Hi, Hello! My name is Sarah - the writer behind redgregory.com.
I have officially entered my 12th month of making Notion content. In this month one year ago I started brainstorming what to do with the domain redgregory.com.
And on this day one year ago, according to my journal, I was going to write music reviews (I know, weird right?). I changed my mind after discovering Notion. And after learning how to make a progress bar with Notion formulas, I started a year of producing content about a program I had never used before.
I figured, if I use Notion so much, I might as well write about how others can use it too. Every time I learned something new about the program, I wrote about it. There were few downsides to this immediate turn-around of knowledge, and many upsides. I can say confidently that it was a successful model.
When I bought the domain years ago I remember thinking "red gregory sounds like a used furniture store." I regretted it immediately and sat on the domain for some time. That is, until fall of 2019.
In spring 2020, I strongly considered making a YouTube channel but chickened out week after week. I was far too shy to put myself on camera. April/May 2020 came with a surge of readers that practically tripled from the winter. I wanted to start taking Red Gregory seriously.
As more readers came along, I started getting "appreciation" emails that were unbelievably kind, and they very much encouraged me to step out further into YouTube.
I launched my YouTube channel at the start of the summer, and with that, more audience. This audience was a combination of website readers and brand new Notioners. I adjusted my content to serve both as best I could and continued to try to make videos that inspired people to use Notion and other knowledge tools in different ways. These programs (RemNote, Notion, Obsidian, Roam, etc.) mark the start of a future in digital learning, and I want people to know the many ways to leverage them.
💌 The Notion Community
The Notion community has been the most lovely. I'm not active on the subreddit or Discord, but I'm a regular lurker. I also frequent other knowledge tool and productivity app communities. The Notion community is by far the most accepting of new users, the least critical, and the nerdiest people around. Oh, and they appreciate aesthetics like no one else.
Whether a note-taker, project manager, business, student, or hobbyist, a Notion user can create something minimal, complex, big or small. Its versatility is unmatched. Which is why the community is so friendly. There isn't much room to criticize. Every system is different because every user's blueprint is so wildly diverse. It's a customization dream.
🔮 Red Gregory's Future
More videos! I want to focus on life learning and programs that support it. I want to be more creative as well and inject some personality.
I want to write more. I bought another domain for a blog that is strictly about what I love. A true personal hub. This is important to me. I love Notion, but I need a bit more variety.
I want to monetize. I plan on creating unique paid templates for hobbyists and casual users. Why hobbyists? Well, the productivity field is quite large, and I want to carve my own little place in the community. Also, my free template log is primarily for the GTD crowd as it stands.
🦠 Also, I have COVID. I am tracking my symptoms here ...
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