Designing workflows that work for our weird and unique needs • Exploring Business with Notion • Capacity Planning • Energy Management • ADHD • Permaculture • Subscribe below!
Start Up and Shut Down rituals for the win
Hey Reader, |
After returning from travel and recovering from Covid a few weeks ago, I felt pretty discombobulated... which made me realize just how much I fiercely depend on routines to keep me in check!
This week I wanted to share with you two super high-impact Notion dashboards that I use (almost) every day to help me reset and stay on track. Whenever I find myself feeling overwhelmed or untethered, it's usually because I haven't been visiting these two dashboards.
Even if you aren't a Notion user, having some kind of Start Up and Shut Down routine is a seriously powerful habit that can transform your focus and reduce overwhelm.
Here are two walkthroughs of how I do this in my workspace:
The Start Up ritual:
The page I visit first every single day!
The Shut Down ritual:
The page I visit at the end of each work day.
Notion Formulas
Ben is working on a new Formula Fundamentals course that teaches you the basics of programming while learning all of Notion's most powerful formulas so you can make your own magic. Click the link above for more details, or click the button below to get on the list for future updates!
| Stay in the loop! |
Summer Vibes
Today I'm grateful for a nearly endless supply of blackberries which I've been freezing in batches, as well as friends with fig trees! I hope you're also enjoying the fruits of the season. :)
That's all for this week; have a good one!
Marie Poulin
Designing workflows that work for our weird and unique needs • Exploring Business with Notion • Capacity Planning • Energy Management • ADHD • Permaculture • Subscribe below!
Productive by Nature Can permaculture thinking help us better work with our natural creative rhythms? Hey Reader, Have you ever noticed how some days ideas flow effortlessly, while on others, extracting a single coherent thought feels like pulling teeth? For years, I approached this inconsistency as a problem to be solved. A personal failing, if you will. I'd force myself to stick to rigid schedules, push through creative blocks with sheer willpower, and feel guilty when my output didn't...
Digital Spring Cleaning A Digital deep clean can be a way to find a slice of calm in a chaotic times. Hey Reader, Last week, just as I was getting ready to dive into a productive work session, I noticed my Mac’s spinning beach ball of death. My computer was lagging badly. Apps were misbehaving—my screenshot software wouldn’t open, Adobe suite was crashing, and I discovered my email hadn’t been syncing for days. Everything was either crawling along or completely frozen. I couldn’t access the...
A cheeky gift In this newsletter: a Severance-themed Valentine's gift, two Notion videos, and a new podcast episode. Hey Reader, This week I'm sending you some cheeky Severance-inspired valentines! Feel free to share these with your work besties, your favorite “innies” and “outies,” or anyone who appreciates a good workplace dystopia reference. After all, nothing says “I value our professional relationship” quite like a Valentine’s Day card inspired by a show about corporate-mandated...