Notion Reading List and Learning Notes Database
Track books and articles with notes.
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Design a reading and learning database in Notion. The kinds of material I read (books, articles, courses, papers): [MATERIAL_TYPES]. My goals for reading this year: [GOALS]. How I like to take notes: [NOTE_STYLE]. Time I have each week: [READING_TIME]. Define two linked databases. Sources: title, author, type, status (to read, reading, finished, abandoned), start and finish dates, rating, topics and link. Notes: title, source (relation), summary in my own words, key quotes with page numbers in quotation marks, my questions, actions, and next review date. Views: reading now, to read by topic, finished this year, notes to review. Note template headings: Why I read this, Main ideas, Quotes, How it connects, What I will do. Include a worked example for an invented book. Simple measure: books finished against the goal; 9 of 24 by mid-year is 37.5 percent. Credit sources when reusing ideas, keep quotations short and marked, and write summaries in my own words. Suggest a monthly review that retires abandoned items without guilt, and mark property types and views [VERIFY].
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