You Should KNOW This: The Do’s + Don’ts of Notion for Beginners

Notion is a complete productivity tool that can manage and organize every part of your life. But if Notion’s learning curve is causing you to second guess whether or not this app is worth it, you don’t want to miss my top do’s and don’ts to start using Notion with confidence.
Consider this your Notion Beginners Guide!
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Sign up for a FREE Notion Account: kalynbrooke.com/refer/notion
Notion Anatomy Class: kbcreativeshop.com/products/n...
Get a 20-Minute Notion Audit: kbcreativeshop.com/products/2...
Build a Notion Habit Tracker in 10 Minutes: • Create a Habit Tracker...
Notion Master Task List (Free Template!): • My Complete Notion Tas...
➕➕➕ WATCH THESE NEXT ➕➕➕
Introduction to Notion: • What is Notion Good Fo...
Personal Dashboard Tour: • Personal Dashboard Tou...
To-Do List Mistakes: • To-Do List Mistakes! A...
➕➕➕ TIMESTAMPS ➕➕➕
00:00 Intro
01:01 DO Change Your Mindset
02:36 DON'T Start at Level 10
05:09 DO Understand Pages + Blocks
06:16 DON'T Confuse Pages + Databases
08:18 DO Use as Few Databases as Possible
09:40 DON'T Clutter Up Your Sidebar
11:16 DO Use Page Formatting
12:50 DON'T Nest Pages more than 3 Deep
14:52 DO Know Where to Find Commands
16:21 DON'T Delete Pages
17:14 Conclusion
➕➕➕ ABOUT ME ➕➕➕
Hi! I’m Kalyn. My mission here (and in life!) is to help you create mindful planning and productivity systems. I'm a digital/analog hybrid 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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[@emilyemm8460]

I second starting with meal planning! Just having the list of things your family eats is so helpful - with notion, you can keep the recipes a click away & you always know where to find them, no matter where they came from (book, website, old family heirloom). I’ve been enjoying using a reading log in Notion this year to keep personal notes on the books I read instead of something so public as Goodreads.

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Thank you for sharing! I do love both of those aspects of Notion as well. Glad you stopped in!

[@FairylyBookish]

I’ve been nervous about Notion because it seemed like it would be so incredibly time consuming! BUT with each basic building block I learn, I’m seeing how I can quickly modify and create things and it’s amazing. I’m really impressed. Thank you!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Yay! I’m so excited you’re enjoying it!

[@bluesash10]

Very good. Thank you!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Glad it was helpful! 🙌

[@anutillman]

Hahahaa, yep, binging the Notion videos got me here! 😂😆

[@KalynBrookeCo]

😆 Glad to see you here!

[@anutillman]

@@KalynBrookeCo Thanks! 😀

[@molly-jones]

A beautiful summary - I'll be sending my clients here!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

I'm delighted you found it helpful. Thank you!🙌

[@MilenaHirkala]

Thank you

[@KalynBrookeCo]

You are most welcome!!

[@scrappegal]

I am struggling with creating the hubs/dashboards in a useful way. Do you have some videos to reccommend for showing this step by step?

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Hi! I don't currently have a video here on KZbin showing Dashboard setup in a step-by-step guide, but I do offer a beginner class called Notion Anatomy which walks you through all the basics and best things to start with in Notion. It's a great place to start and will get you started in building a dashboard that works well for you. :) You can find that here: kbcreativeshop.com/products/notion-anatomy-beginner-building-blocks

[@michellesmyth1928]

Thanks for such a great summary! I'm still a bit confused by pages and databases. I think I understand that a page is the hub for a database to sit in, but is each entry in the database a page too? For example, I have a page where my master task list database lives, this contains different links to each of the different views I use (and a brain dump which I got from you... thank you!). If I create a task within the database is that task a page too?

[@KalynBrookeCo]

You got it! Pages can contain blocks AND databases, and database entries are individual pages that you can build out with blocks and even more databases!

[@michellesmyth1928]

@@KalynBrookeCothank you! It's a lot to get your head around in the beginning.

[@kamellawestmoreland3822]

Hi! About that recover deleted pages part…..how does one go about that? Asking for me. 😂🤣 I was too caught up in reducing that sidebar clutter. Thanks!

[@KalynBrookeCo]

Haha-no worries! All the way at the bottom of your left sidebar is a Trash area. Click on that and then click the arrow to restore any pages you need. 🙌