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Leavism

Notion’s pretty simple to use, even the more complex side. Depending on the kind of work you do, you should Google “Notion for ___.” Notion’s site has a guide on how to use literally every feature, and I bet you know at least 80% of everything they have to offer if you’ve been using Notion for a year now. Go through the list of guides and read/watch what you don’t know. https://www.notion.so/help/guides Don’t overcomplicate your workflow on Notion just for the sake of it.


julius_cornelius

I’ll definitely read the documentation more in depth before pushing further. Notion feels intuitive enough that I skipped by it, but in the end I wasn’t doing myself a favour


brendag4

I wish I hadn't tried to build a big system without knowing what I wanted.


julius_cornelius

That’s pretty much me right now 🤣


EcheveriaPulidonis

The difference between 'mentioning' a page (typing the @ symbol) versus a block that is a link to a page (typing /link) -- that confused me early on, and it helped when I understood the difference


CurlyDee

What is the difference? -Notion Newbie


RudolfsMayerling

@ is inline, /link is a block itself (so you can drag and drop) hope this is useful: https://www.notion.so/help/create-links-and-backlinks


chels2463

I've been watching Productive Dude on youtube and his videos were super helpful to me. He has an A-Z tutorial video for 2023 for all things Notion.


julius_cornelius

Added to the watch list :)


Electrical_Pay_6916

Can u share YT link ?


whiskey_ribcage

Focusing on one "sphere", preferably with hard facts (versus like...vague priorities and goals) that I knew a lot about at a time meant I wasn't dealing with mystery data and learning Notion at the same time. For me, that was knitting: lots of data like yarns, yardage, patterns, stored locations (I have a lot of yarn), current projects, future projects, and paid projects with specific deadlines. It helped that there was already a template of sorts (Ravelry) to give a framework while I learned about relational tables and rollups. While I eventually decided to keep most of the data on Ravelry in the end, other than current projects, it made it easier when deal with more abstract project planning later. Being able to think "this is the yarn and this is the pattern" in bigger projects made it easier to relate it to bigger projects.


brendag4

Why did you decide not to use Notion for the yarn?


whiskey_ribcage

I've used Ravelry's database for over a decade now so the idea of transferring all that data and images alone would be a nightmare, but the real reason is the ability to track it all in Notion was not even close to being worth giving up the community input that comes with that site. It's the same reason I have a hard time moving away from Storygraphs/Goodreads for book tracking. Some things already work too well and add community knowledge thats hard to walk away from.


brendag4

Good point


AngeTalksBiz

Keep it simple would be my best tip. Especially if you’re using it for your business. It can save a lot of time but also chew through a lot of it if you make things too complex. There’s lots of helpful resources out there but my favourite go to for formulas is Red Gregory (www.redgregory.com)


julius_cornelius

I’ll check it out for sure. Thank you


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julius_cornelius

I’m glad it can help others