Tana 101: 3 Essentials Steps For New Users

Ev Chapman

April 22, 2023

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There is nothing worse than getting your hands on a brand-new app, only to abandon it after a few days or hours because you just can't make it stick. In this video, I want to talk about three essential things to get set up in Tana to get your hands dirty using it every day.

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Timestamps:

‍00:00 Introduction

‍01:00 Open Up Your Daily Page

‍03:18 Create your ⌘SETUP Node

‍05:22 Solve one problem at a time

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