#use notion

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my home notion page

- an explanation

ok so for those of you who know what notion is, i bet you’re v excited for this (heck i am!) but for those of you who don’t, notion is an app you can get on all platforms (and even access from the internet) and it can really do anything. people use it as digital planners and organizing their “second brain.” in this post, i’m giving a little update on my home page and how i use it in my life almost every single day.

so here is what my home page looks like! she’s pretty cute ngl hehe ok so! the top line i just have a little quote/reminder for myself and a link directing to my ~ideal self~ basically a page where i talk about what i want to do with my life and stuff like that. it’s kinda cheesy but oh well. on the far left, i have my most reached pages like my to do lists, a page for random thoughts that i categorize later, my weekly reviews, and a couple other things! in the middle, there is a board with some of my notes that i need to review (please don’t mind how many there are, i’m behind and i’m trying to work out a routine to review my notes so it’s a work in progress) then, on the far right, i have a board for people i should reach out to since i haven’t talked to them awhile! mostly friends, family, and teachers from back home :)

if you scroll down a little farther on this home page, you see on the far right, a board that says “last...” this is to help me track the last time i did laundry, exfoliated my face, vacuumed, and other tasks like that! since i’m in college, i just try to get to those things whenever i can so i don’t have a set routine (aka i don’t do all the things on one day like i did when i was in high school bc hi i don’t have that much time). then, near the bottom left, i have a section called “reference.” i don’t access these pages that often but they’re good to have. they’re pretty straight forward. then i have two pages under personal projects: my blog (ha oops haven’t done that much) and then photography (aka a list of photos to edit). then on the right i have my master calendar for school. this has my deadlines and test dates so it’s vvvvv important

here’s a look at my “last...” page! basically what i just talked about above. with notion, i can have it notify me when i need to do something (uses the “overdue” section). it’s really hard to explain super quick but i guess that’s the best way i would describe it. if you want to learn more about making tables and stuff like that in notion, i would go to youtube! i really like watching ali abdaal’s videos on notion so i would suggest checking those out!

this is my “dreaming” page! it houses what my idea day(s) looks like in addition to my goals and my bucket list. i think it’s super important to have goals and stuff like this stored somewhere. i just chose to store it in notion!

and then here’s a glance at my “master to do list” page. i used this a lot more over the summer when i jsut had so much to do for college, packing, and other stuff! i really love how i organized it into categories so i can easily see what i need to do. it just keeps it really organized so i don’t have a never ending to do list. 

so yeah! that’s a quick look at my notion home page and a couple other pages linked in it! soon i’m going to make a post about how i use notion for school because i have a whole separate page just for that! i absolutely love notion and i could go all day about it. i think everyone should try it because a) it’s free and b) students that have a school email (like .edu) can get the pro plan for free. i have a whole bunch of other posts about notion and i’ll probably make a bunch more so just look around for them! 

let me know if you have any questions or want me to do more posts about notion!!!

xo- gg

october 2020 

[ggsstudies]

an update on how i use notion

if you don’t know about notion, i’ll give you a quick summary of what it is!

notion is an app centered around productivity and is available on all platforms. it’s extremely customizable and i would recommend everyone to use it. i would suggest checking out some youtube videos or some of my other posts about notion to learn more. 

this is my home page in notion! it took me quite a bit to organize it in a way that i really liked and that made sense to me. the top portion are the links and tables of boards and pages that i use frequently or at least want to use frequently! below that, in the second section, i have links to things i reference and links to my personal projects such as my piano recital that’s coming up and my personal photography!

and here is my sidebar! i keep it hidden and i just need to hover my cursor to the side of my screen to see it. you see my home page and right below that my page for all things college followed my a page for school (that i’ll explain later!) and some other things!

my “other” page is the hub for some pages that i have linked or ones that are more private (hehe). i didn’t want the sidebar to be extremely cluttered so that’s why that page is a thing! 

here is a look at my college stuff page! i have links to things i still need to get for my dorm room as well as thank you cards that i wrote to teachers from high school (due to quarantine, i had to get their addresses instead of giving to them in person. sad face). i also have a list of all the graduation gifts i’ve gotten (so i can send out thank you notes), information about orientation (since it was online), as well as a small list of my potential schedules! on the right, you can see a list of things i still need to do for my college, such as finishing my immunization records and email ap scores once they come out. 

this page will probably end up getting deleted come august or september because it’ll migrate into my “school” page that we’re going to take a look at right now!

here is my “school” page for right now! it’s empty!!!! that’s because as i take notes in college, i’m going to do active recall (or at least try to) and this will be my hub for that. 

this is a little look at my board for my notes. i’ll explain my intention with these two pages after i start putting some notes in there! you might have to wait a while for that post but i’m also doing some personal summer learning so it might come sooner than you think! 

ok let’s take a look at some of the pages i have linked in my home page!

my “master to do list” as well as my “weekly to do list” pages are pretty straightforward! the “notes” table in there is the same table that you saw above. the “keep in touch” table is a little personal so i won’t show you but it’s basically just a table of people i want to stay in contact with while i’m away in college. i made it so that i contact certain people in a certain cycle! for example, i need to call my meme (my grandma!) and i still haven’t done that so that’s why you can see it in the board, it’s “overdue!” this is one of the features i loveeeee about notion. 

moving on to the space below! my dreaming spread is where i have my goals and things like that. i also have a page for cooking so let’s look at that!

here is my cooking spread! i absolutely loveeeee how it looks. at the very top i have a button that i can click to add a new recipe. then i just have lists of recipes and the categories that they fall into, such as dessert and breakfast. 

this is kinda what a page will look like when i hit “new recipe.” also i hope you enjoy seeing my fudge recipe lol (it’s so good let me know if you try it. it’s also so easy). i have a collumn on the left for the ingredients and then a collumn on the right for the steps. below, i have a couple callout boxes to bring attention to some tips or tricks! 

and that’s basically it! i’ll be releasing sometime soon the info regarding my school spread so stay tuned for that. i’m sure my notion spreads and pages will change as i change so if you’re reading this reallllllly far into the future, i might have a different system! i don’t know how often i’ll update all of you on how i use notion but if i change something, i probably will (just keep your eyes peeled)! 

if there is a certain spread that you want me to talk more about or one that you want to see, feel free to comment, dm me, or use my asks (which are always open!)

xo- gg

(posted on july 12th, 2020)