Notion Users Losing Focus, Mental Clarity
13 posts across 4 communities in the last 90 days; 77% from r/Notion.
“Haha. Easy for you to say--you know what you're talking about. You may as well be speaking ancient Latin to me (actually, I'd probably understand that quicker, lol) However, I tend to teach myself things pretty quickly. This is just another challenge...”
“For what it's worth I don't think that's laziness. Notion makes you decide where a thought goes before you can write it down, and that decision is the part you're avoiding. The usual fix is one scratch page or "inbox" you dump into with no filing, and sort it later if ever. I…”
“That's all I ever need to hear to never use notion for anything ever again lol”
Multiple users express concern that Notion is negatively impacting their cognitive abilities and overall mental clarity. They describe feeling overwhelmed by the platform's complexity and losing focus as a result of its intricate features. Some are actively seeking simpler alternatives.
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“Haha. Easy for you to say--you know what you're talking about. You may as well be speaking ancient Latin to me (actually, I'd probably understand that quicker, lol) However, I tend to teach myself things pretty quickly. This is just another challenge...”
“For what it's worth I don't think that's laziness. Notion makes you decide where a thought goes before you can write it down, and that decision is the part you're avoiding. The usual fix is one scratch page or "inbox" you dump into with no filing, and sort it later if ever. I build a Mac notes app called Margin , so take this with the appropriate salt: the reason I put a global hotkey on it was this exact thing, a window you type into from wherever you are and it lands”
“Demande la désactivation de l'IA et utilises Notion comme tu l'utilisais il y a cinq ans. Aucune fonctionnalité n'a disparu.”
“It's better to not to use notion, otherwise u will forget about being dyslexic since the app irritate u soo much that u become fluent in cuss words😅”
“Ok so I've tried basically every tool. Notion, Obsidian, Roam, whatever AI thing was blowing up that month. here's what's actually going on. thinking happens in fragments the insight you're looking for isn't missing. it exists. it's just scattered across three different things you captured at completely different times without realising they were even related. one note from six months ago. a half finished thought from last week. something you said out loud that you never”
“Ok so I've tried basically every tool. Notion, Obsidian, Roam, whatever AI thing was blowing up that month. here's what's actually going on. thinking happens in fragments the insight you're looking for isn't missing. it exists. it's just scattered across three different things you captured at completely different times without realising they were even related. one note from six months ago. a half finished thought from last week. something you said out loud that you never”
“Si tu désactives l'IA (en demandant au support de Notion), tu retrouves ton raccourci.”
they are overcomplexifying their app. ironic on what it use to be before
Confirmed! I did that a while back and it was so refreshing.
Noted, maybe if it's up to par later on I'll migrate completely.
These suggestions are helpful so others can learn from your mistakes.
“I'll tell you, I have an exam in a few hours, I still look for notion features (I'm pretty new, I'm starting to get it)”
“I was one of the first 50,000 Evernote users and left it a long time ago. I revisited it before going to Notion. It’s big, bloated, cumbersome, and expensive. It’s just crap. Notion may get there as well, but so far so good.”
notion has started to feel like overcomplexed hub of non-productivity