Why Notion Feels So Confusing (And How to Finally Fix It) — Transcript

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1. 0:00If Notion feels like a chaotic mess of
2. 0:02pages and templates and functions, don't
3. 0:06worry. You're not alone. Most people
4. 0:08actually miss the one feature that makes
5. 0:10Notion so magical. And in this video,
6. 0:13I'm going to show you what it is. And
7. 0:15when we're done, you're going to picture
8. 0:17Notion in a whole new
9. 0:21way. First off, let's talk about why
10. 0:24Notion can feel so overwhelming to begin
11. 0:27with. Notion is packed with futures and
12. 0:30with a blank notion page it can be hard
13. 0:32to know where to start. Notion can be
14. 0:35used for school, for work, for project,
15. 0:37for finances, for habit tracking and the
16. 0:40list goes on and on. Yet most people end
17. 0:43up using Notion like any other
18. 0:45note-taking app like Microsoft Word,
19. 0:48Apple Notes, or Google Docs. Creating
20. 0:50standalone pages that just end up
21. 0:53floating around your notion system is
22. 0:56going to end up like a mess. But how do
23. 0:59we go from feeling confused and lost
24. 1:02inside of notion into feeling more like
25. 1:05we know where every note lives even 5
26. 1:07year down the road? Let me introduce you
27. 1:10to the most important feature of notion
28. 1:13that you are going to be using all the
29. 1:15time when you start out.
30. 1:18databases. Let's be honest, the thing
31. 1:21you're looking for is an easy and fun
32. 1:23way to store information online. And no
33. 1:27surprise that what databases can do for
34. 1:29you. But databases can be kind of boring
35. 1:32looking and hard to comprehend. But
36. 1:35there is an simple way to explain
37. 1:37databases that I haven't heard anyone
38. 1:40else talk about. But first, let's
39. 1:43compare it to what it actually looks
40. 1:45like. a boring spreadsheet. But there's
41. 1:48a key difference between a spreadsheet
42. 1:51and a database. Let's imagine using
43. 1:54Microsoft Excel for one one last time.
44. 1:58You have added all your information
45. 1:59inside of the spreadsheet, but then you
46. 2:01hover your mouse over one of the titles.
47. 2:04You click the button and a whole new
48. 2:06page pops up. It's blank. You can add
49. 2:09text, images, files, or even a new
50. 2:13spreadsheet.
51. 2:15Databases create this kind of inception
52. 2:17effect where you can build stuff inside
53. 2:20of a single page. You can essentially
54. 2:23create a web of content combining the
55. 2:25powers of Microsoft Word and Microsoft
56. 2:27Excel. This combination is so magical
57. 2:30and powerful when you get into it. But
58. 2:33there's an even easier way to explain
59. 2:35what a notion database is. Picture a lot
60. 2:38of messy notes floating around your room
61. 2:40right now. Now collect them inside of
62. 2:43this notebook. This is not an ordinary
63. 2:45notebook. However, this is a notebook
64. 2:47with superpowers. In this notebook, you
65. 2:50can sort the papers. You can filter
66. 2:52them. You can ask AI to summarize the
67. 2:54notes for you. You can connect different
68. 2:57notebooks together. And you can assign
69. 2:59people, dates, files, and so much more
70. 3:02to that notebook. Instead of saving your
71. 3:05precious notes all over Notion, you
72. 3:08collect them inside of one unified
73. 3:10system. And you can even create multiple
74. 3:13databases or notebooks tailored to the
75. 3:16contents need. Instead of creating a new
76. 3:19page and a new page and a new page, you
77. 3:21create this system that is a home for
78. 3:24your notes. Here's a pro tip for you. If
79. 3:27you plan on writing a note or a piece of
80. 3:29content more than one time, its home
81. 3:32should probably be inside of a database.
82. 3:34So, if notion has ever stressed you out,
83. 3:36here's the fix for you. Stop using it
84. 3:38like Microsoft Word. start using it in a
85. 3:41structured way built around databases.
86. 3:44I'm just starting out making YouTube
87. 3:46videos like this, so I really love some
88. 3:48feedback from you guys. Add your
89. 3:50comments down below if you have some
90. 3:51ideas for me. I have a lot of ideas for
91. 3:54explainers, use cases, and tutorials. We
92. 3:56are going to get inside of Notion and
93. 3:58build stuff, so consider subscribing if
94. 4:01Notion is your thing. Thanks so much for
95. 4:04watching.