https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/slowly-falling-in-love-with-notion/
This post is a long time coming. I’ve been using Notion since 2017, but it’s been a slow journey to get to a point where I can say that our relationship is official. Notion is now an invaluable tool for how I operate my life, and I’m excited to walk through how I use it.
I’ve never been much of a paper-and-pencil kind of person (I have nothing against it, it’s just never clicked with my lifestyle), so I’ve relied on software to help manage my to-dos and notes. Here’s my history of personal to-do list software:
And in a similar vein, here’s my history of note taking:
Nearly all of the tools I used didn’t provide (or I just didn’t make use of) a lot of the classification/taxonomy/organization I needed. Writing notes in Google Docs in particular felt like writing a message on a piece of parchment, stuffing it into a bottle, and then chucking it into the ocean.
When my friend Jamie Kosoy introduced Notion to me in 2017, I was looking at it as an apples-to-apples comparison with the software I was already using. And indeed, that’s how I initially started using it. But it’s not just a note-taking app. It’s not just a to-do list; Notion is a weird and beautiful monster that unlocks real superpowers.
Before I begin, I know I’m still early on my journey and know there’s a whole mess of things I’m not using (more on that later). But here’s how I’m currently using Notion in life and work.
My main to-do list view