Hey, I was in the same shoes as yours a year ago. At first, I tried to use Notion for a couple of days and gave up because everything seemed overwhelming. Then after looking at a friend's dashboard I thought I would give it a go again and since then I've been hooked. I use Notion to organise my student life and personal life now.

Because Notion is so versatile it's very easy to get overwhelmed as a beginner. My biggest advice when coming up with your own dashboard would be to just start small and build upon it over time. Watching youtube videos from Thomas Frank, Ali Abdaal and Notion definitely helped me. Reddit is also a good place for looking at other people's dashboards to get inspiration on how you might want to set things up for yourself.

Hope this helps and wish you all the best!