Notion Masterclass: Build a Task Manager from Scratch

NEW 2025 TASK MANAGER GUIDE:    • The Notion task manager you'll actually us...  

In this in-depth guide, you'll learn how to create a full-featured task and project manager inside of Notion that features a project area, recurring tasks, subtasks, and more.

Ultimate Tasks template for Notion: https://thomasjfrank.com/templates/ta...

Watch my video overview of Ultimate Tasks:    • The Best Way to Manage Tasks and Projects ...  

Direct link to Formulas: https://thomasfrank.notion.site/2020-...

😎 CREATOR'S COMPANION (My mega-template for content creators):
https://thomasjfrank.com/creators-com...

🔧 FREE TEMPLATES (task manager, note-taking, and more):
https://thomasjfrank.com/templates/

📑 COMPANION ARTICLE:
https://thomasjfrank.com/notion-task-...

💪GET STARTED WITH NOTION:
https://thomasjfrank.com/usenotion/ - (this is my referral link)

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Tutorial start
02:30 - Master Task Database
10:00 - Sub-tasks Relation
12:49 - Add the Formulas
16:00 - Create the Projects Database
17:05 - Create the Project Template
19:15 - Set up the Filters
25:15 - Add More Database Views
27:31 - Hide Properties
30:15 - Create an Example Project
31:20 - Daily Tasks Scratchpad
32:29 - Two-Column Trick
35:25 - Daily Tasks Archive
36:20 - Inbox View
45:05 - Today View
46:15 - Next 7 Days View
48:20 - Priority View
50:54 - Create Sub-tasks
56:13 - Final touches

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Can you build a task / project manager inside of Notion? From the start, Notion has billed itself as an all-in-one workspace app. But can you actually use it to replace tools like Todoist, Asana, ClickUp, or Trello?

I believe the answer is yes. In this tutorial, I'll take you step-by-step through the process of building this type of task manager from scratch. We'll start from a blank page, and end up with a copy of my Ultimate Tasks template, which includes project management templates, sub-tasks, recurring tasks, filters that automatically set properties like due dates and task priorities, and more.