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NOTION-MASTERY5 MIN READ

Organize Notion by Active Outcomes, Not Topics

Classify Notion pages into Projects, Areas, Resources, or Archives based on actionability.

The move: sort by actionability, not subject PARA gives Notion a first principle: put active outcomes closest to your attention. A Project has a finish line, such as "Publish onboarding hub by June 28." An Area has a standard to maintain, such as "Customer education." A Resource is useful background, such as "Good onboarding examples." Archive is inactive but searchable history. The common Notion trap is building a school-subject library: Marketing, Product, People, Ideas. Those labels feel tidy, but they hide what is live. When everything belongs to a topic, nothing tells you what needs action this week. Use a…

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