Meet the People Using Notion to Plan Their Whole Lives

Introduction

Joshua Berge, a highly efficient product manager, uses Notion, a workspace application, to plan his personal life. Notion has gained popularity among individuals for its flexibility in organizing personal life. It is a highly customizable platform that allows users to add or remove features, making it stand out from other productivity apps. This article explores why Notion has become a cult favorite and how individuals are using it to plan their lives.

Why Notion?

Notion is a workspace application that combines various programs used for human resources, sales, and product planning in one platform. It offers simple templates that allow users to add or remove features and collaborate remotely on notes, databases, calendars, and project boards. Its high level of customization makes it popular among those who want to plan their free time.

Notion gained attention in the productivity subculture on YouTube, where fans exchange time management and life organization tips. Since then, Notion's user base has grown exponentially. Over 275,000 people have joined a dedicated subreddit, and thousands of users share free page templates in private Facebook groups. Videos on TikTok teaching people how to create beautiful Notion pages have been viewed billions of times.

How People Use Notion

Notion is suitable for note-taking and journaling, but it is also used for project management and tracking. Users can store the serial numbers of newly purchased products to prevent theft, record a detailed inventory of each numbered box packed during a move, and plan their meals for the week.

Wesley Anna Tiner, a New York-based product designer and content creator, uses Notion to plan her move and meals. She also creates pages for fun, such as a database containing different product samples she received from Sephora, where she records her thoughts on each product she tries.

Tommy Meyer, a web developer from Phoenix, Arizona, started using Notion when he realized he had been carrying three different notebooks with him. He uses Notion to plan his shopping list and to help him plan his fantasy novel.

Adam Warren, a voice actor and voiceover artist from the UK, manages his YouTube channel projects on Notion. He puts all his video projects in one database and uses the board view to track their status. He also writes scripts for his videos on the database pages.

Benefits and Drawbacks of Notion

Notion and similar applications can help individuals build and simplify their lives, making them feel less overwhelmed and cluttered. However, spending too much time optimizing and organizing task lists instead of completing them can lead to the Planning Fallacy. Notion's high level of customization also means that there is no clear boundary between personal and work life, and using the same application for both can be challenging.

Conclusion

Notion has become a cult favorite among those who want to plan their personal lives. Its high level of customization and flexibility in organizing personal life make it stand out from other productivity apps. Although there are many apps to choose from, Notion's loyal fans say that they are unlikely to switch to any other potential platform in the short term.

Notion recently launched its own AI robot, which can automate tedious tasks and summarize large documents. The company will closely monitor community feedback on new features, as having such love from the community is unique for a B2B software company.