In this video I’m being a little bit sassy (lovingly) because I genuinely think a lot of people are doing Notion “wrong” — or at least in a way that makes it harder than it needs to be. Notion only started working for me when I stopped relying on other people’s templates, stopped obsessing over making it look perfect, and kept everything ridiculously simple. If my system is complicated, I’m not using it. So I walk you through my clean, minimalist grad-student setup and show you how I actually use it day-to-day as a PhD student and content creator. I give you a dashboard tour, then we get into my “Everything Calendar” (aka my absolute SAVIOUR) and I show you how I set it up, plus how I use filters so the same database can show me different views without me duplicating my life. I also demo a weekly schedule using a template button, do a quick tour of my PhD page, and explain synced blocks (because repeating the same info across pages is a fast track to chaos). The takeaway is simple: learn the basics, build what you need, and let Notion be functional first — aesthetics second.