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Note: If you want to get a feeling for Notion while reading, click on this link<\/span><\/a>, which will take you to the same text, but in a Notion document.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Journey with Notion<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been using Notion for just over one year. It\u2019s a software mainly used for personal or collaborative note-taking and project management. I\u2019d heard about Notion a fair few times before I decided to give it a try. I\u2019d been putting off entering notion.so<\/em><\/a> to sign up for an account because I thought that the software would be overwhelming, based on the advanced things I\u2019d seen it could do. When I was eventually convinced to try it, I experienced that the basics were very easy to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I quickly realized that Notion had the potential to become the centerpiece of my workflow, so I started transforming it into that. I collected almost all my digital and analogous notes, as well as a lot of documents of text, from multiple other services, and migrated them into Notion. I gradually organized everything into pages within pages (within pages), on my Notion dashboard. It has largely replaced services such as Google Docs and Google Keep, although I still use these services for the things they do better than Notion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several iterations over one year have resulted in a personal dashboard that\u2019s well suited for the digital work that I\u2019m currently doing. One of the main reasons I use Notion is because I can store and navigate so many of my digital notes. It\u2019s like a file explorer, but for text. Now when I\u2019ve established Notion as a key element in my everyday life, the next step is to become more efficient with it. There is a lot of good instructive content on the internet regarding how to advance in Notion, that will help me along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros and Cons<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
+ Pros<\/strong><\/td>\u2013 Cons<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
+ Many options for blocks, such as toggles, databases, and media embeds.
+ Has good browser extensions and other add-ons to enhance the look and feel.
+ Expansive free version. Only edit history and attachment size limitations feel missing to me.
+ Good for personal notes and texts, as well as collaborative notes and project management.
+ Many tutorials and such content are available, and the technical support is reportedly good.<\/td>		\u2013 The Notion phone application is noticeably less efficient than the desktop version.
\u2013 Not as fast and fluid as other similar software, such as Roam Research.
\u2013 Missing features often found in writing software, such as page layout and many font options.
\u2013 Searching and connecting notes can be difficult, unlike alternatives such as Obsidian.
\u2013 Text formatting can be troublesome. This also applies to exporting material from Notion.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Notion 101<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Notion is based on a \u201cblock\u201d system. These blocks can be text, toggles, pages, images, databases, etc. It largely functions as a regular document; you write as you would normally do in Google Docs or Microsoft Word. What makes the typing experience in Notion different is what happens if you type a slash \u201c\/\u201d. A menu of commands will appear, giving you the option to transform the given block into a number of different things. This is really everything you need to know to get started. If trying out Notion sounds intriguing, I can highly recommend it. For quickly getting started there is a collection of templates to choose from in Notion, and down below are some links with instructions for setting up and advancing in Notion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n