Notion Template - Boost Productivity with Second Brain

"Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. If we can only capture what we learn, we can use it to create anything we desire." -- Tiago Forte

Inspired by the PARA method created by productivity expert Tiago Forte, this Notion template allows you to organize all aspects of your life in a simple and flexible system centered around Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives (PARA).

The power of this template lies in the interlinking of areas, projects, tasks, notes, books and other resources. For example, you may have many different areas such as "work", "health", "social media", etc. that you want to keep track of. You can create a project called "building a personal website" under your "work" area, and add tasks such as "watch video tutorials", "build home page", and "buy a custom domain". You can add the video tutorials as resources so that you never have to scramble to look for it again.

An essential aspect of knowledge retention is the ability to effectively retrieve and apply previously processed information. This template serves as your "Second Brain" which holds all the information you have consumed, freeing your "First Brain" to connect more dots and create anything you desire.

Simply click "Start with this template" and add it to your personal Notion workspace!

You will get:

• Home / dashboard
  • Where you'll find all aspects of your life
• Area page
  • Where you keep track of all the ongoing, planned, and past projects under different area in your life
• Project page
  • Where you list the tasks and resources for any project under any area in your life
  • Keep track of where you are in the project (formula based on completion of the associated tasks)
• Task page
  • Where you manage all the tasks associated with a project
• Note page
  • Take notes on any information you have consumed, whether it's book review or daily journal
  • Link the note to an associated area / project / task to build your knowledge base
• Book page
  • Where you track all the ongoing, planned, and past readings
  • Categorize the books using tags
  • Rate the books
• Resource page
  • Keep track of all other resources such as podcasts, video tutorials, articles, etc.
  • Link the resources to an associated area / project / task to build your knowledge base