Streamlining Life with Notion: Organize Your Movies, Books & More

Join me as I dive into how I optimized my life, businesses, and everything else with Notion, and discover how this powerful tool can help you streamline your personal and professional life.

1. The speaker has optimized her life through organizing information using Notion.
2. She runs two businesses, has two kids, manages three YouTube channels, an Instagram, two TikToks, a Telegram Channel, and more.
3. With so much going on, she needed a system to arrange information for easy access.
4. One of the challenges she faced was finding recommended movies or books; time set aside for watching or reading got spent looking for what to watch/read.
5. She uses Notion to categorize and track movies and books, including who recommended them and whether she has completed them or would recommend them to friends.
6. Another way she uses Notion is as her speaker profile, which includes views, information about her channels, speaking engagements, headshots, press links, etc.
7. The speaker emphasizes the versatility of Notion in managing personal and business needs and eliminating the need for other tools like Asana or Google Docs.
8. She mentions recent features in Notion, such as AI autofill that summarizes projects or tasks, making it easier to get a quick overview without having to look through all the details.
9. The speaker suggests starting small when adopting Notion, like using a weekly planner template before moving everything over gradually.
10. Notion is useful for teams, and she recommends trying it, especially if you have projects with various team members.
11. She also uses Notion to store information about her kids' activities and events, making it easy to reference the following year when needed.
12. Other examples of how Notion is used include storing references, ideas, b-roll footage, and organizing miles from different airline programs.
13. The speaker uses a specific Notion page for locations she visits to keep track of useful context like contacts or potential collaborations with local creators.
14. For her businesses, the speaker's team uses Notion for project management, including tracking production progress and responsibilities.
15. They use different views in Notion, such as board view and active view, to manage their projects effectively.
16. She highlights how integrating tools like Figma, Slack, or GitHub with Notion can consolidate all projects into a single connected workspace.
17. Notion's AI autofill can instantly summarize any project or task, saving time and providing quick overviews of the content without requiring detailed examination.
18. Automated AI tracking in Notion ensures new summaries are created whenever something is changed within the project.
19. The speaker recommends using Notion templates to plan a trip, organize finances, or for best restaurants to visit, as most things have pre-built templates available.
20. Notion offers a free start and paid plans with additional features like AI capabilities, which can be helpful for businesses requiring apps like Figma, Slack, or GitHub.
21. Starting at $10 per month, users can unlock the power of AI within Notion.
22. The speaker encourages viewers to check out her template in the description box.
23. She thanks Notion for sponsoring the video and supporting her channel.
24. Lastly, she reminds viewers to follow her on Instagram for behind-the-scenes content and encourages them to try using Notion to optimize their lives.

Source: Silicon Valley Girl via YouTube

❓ What do you think? What are the most important things in your life that you wish you could organize and access easily, just like Marina has done with Notion? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!