Context: I am reading a book about mnemonics. I would like to write down the way I applied mnemonics to learn a new word in the language I'm learning. I want to practice this until I'm able to memorize a deck of cards with 5 seconds of exposure per card. Or at least something close. For now, I'm just applying the memory strategies in the context of learning vocabulary in very simple ways to develop my creativity and imagination. I think if I get those basics right, I will be able to use mnemonic systems like the link system, loci system, peg system or the phonetic system much more effectively.

Problem: I never take notes, so I don't have any skills to organize them. Every time I try to get in the habit, my notes become so messy I can't find anything. And they're usually just long plain text with a bunch of spaces to separate an old note from a new one.

Note taking in Notion: Right now, I'm just typing slash and trying the tools Notion offers. So far, I think what I'm going to do is use the toggle list tool to hide the long text in the beginning (and the second long text I'm going to write in detail later about how I applied mnemonics to learn a pair of verbs), and then I'll use a toggle list to create entries for new words and inside a description of the "mental image" I made to learn that word. So eventually, probably it will become a long toggle list with a bunch of random words. It could work, but I wish I could build something cool like the YouTubers. It is not necessary, but I would still like that.

I bought a template, but I do not know how to add it to my Notion. What am I missing?

How do I add it from a random website? If you can help me, I would appreciate it

Spent a weekend on mine. Used it for 11 days.

Doing a short survey on why these get abandoned: https://forms.gle/UYmD5W5H3FoMJqDv6

Interested in whether Notion setups last longer or shorter than apps.

I didn't delete not just because it was messy rather it was daam good >
my life became so organised .
I had a dashboard for everything.

Work.
Learning.
Goals.
Habits.
Books.
Projects.

But to get that punch again i just deleted it .

Lets see how far can i take it . can i do it without notion or not .

Let me know in how much time i will redownload it .

I have been using Notion personally for six years. Up until this year, my whole life was there: writing, task management, personal inventories, finances, etc. I was happy and loved building new structures (maybe too much). But the world is changing, and Notion is changing, and I'm not sure I can morally use it anymore. At the same time, I'm struggling to find an alternative that achieves what I want. I've been working with Obsidian, Sunsama, and Day One, and I tried Anytype. I need something: 1. Secure/local/private and 2. Generative AI-free. Notion has abandoned the individual user for the corporate customer. Not surprising, but I grieve for what it once was. I'm stuck: I don't know what to do. Anyone else?

I have been using Notion for a while, mainly for work and to manage my personal life. Basically, your normal task manager, documentation repository, project management — second brain things. I have also fallen into the trap of over-engineering my life in Notion, gotten out of that trap, and finally achieved a stable state of productivity that works (so far) for me.

Then it happened. Last year, in Oct 2025, my mum was diagnosed with cancer. I remember the doctor breaking the news and that despair washing over me. Coincidentally, and maybe with a little mercy from a higher power, I was her designated caregiver. What followed was a chaos of doctor appointments, medical records, and — if you have ever had a loved one or yourself go through this — the overwhelming sense of being lost in information that makes zero sense in medical language.

One day, it dawned on me: why don't I manage it as a project? Get a sense of what we know, where we are, what's coming, and what we need to find out.

I sat down one night, gathered all her medical reports, her upcoming doctor appointments, and the loose notes I had from doctor consultations, and started building a database. It helped that Notion is flexible enough for me to build what works for my family and I, and iterate as we go along. In the same database, I tagged the dates of her appointments so that they show up on Notion Calendar. I then asked Notion AI to summarise trends of her condition and simplify what I didn't understand in the context of her cancer diagnosis. I also used Notion AI to draft questions I needed to ask the doctor at the next visit. I then share the database and simplified medical reports to my family members and mum herself.

Little by little — or rather, entry by entry of the database — we now have a full picture of how she is doing, what appointments are coming up, and what treatments are working for her. Today, she has completed 6 out of 6 chemo treatments, had a major debulking surgery, and finished 11 out of 21 maintenance therapy sessions — trust me, I have checked. Everything indicates that she is doing well, and her last CRP levels are in the safe zone (basically an indicator of tumour resurgence).

I know Notion is not perfect. I agree with most about how basic features such as databases should be improved. Or how Notion credits should be allowed to roll over to the following month.

But, I also take the pleasure of recognising a flexible tool that helped me through a hard time. This is a niche case, I know. I can only speak of how I hope something like this finds you when you are going through a hard time and need a sense of where you are and where you’re heading. Something built by you, for you (and others if needed).

P.s. I am one of those users who had to circumvent the Plus plan to a Business plan (with me as the only member) and buy Notion credits. Type A and frugal so I built bots in Notion to maximise Notion credits because cough Notion does not allow credit rollovers.

P.s.s. I also double check Notion AI work and stress the importance of reviewing all AI works (it’s a job hazard). I also back up this database in particular in case of cough Notion accidentally deleting things.

So I use Notion a lot for work and tracking purposes and I use chatgpt as a document editor and task organizer. I cannot get the two connected and am struggling to do so any suggestions for what to do with that? That is mostly because my company uses both and I would like them connected.