If you’re new to Notion or simply looking for some inspiration, the following is a list of the best aesthetic Notion dashboards from the community. All showcases are from reddit and #notiontwt on Twitter. A lot of these wonderful contributors also provide templates and other images to provide a deeper understanding of their designs. Here are some of my favorites.
Design
Notion Basics: Minimal Notion To-Do List Design
Create quick pages inside Notion as a checklist with the following set of commands, shortcuts, and an inline template. This is a really easy way to turn your Notion workspace into a minimal non-database productivity hub. I also included a page that acts like a trash bin or archive list at the bottom to drag and drop completed tasks into.
Free Notion Template: Online CV (Database And Non-Database)
It’s become increasingly popular to create a CV landing page in Notion. The clean UI, different design techniques, and ability to publicize pages are just a few reasons why. If you’re looking for some inspiration or a jumping off point to create your own CV page, I made the following two templates. One uses a database and the other uses only headings and bullet points.
Notion Template Button: Active Recall Book Notes
Notion Formula: Progress For Year, Month, Week And Day
My aim was to create the same progress bars inside a Notion database. You can copy this template at the bottom of the page and place it at the top of a dashboard. The following are the formulas to copy and paste if you prefer. Learn more about the anatomy of a Notion progress bar here.
Notion Formula: View Upcoming Deadlines With This Minimal Design
To add a bit of flavor to your Notion workspace, I recommend focusing on important visual cues like the deadline indicator below. Inside a database with a deadline date property, the following is how to grab the deadline’s day of the week. This Notion formula uses the functions dateBetween, now(), day, concat, formatDate and slice.
How To Make A Slider Progress Bar In Notion
The progress bar is a nice aesthetic touch to a Notion database. It only takes a bit of understanding formula functions like "slice," "dateBetween," and "format" to make it work. In this video I explain the anatomy of both a classic progress bar and a slider progress bar. One can use this to track work progress, reading progress, goal progress, etc. As well, calculating the progress from today to a deadline.
I Created A Heat Map Mood Tracker In Notion
Whether you plan to enter a new year with a fresh mood tracker, or building your first in Notion, I hope this mood heat map can give you some inspiration. Included is a row for each week and a drop-down menu for each day of the week with mood options from poor to great. As well, there is a selection of emojis to add context.
How To Create A Minimal Week View With Notion
How To Add Columns To Notion Toggles And Template Buttons
A KaTeX Table Cheat Sheet For Notion
Create non-database tables in Notion with the math block inside Notion. This block option allows for KaTeX formatting of which can create mathematical equations, custom tables, and more with a little creativity. The following KaTeX examples focus on different table stylings to copy and customize inside your workspace.
Notion Hack: Change Color Of A Database
Notion Reminders: How To Create A Minimal Timetable
Notion’s reminders are a handy feature that allows users to set up reminders via an inline date. Those reminders will trigger a notification inside and outside the reminder’s original page. This feature is extremely handy for those using Notion as a task management hub. The following is a minimal approach to a timetable using reminders.
How To Create A 4-Quadrant Matrix In Notion
Notion’s boardview feature can be arranged to display a 4-quadrant matrix of which cards can be dragged and dropped between segments. A popular use-case for this matrix is the Eisenhower system. This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on how to create this display for your own analysis or productivity structure.
Program Functions, Templates, Design
Red's Box Method: A Note-Taking Template In Notion
Notion Trick: Automate Related Notes Inside A Page
For Notion users interested in creating an automated “related to” database for note-taking, using a self-referential database as described below is a viable choice. The core of this use-case utilizes a tag wall and the relation property. To automate this database, A Notion user will need to place a tag wall into a template.
25 Callout Emojis In Notion: A Guide
Ever wondered what emojis to use for your callouts in Notion? I tend to choose “random” emoji and hope the context matches. I sat down and contextualized emojis inside a Notion page for quick reference. This is what I like to call “thinking a lot about a little.” In other words, solving a Notion problem that may only apply to heavy users.
Templates, Program Functions, Design
Notion Template Inspo: Daily Questions Layout And Prompts
Free Notion Template: Simple Mood Tracker With Star Ratings
I’ve been exploring different ways to create mood trackers inside Notion and found this simple approach to be both useful and easy to customization. Included is a simple table setup with seven properties for 5-star selections and a formula to average the week’s mood. Inside the title I insert the dates via “@” command.
Design, Templates, Program Functions
Notion Tip: Add Emojis And Icons With Templates
If you’re a design-oriented Notion user and icon lover, you need to start using the template function to make icon implementation easier. I like to use icons to make my dashboards pretty, but also, as an extension for classification. For example, in addition to a select property, I include an emoji to improve visualization of my notes.