New to Notion or want to improve your system? I compiled a list of program functions that can enhance your Notion workflow with a navigation bar and bookmarking system. The tutorial covers callouts, linked databases, navigation bars, sync blocks, and a formula to locate empty cells. This is a great place to start learning how to level up your Notion workspace.
Planning
Notion for Finance: A Monthly Budget Manager
A zero-based budget planner in Notion available in light and dark-mode. This budget manager is an upgrade from my previous finance template, the Personal Cashflow. Included is a robust budget table with examples to start, total/monthly balances, the ability to review all monthly spending/earning activity, and itemized spending habits.
Notion for Productivity: Goal Planner Template
Plan your goals, consider steps, investments, possible roadblocks, and strategies to success with a goal planning template in Notion. This template provides two databases. There is one database for goals and another for “keys to success,” or steps to completion. The Notion goal planner is great for those seeking big picture clarity for their future.
13 Noteworthy Chrome Extensions and Web Tools for Notion
Want to enhance your Notion experience? Check out these chrome extensions and web tools designed to level up your Notion workspace. Included are alternate web clippers, Notion page customization tools, highlight organizers, widgets, and more! I’ve used these extensions and tools at one point or another and find them highly valuable for any Notion user. Give them a try!
Notion Template: A Student Starter Dashboard
The school year is right around the corner. Here is a student starter template to get you started in Notion as a student. Included is a class directory with all essential class info, a master calendar, and notebook database. I show you how to connect each database to create a working system. And of course, it is free to duplicate.
Free Comprehensive Second Brain Notion Template
How to use a second brain system in Notion to organize and collect information, conduct efficient task management, and allow the user to share knowledge accumulated. This system closely resembles and uses principles from the PARA system. Copy the template below and follow the walkthrough about how to use it.
Notion For Finance: A Timesheet With Invoice Sum
Use this Notion timesheet to track projects from clients, the time spent on each project, and generate invoice suggestions based on your hourly rate. This template has two databases. One is to capture projects and client info. The other is to record how many hours you worked toward completing a project. In other words, a timesheet.
Notion For Students: Minimal Class Schedule
How To Use Interstitial Journaling In Notion
Minimal Notion Template: 30 Day Writing Habit
Are you a writer using Notion? This template is for those who want to start a daily writing habit. Provided is a database from Day 1 to 30, navigation between yesterday and tomorrow in every page, a window to see days that land within this week (Mo-Su), and progress tracking too! Here’s how it works.
A Show Tracking Template In Notion
Plan and track show viewing with this Notion template. Included are three windows; one gallery for shows, another for keeping track of episodes to watch next, and a third to view all shows and episodes. With a series of filters and a nested template, this show tracker gives you the ability to follow and rate episodes as you watch them.
Notion Aesthetics: Weekly Planner Design
Notion Template: Package Tracking And Online Shopping
The Save to Notion chrome extension and this package tracking template can turn Notion into an online shopping hub. I use one page to show four database views. They include a view for saving wishlist items, tracking pending deliveries, deliveries that have arrived, and a calendar view. Here is how to use it.
How To Setup Time Blocking In Notion
Notion template buttons can be a user’s bestfriend, especially for those seeking a minimal design. I show you how to create a non-database timetable inside Notion with template buttons and columns. I also use KaTeX to create unique time tags for time blocking. A template to copy is down below. Enjoy!
How I Made A Sticky Notes Wall In Notion
Relations, Dashboards, Planning
How To Build A Personal & Professional CRM In Notion
As a Notion consultant I did a lot of work with small teams and building contact lists. More importantly, I helped create connections between contacts, schedules, to-do lists and production pipelines. In this video I show you how to make a personal and professional CRM dashboard inside Notion using nested databases, filters and formulas.
Free Notion Template: College Requirements And Course Directory
Use Notion to track credits, plan required courses for graduation, organize classes your taking and more with this course directory template. Great for students planning and tracking their academic career. There are three databases in use: Semesters, Course Requirements, and All Classes. Here is how they connect.
Dashboards, Relations, Planning
Free Notion Template: Team Meeting Blueprint
There are multiple elements that make meeting notes actionable from discussion to pipeline. This dashboard creates two funnels from a single meetings database. The first funnel allows participants or note-takers to write discussion topics associated with the meeting, and another funnel connects to an Actionable tasks pipeline.
How I Made A Pomodoro Planner In Notion
While wondering what types of productivity methods are compatible with Notion, I realized that I never tackled the pomodoro technique. Of course, you cannot create a pomodoro timer with a database that would be remotely useful, but you can use a Notion database to track and/or plan a set of pomodoro sessions. This is my take on a pomodoro tracker that returns the number of daily and total minutes/hours spent on projects.
Free Notion Template: Story Outline Database
Breaking a story down into broad groupings before or during the writing process is something that Notion can be a great tool for. In this database I include a handful of potential methods to divide a story with scenes, acts, and chapters. As well, character arcs and inner/outer character journeys. Here is how I used a combination of select and multi-select properties to make this process a breeze.