Notes on Notion, focus and the small tools that help
64 practical articles on building Notion systems, learning languages and running a small digital business. Written from our own workspaces, updated when the tools change.
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Showing 19–27 of 42How to Study Chinese Grammar with Notion: Complete Guide
A complete, hands-on guide to building a Chinese grammar study system in Notion, from database design to a daily review loop that actually makes patterns stick.
The 30-Day Chinese Grammar Challenge (Run It in Notion)
A structured 30-day plan to drill the most useful Chinese grammar patterns, with a Notion tracker that schedules each day, logs your example sentences, and resurfaces what you got wrong.
Chinese Grammar Notion Template [Visual Preview]
A visual tour of the Chinese Grammar Notion template: how grammar points are structured, tagged by HSK level, and turned into a searchable, review-ready reference you actually use.
Organize Chinese Tones and Pronunciation in Your Notion Workspace
An advanced Notion system for the part of Chinese most learners neglect — a structured way to track tones, tone pairs, tricky sounds, and the words that keep tripping you up.
How to Track Chinese Measure Words (量词) in Notion
Measure words are where Chinese learners freeze mid-sentence. Here's a focused Notion setup to track 量词, link them to the nouns they pair with, and drill the ones you forget.
From Zero to HSK: My Notion-Based Chinese Learning Journey
The honest story of going from no Chinese to passing HSK levels, and the Notion system that carried me through the plateaus, the burnout, and the rebuilds.
Character of the Day: Track It in Notion Like This
A lightweight Notion system for a daily Chinese character habit — one character a day, captured with its radical, components, and a sentence, then resurfaced for review.
My Chinese Study Notion Setup: A 10-Slide Walkthrough
A slide-by-slide tour of the exact Notion workspace I use to study Chinese — vocabulary, grammar, characters, and review, all wired together with relations and rollups.
The Spanish Grammar Quick Reference Guide (Printable Cheat Sheet)
A one-stop printable cheat sheet covering the Spanish grammar you reach for most: verb endings, ser vs. estar, por vs. para, pronouns, and the trigger words that flip a sentence into the subjunctive.