Notion later :)

[@jahirherrera1456]

Hi! How did you add google calendar to your notion page? I Need 💖

[@katjohnstonl]

Hey there 😌 You can simply embed it using a link to the specific calendar you want. On the calendar you want to share, click on Settings + Sharing, and copy-paste the embed code provided. As a heads up, there are some limitations: you can only add one Google calendar and not multiple, and it's a 1-way sync only, meaning you can't edit your calendar in Notion. BUT Notion announced last month that they're launching a direct integration with Google Calendar later this year, so this will hopefully address some of these issues!

[@kristengraham5494]

The 'Scheduled Date' on the Recipes page.... Does that populate somewhere, or what is the reason for adding the date? I'm completely new to notion!

[@katjohnstonl]

Great question! I have a calendar view on my recipe database that shows what recipes I've scheduled for the week. You can easily set up a calendar view of your recipe list that will show recipes that have been assigned a date. Usually once the week is finished and I'm done making my recipes for the week, I'll clear the date entirely so I can start fresh the following week and re-assign a new date for that particular recipe. Hope that helps!

[@kylajaneromanos6949]

I was ready to get a virus on my pc lol, but it actually worked!

[@jeyga7811]

how did link your google calendar on notion?

[@katjohnstonl]

I used a Google Calendar widget in Indify! Go to indify.co and you'll be able to create and embed your own custom widgets.

[@babulsingh7521]

am I the only one who use dark mode?? nice video though, gave me some inspiration

[@katjohnstonl]

Hey thanks! I prefer light but I know creators (I think Thomas Frank did at one point) use dark mode. Maybe I’ll give it a shot again

[@Twisted_Boy]

Hey i wanna say love your set up/aesthetic but be careful with your taxes and medical info on Notion! Notion isn’t “secure” if you don’t want to share because it’s private on the internet, then I wouldn’t put it on Notion :(

[@katjohnstonl]

This is such a good footnote, thanks for pointing it out. Notion doesn't do end-to-end encryption for data storage which means that Notion admins can access your information (with your explicit permission say, in cases where you need tech support). Ultimately. it's up to you whether you want to store sensitive medical / tax / personal information on Notion. I learned about the encryption rules after making this video, and have since removed my more sensitive information from my Notion!

[@skaterdude14b]

It’s almost like you copied Jules Acree to the letter

[@katjohnstonl]

Yep, as I credited in the video. She gave out free Notion templates - you can get them too.