Personal Dashboard Tour | My Daily Notion Hub

Bring all the important and most used parts of your Notion workspace into ONE everyday hub! Take a tour of my Personal Dashboard with me and walk away with some unique ideas to build your own.
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➕➕➕ TIMESTAMPS ➕➕➕
00:00 Intro
01:03 Personal Dashboard Tour
01:21 Indify Weather Widget
02:32 Life Areas Database
03:05 Quick Links Callout Box
03:55 Brain Dump Box
04:25 Weekly Task Section
06:03 Weeks Database
06:55 Daily Habits Area
07:30 Current Location from Travel Planner
08:19 Currently Reading Section
08:33 Current Course Section
08:48 Editorial Content Calendars
10:07 My New Notion Anatomy Class Launch!
10:52 Conclusion
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➕➕➕ ABOUT ME ➕➕➕
Hi! I’m Kalyn. I provide systems and frameworks for high-achieving productivity nerds who want to do it all, with simple reminders that it's okay not to. I'm a Type-A planner who spends her free time hiking, reading, and reorganizing my Notion dashboards. I also live and travel full-time in an RV!
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[@bluesash10]

Looks so nice! I'll try it!. Thanks!

[@itskatwaugh]

Yours is so pretty! Love all the visuals 🤩

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Thank you, Kat! That is a HUGE compliment coming from the queen of aesthetic Notion templates! 😍

[@itskatwaugh]

🥺🫶@@KalynBrookeCo

[@kfkaufer]

I love the current location block! It reminds me of all the times when we were full-timers I woke up in our RV and couldn't remember AT ALL where we were - WalMart parking lot in Florida? Winery in Maine? Campground in Wisconsin? Mom's driveway? I played a little game with myself that I wouldn't get up to check until I could remember. It was so disorienting and odd and I totally miss it. 😊

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Yes! You move so often that you need reminders of where you are in the country. 😆

[@asdrandomail]

I cant, this is one of the most beautiful setups in notion I've ever seen. So aesthetic btw

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Wow, thank you so much!

[@paigebutler6678]

Weeks database!!! Very interesting. I would love to see more!! Your dashboard is awesome!!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@jfpdc888]

I loive how I can return to this vid and get new ideas for my own Notion dashboard that is forever changing! You are an excellent insturctor, Thank YOU!!!!!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

That is SO kind of you to say! I really appreciate it and am so glad that this helps you!

[@NJHeart2Heart]

Hi Kalyn! I learned about you through GOHQV 2023 and really enjoyed your workshop! I also learned about am playing with Notion :). Can you do a video detailing more about how you created your "Life Areas" database?

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Aw, I'm so glad you found your way here! Yes, I'll add that to my video idea list!

[@kristenrb2591]

@@KalynBrookeCo that is great! I would love to see the Life Areas database too!

[@user-zv1cn4jv9g]

Super helpful, thanks a lot! Can you tell us how you added the "location" property to your daily journal?

[@KalynBrookeCo]

That one is a Relation property that connects to my Destinations/Locations Database. :)

[@FannySutarman]

Thank you for the information, I will try it on my notion.

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Of course! Can't wait to see yours!

[@tessloggins8485]

You need to have your dashboard to try.

[@marthamcgiver]

Oh my GOSH! I love this. Can't wait to get started building one of my own. I would LOVE to see how you built out your Bookshelf hub (or page or ... whatever. Just all the things book-y) I am an avid reader and would love to figure out how to track all the things related to that. Do you have a video on that yet? Please make one if you don't! I'm desperate! :)

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Oh, yay! I'm excited to hear how your building goes. I don't currently have a video specifically about my bookshelf hub, but I'll add it to my list of videos to make in the future. Thank you so much for your suggestion and the interest. I LOVE using notion for my book related stuff!

[@kelseybellmore8048]

Yes! I would also love to see a Bookshelf tour!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

@@kelseybellmore8048 I still plan to do one of these sometime!!

[@SuperDogma13]

This is an amazing Dashboard really! Any chance you could make a "how to build" video on this?

[@KalynBrookeCo]

I can try! It’s so personalized but maybe I can do one.

[@nickimariefitness833]

trying to figure out how you got the words to go away next to your icons in the My Tasks area. I like the look of the icons only but can't find how to make that happen.

[@KalynBrookeCo]

It's super easy! When you click to rename the tab, just add an asterisk (*) instead of text. You can't leave it empty, but the minimal asterisk really allows the icon to shine!

[@patleonard2318]

Ugh! I forgot to post my comment. Now I need to think about what I wrote.

[@bonnytiley3998]

Very nice! How did you make your Icons only in your Database views? I would love to get rid of the Names and just have Icons like you do!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Hi! All you have to do is right-click on the tab, click Rename, and then add an asterisk (*) as your text. Notion won’t let you leave the tab blank, but an asterisk solves that problem and everything still looks aesthetically pleasing. Someone also has said you could try to just hit the space bar instead of adding the asterisk and get away without naming! Let me know if try either of these and it works!

[@bonnytiley3998]

@@KalynBrookeCo thanks so much for the reply! I'll definitely try these!

[@bonnytiley3998]

@@KalynBrookeCo they both worked! Thanks so much! I also discovered if you are doing buttons, you can leave those completely blank, no space or * and it will work. I love how it makes everything look much cleaner, especially since I like to use my tablet and my phone as well and not just strictly my computer, so making the layout as minimal but as functional as possible is important to me.

[@marthamcgiver]

Hi Kayln, I love the way you teach about Notion. It makes everything so easy to understand. I have created a weekly cleaning database based on zones that get attention each day of the week. I am wanting to create a little spot on my dashboard that will show me only one day at a time (because I check the dash daily) so I know what I need to clean that day, but I can't figure out how to filter it correctly to only show Monday's zone on Mon and Tuesday's on Tue, etc. Something similar to your "This Week" block, I would imagine. Any insight on how one might do that? I'm not sure if formulas need to be involved or what. I have a template set up for each day that is set to recur on set weekdays. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I'm definitely missing something. If you could help me figure it out I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Hi Martha! I'm so glad you are enjoying these videos! I love the idea of a cleaning zone popping into your daily dash. One way you could do this (that would probably be the easiest) is to add a Date is Today formula to your database. Add a Formula property, rename "Date is Today", and copy and paste the formula below. formatDate(prop("Date"), "L") == formatDate(now(), "L") Just replace the "Date" portion with the name of the Date property in your database. If you don't have a Date property yet, you'll need to add one and tell your template to add Today's date when duplicated. (Click into your template, click the empty section to the right of the Date property and select "Today Date When Duplicated".) Then, you'll filter that database to show only when "Date is Today" is checked. So every day, your template will duplicate for that day's cleaning task with today's date AND it will pop up under your section in your daily dashboard. Let me know if that works for you!

[@marthamcgiver]

@@KalynBrookeCo Ok, so the set up went just fine and worked like a charm BUT ... now it's showing all the times it's already replicated itself (since I had set this up originally last week). How do I limit that to only the current day? Man, there's sooooo much to learn in Notion. I'm so glad there are helpful people like you to lead the way.

[@marthamcgiver]

Umm.... I may have actually solved that problem myself when I realized that I had initially created entries for each day during set up before I created the templates. I think that's what was showing because when I deleted them I was left with only the template entry for today. HOORAY! *crossing my fingers I'm right* Thanks again.😊

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Yay! I'm so glad!!

[@marthamcgiver]

Just curious about how, exactly, you track your work time. I have 2 small businesses and would love to efficiently keep track of how much time I'm spending when I'm "at work" since I work from home. I would love to see how you do this.

[@KalynBrookeCo]

I use the app ATracker and love it! You can see it in my line up of favorite apps here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nafJhqh8oJ6aZrM You can set up the different aspects of your work or assign one category to each business. I split mine into Office Hours (admin stuff), Blog Content, KZbin, Education, Email Marketing, and Content Offers (resources that I create). Then you can just open up the app and tap on the category to start the timer. Sometimes I forget to tap, but you can always adjust the start time to compensate for the missed minutes. It has been so helpful in keeping me focused because I'm "on the clock". I can also see if I've met my 30 hour/week work goal. If not, I know I'm getting distracted somewhere! Hope that helps!

[@estebanjara886]

I liked your dashboard. Do you have problems seeing it from your cell phone? Greetings from Chile

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Thank you! It's very easy to see on my phone. Plus, I use an iPhone widget to link directly to my Personal Dashboard page rather than tapping on the app and trying to find that page... since I reference it so often!.

[@AL-id3qo]

please dear can u sell your system as templates with us. i’m so ready to buy it right away!!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Hello! I do have some templates available--both free and some premium ones for sale! You can find all my Notion Class and all the premium templates here (You get access to a community for more one-on-one questions, too.) kbcreativeshop.com/products/notion-anatomy-beginner-building-blocks kbcreativeshop.com/collections/notion And here are a few of my free templates. Check out my Notion videos for build guides and other freebies, as well! My Weekly Planning Template: landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/d5t9p7 Master Task List: kalynbrooke.com/master-task-list-opt-in/

[@DaisyAtDobedo]

No template? Whaaaaa?! You're so mean!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

I know, right?! 😆

[@goingbacktoourroots]

Found your tour lol

[@KalynBrookeCo]

I was going to send you this way! Enjoy. :)

[@stephaniehurst3612]

Please share as a template….🤞🏻🙏🏻

[@KalynBrookeCo]

While I don't have a complete dashboard template, I do have this one which will get you started: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ-woXmXarJneKc You might also check out this video about the first five things I would do within a new Notion Setup which shows some of my building process. kzbin.info/www/bejne/haDKhaaem69meKs Hope these help!