How to manage your time efficiently (notion template)
Hi all! I want to share my life planning experience, which may be useful for you.
Notion
Let's start with the fact that I use Notion, it is a fairly popular application, I think many have heard about it. If not, here's a quick summary:
Notion is one application that replaces several services:
note pad,
task or budget planner,
a tool for clear management of projects – be it traveling with a large company or working on the website interface.
The main purpose of Notion is to help the user be more productive, find information faster and organize their affairs more easily.
Planning your life in Notion
Overall, this app can be used in a variety of ways: scheduling meetings, recording thoughts, managing projects, and so on. However, the full potential of the application can only be realized when you start using it as your own space and simply transfer your whole life there. This may sound a little scary and pretentious, but in fact, it can make your life a lot easier.
My template in Notion
I made the template for my personal use and over the course of a year I modified it in every possible way, and the result was a very convenient and beautiful thing.
Home page
On the main page you will find:
Inspirational quote.
Three blocks with additional pages.
Three photos of people who motivate me.
Let's move on to the first block.
Block “me/ya”
Page: Inbox
On this page we collect all the necessary information that comes from outside, so that we can organize it later. For example, if you urgently need to write down something: a place, a meeting date or a contact number, or if you remember something for tomorrow – all this is initially stored here.
Page: Glider
On this page we write about our daily routine. The page is a diary.
Feature: Before the start of the day, we copy the previous day's schedule (with all the changes and additions made) into a special table so that at the end of the week we can conduct a retrospective analysis and draw conclusions. Also here we can organize information from “incoming” messages and add it to the calendar.
Block “Development”
Page: Cabinet
Here I store information related to my work, self-development, or a manual “How to get back on track in case of an emergency, an influx of laziness or depression.” This is my main page where I spend the most time. Here I take notes on books, courses, make plans for achieving projects, keep lists of books, plans for learning languages, and so on.
Page: Settings
I think the name speaks for itself. This is where I store important information needed for my life. Why do I keep all this? I don’t like it when thoughts arise in my head that I repeat over and over again, taking away the energy that is so necessary for work. This is my main reason.
This is also where I keep postulates that I can rely on. Well, a wishlist, links to useful materials that need to be reviewed in the future, important information about the disease (names of medications, recommendations, etc.), reflection, budget, and so on. I won’t go into detail about the tabs; you just need to poke around a little to understand.
Block: goals
Here I will tell you in general, because I’m tired of writing.
In this block I keep all my goals for the next couple of years.
That is, first I answer the question: Who do I want to be in 2 years (in detail in various areas). Then, based on this, I make a plan for the year, for the next month, and a daily routine.
Conclusion
I created my template based on the work of various people and added many ideas to it to suit my needs. It contains photos of various people, quotes, funny gifs and many pages. I did this to create my own unique atmosphere. You can change, delete, add and change whatever you want. My template can be the basis for your own. The purpose of this post is to introduce you to a convenient tool and share my humble experience in the form of a template. By the way, here it is – poke.
I took photos from Pinterest, gifs for icons from giphy.comthe headset can be used simultaneously via phone, computer, etc.
That's all 🙂
