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Notion For Note Taking: Easy Folder System

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✎ Note Taking System

Want to get started writing notes in Notion? Here's a great template for that. Included is a section for folders and another for notes that connect to one another. Each note has a template button designed to add sibling notes too. For example, if 'Note A' and 'Note D' share the same folder with 'Note C,' the three notes are siblings.

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The Setup Of A Note

Upon creating a new note inside the Notes database, there will be an option to select a template called New Note. This will change the icon to the one you see below and create a section for Sibling Notes (notes that reside in the same folder).

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The Notes Database Properties

  • Bookmark: when this box is checked, it will show up in a database view called Bookmarks inside the Notes database.

  • Type: a dropdown multi-select property to categorize the note.

  • Folder: a relation property to the Folders database.

  • Created: an automatic property that recalls the day and time the note was created.

  • Siblings: a formula that counts the number of siblings a note has.

 

The Setup Of A Folder

Next to the Notes database is a database called Folders. Here, one can select from a series of buttons to find a nested list of notes that correspond via clicking a template called New Folder.

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The Folders Database Properties

  • Last Uploaded: a rollup that pulls the latest time a note goes into a folder.

  • Number of Notes: a formula that returns the number of notes in a folder. This formula is shown on the card of each folder.

  • Type of Notes: a rollup configured to show every type of note populated inside the folder.

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