notion has been the ~hot~ program of 2020 and rightfully so because its awesome. so i thought id share how i set up my workspace and how i plan to use it for online classes. ive been using notion this summer to prepare for the incoming academic year and after 3 months ive finally streamlined my setup to the barest essentials! template below!
why i keep it minimal:
to avoid information overload - i knew that i didn’t want everything on my notion because i posed a potential distraction and i would end up being overwhelmed in the long run. now that classes are online, i needed one less stressor on my digital space.
easy, stress-free organization - like i said, i needed one less stressor on my digital space and having my notion setup to be straight-forward, user-friendly and easy to organize & navigate is super helpful and vital for my sanity.
just user preference ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - while i do have everything on my notion, i dont have everything on it (ya know what i mean?). things like my calendar and schedules, class notes, habit trackers and weekly to-dos are either on other programs and databases or simply on my bullet journal.
i use the website instead of downloading the program so that i can set it as my startup page when i open microsoft edge (which has been surprisingly faster than chrome these past few months)
ok now on to the setup! click for hd!
home base
i only have one workspace (home base) with 2 major sections:
personal (for my personal pages)
education (for my school-related pages)
there’s also a third section which acts as an overview of my monthly goals and a widget for the weather forecast of the week
personal pages
info or my general notebook
pretty self-explanatory. everything is on here like blog posts, business ideas, pros/cons lists. theyre all tagged accordingly so i can sort through them with ease. its pretty straightforward lol. (i also wrote this post on this section :OO whoa meta)
lists
here is where you can find my tbr list, to watch list, wishlists n links to online stores and most importantly, my gravity falls specials/digital shorts watch order. any content list that i need/or might need for the present/future is on here.
there’s also a third section which acts as an overview of my monthly goals and a widget for the weather forecast of the week
education-related pages
i only have 1 section under this right now and its for my first semester things. the plan for this section is to keep my information for the semester/year im currently in.
in the per semester page, there are 4 sections:
syllabi/course info
other things
goals for the semester
calendar of activites
syllabi/course info
i plan to digitalize my syllabi (or at least try and get the most important information) so that topics, and deadlines can be easier to navigate per subject
other things
this is just for other references information or files i want to digitalize and keep track of the semester
goals for the semester
similar to my home base format, i have an overview of goals and reminders for the semester on this page. this is mainly just to keep me motivated and remind me of what needs to be done
calendar of activities
the calendar i have on here is different from the one notion provides because i’ve embedded my google calendar on here for better accessibility. you can only embed one calendar at a time so i only have my calendar for school events included on here.
and that’s about it! thanks for reading this hodge-podge of content i made with my bare hands (digitally). i hope this helps or inspires your notion journey!
:DD <33
EDIT (9/10) - i made my setup into a template! you can find it here and i updated my setup after making this post so i added a finance page too! happy notion-ing ! <44















