Notion is an interesting tool because it’s so general-purpose and flexible. In the past I used different tools for bookmarks, notetaking, project organization, recipes, reading lists, etc. I got tired of everything having different UI and features and ended up moving all of that to Notion.

I think the main features that led me to choose Notion were:

- Fully cross-platform (web, desktop, mobile)

- Browser extension (PC & Mobile) to quickly save pages to any database

- Ability to create searchable databases with custom fields, tags, multiple views, and other advanced features

- Ability to easily move an item from one database to another, for example moving an article from “Reading List” to “Saved Articles”

- Every database entry is also a page, so an entry in “Saved Articles” can have notes or links to other similar articles

- Very easy to share a database or page, similar to Google Drive

Of course, it’s not without its problems. Because it’s so general-purpose, it can feel unfocused and clunky at times. There are also concerns with having so much data in one tool, and it took a while to get everything set up. But being able to use the same tool to bookmark an interesting article to read later, do my finances, and find a favorite recipe for dinner has been a great experience.

It is of course fully possible that there’s a better alternative that I’ve missed, but it’s served me well so far.