The Notion note-taking template you'll actually use (full build)

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In this video, I'll teach you how to build a minimalist note-taking system in Notion from scratch – complete with PARA Method organization. 📝 Get my Ultimate Notes template for free: https://thomasjfrank.com/templates/notion-note-taking-template/ 🧠 Ultimate Brain 3.0 (Full Second-Brain Template): https://thomasjfrank.com/brain/ ✈️ Flylighter (Our ultra-powerful web clipper!): https://flylighter.com/ 🎙️Take Notes in Notion with Your Voice (free automation): https://thomasjfrank.com/how-to-transcribe-audio-to-text-with-chatgpt-and-notion/ 🎥 Creator's Companion (The Best Template for Content Creators): https://thomasjfrank.com/creators-companion/ 📚 Notion Fundamentals (Free & Complete Notion Beginner's Course) https://thomasjfrank.com/fundamentals/ ➡️ Watch These Next: -------- The Notion task manager you'll actually use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2IFv_GBdUQ Layouts will make your Notion pages 10x better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEggFZKOPb4 Notion Tabbed Layouts are Amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfosj_08m70 Notion Formula Crash Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1maiGeki6I 📚 Video Resources -------- Template Formulas: https://thomasfrank.notion.site/Ultimate-Notes-Formulas-7c80c6ed2ccf42a095a5c598d37f1b96?source=copy_link 💪Get Started with Notion: -------- https://thomasjfrank.com/usenotion/ - (this is my referral link) 👷‍♂️ Need a custom Notion solution? Reach out to my team here: --- https://go.thomasjfrank.com/custom-solutions/ 🐦 Connect With Me: -------- Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/tomfrankly LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomfrankly/ Instagram ➔ https://instagram.com/tomfrankly Music ➔ @ThomasFrankMusic Video Production ➔ @ThomasFrankVideoNerd Main Channel ➔ @Thomasfrank ⏱️ Timestamps: -------- 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Starting from a blank page 01:18 - Preview of the full build 01:58 - Setting the first page's icon 02:30 - Customizing the page settings 03:04 - Creating the initial databases 05:09 - Setting the Notes database icon 07:24 - Creating Notes database properties 09:24 - Changing the width of a database property in table view 10:25 - Relation properties 12:57 - Select properties 14:06 - Other properties in the Notes database 14:43 - File properties for screenshots and voice notes 15:48 - Finishing up the Notes database properties 18:39 - Customizing the layout for Notes pages 25:57 - Setting up default views for the Notes database 29:10 - Setting up the Tags database 29:52 - Using a Status property instead of a Select to allow for a default setting 31:15 - Tiago Forte's PARA Method 34:23 - Adding more properties to the Tags database 35:44 - Configuring the Root Tag rollup in the Notes database 37:15 - Finishing up the Tags database properties 38:01 - Customizing the layout for Tags pages 40:30 - Setting up views for the Tags database 41:14 - Adding views to the Ultimate Notes dashboard 43:25 - New Notion feature: conditional colors 44:13 - Continuing with the Ultimate Notes views 54:49 - Capturing things from the web with Flylighter 56:42 - Finishing up the main Notes view 1:00:12 - Adding the formulas to the formula properties 1:06:18 - Creating the Tags area on the main page 1:10:25 - Setting up a few convenient database templates 1:26:58 - Adding a button to quickly create new notes 1:28:30 - Turning the databases into separate pages and locking them to prevent unintended changes 1:30:04 - Ways you can further upgrade your new system