What is Notion Good For? | The Most Powerful Productivity App EXPLAINED

Not sure what Notion ACTUALLY does or how you can use it practically in your own life? This high-level overview of the Notion framework gives you the cliff notes version of the best ways to use Notion. You'll see practical use cases in my own setup too!
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00:00 Intro
01:17 How Notion Started
02:40 What I DON'T Use Notion For
03:56 Use Cases for Notion
08:34 Notion Structure (Pages, Blocks, + Databases)
11:23 Dig Deeper into Notion With Me!
13:18 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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[@julierogers3905]

This looks so great. I can't wait to get into and start using it. I'm going to watch all your other Notion videos right now. Thanks so much for creating all of these videos. :)

[@KalynBrookeCo]

You're most welcome! Have fun with this!!

[@patleonard2318]

Oh, this is so good! Thank you for putting this video together. It is exactly what my friend needs to see, especially when you showed your Learning page. I am so looking forward to your Notion course and being part of your Notion community!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Glad you enjoyed it! I realized that I didn't have a good overview of Notion so I hope this helps people who are new to the platform understand it a bit better!

[@patleonard2318]

@@KalynBrookeCo I'm sure it will!

[@mozhistmk]

I'm going to start with notion, this the best video I feel, which summarizes Notion's usage.

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Welcome to the Notion club! I hope you'll stick around and check out some of our other Notion videos as well. :)

[@smashogre4766]

I've recently become very Notion-curious but haven't quite taken the full plunge yet. I'm still in the "walking around the deck and dipping my toes" phase. But I've watched a BUNCH of introductory Notion videos, and just want to say that this is one of the best ones I've seen so far. Very nicely done. Kudos!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Thank you so much! I’m delighted you found it helpful. 🙌🏻

[@josiejocreates]

I've been enjoying your videos, Kalyn! Have you shown your weekly planning page in a video yet? Just from getting a peak of it in a few of your videos, I'd love to get a tour of those pages!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Josie, thank you so much for your kind words! I haven't done a video specific to my weekly planning page, but I do show it a little more clearly in this Personal Dashboard walk through video I did! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJqtiWeMacuGiKc

[@josiejocreates]

@@KalynBrookeCo thank you for taking the time to let me know! I’ll give it a watch 🤩

[@brittanykh]

Oooh I would love to see more about your learning library! I take a million screenshots of stuff I want to remember and it seems like this could be a possible way to organize it in Notion maybe?

[@KalynBrookeCo]

I'll keep that in mind as I plan future videos! :)

[@pjg2688]

Did I see somewhere where your Notion Master Tasks template is available?

[@KalynBrookeCo]

I don’t currently have this in my shop, but I do have a Notion Basics Class and interactive community available and this video gives a good dashboard walkthrough which may have some related info that could be helpful if you are designing one yourself: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJqtiWeMacuGiKcsi=cAXVEb7ILwQwq8Pg

[@jbminphx]

What type pricing plan are you using? (Free, Plus, Business...). Can any of these features be accessed via the "Free" version? What is the intention/benefit of the "7 Day or 30 Day" history

[@KalynBrookeCo]

I’m on the Plus plan so I can have unlimited file uploads and access to automations. You can check out this handy visual of what is included in the free plan versus their other available plans: www.notion.so/pricing. Personally, I never look at page history, but it may be helpful if you work with a big team and something on the page is accidentally changed and you need to revert back to a previous version of that page. Hope that helps!

[@treehugger2718]

It looks so confusing but I am interested 😂

[@KalynBrookeCo]

There is a learning curve, for sure! But wow, is it an amazing tool once you get the basics down!

[@pedrojimenez7771]

Thanks for the video, I was curious, but I just found this is not for me. this is a tool to plan non trivial things, I think is a waste of time to dedicate "time" to notion instead of the things you actually need to do... I mean, you plan your day, you load into notion, and then you have to follow the list exactly as it is, just to realize that you have skipped things to do just because you didn't plan it in notion... I mean, do you have to plan to go to the gym and drink a cup of coffee on a daily basis, c'mon guys, we are getting too dependent..

[@KalynBrookeCo]

I'm confused as to why you think we have to put trivial items into Notion in order to actually do them? Nowhere in the video did I insinuate that. And Notion is not for trivial things. My online business practically runs on Notion as an organization system and it's the only way my team and I are able to stay on top of things. Travel planning, insurance numbers and paperwork, vet visit logs... these are all things that are available within 1-2 clicks inside Notion. You don't have to use or even love the tool, but it's smart to have some sort of planning and organization system if you want to make progress on your goals and not be reactionary toward the things you do everyday.

[@pedrojimenez7771]

@@KalynBrookeCo if it works for you, then it's fine. my guess is that you waste more time doing thing in Notion, than actually doing it, is my perception. if you want to make progress on your goals, and keep track of everything, you should get a proper Project management tool and focus your activities from a project management perspective. but again, you don't have to change what makes you happy.