You can embed your Google calendar into a page, which is nice, but no changes are possible at this time, from Notion. In terms of using Notion as a planner, the major downfall, at least for me, is the lack of a good Google calendar integration. Top half of the daily template The bottom half of the Daily template Calendar view of the Daily templates- I can also see them in a table, but find the calendar view baked into the template to be more informative. I found a way to embed the weather so it updates daily! After I have finished using the Daily template, I drag and drop it into a calendar, so I can see anything I need to at a glance. I open a new template planner every day, and it already has pre-loaded my daily routines, habit tracker, tasks (which are embedded from Todoist, so I have all the power of Todoist, but integrated in my own system), and weather forecast. I adapted this from this template, but it is now very different. The next section I use most frequently is my Daily planner. Additionally, the system is really beautiful, and you can customize with different header art, etc, so my system is unlike anyone else’s system. What I really like about Notion is that the system of interlinking blocks (think about Legos), allows you to customize your system to whatever you need. I found this on the regular templates on Notion, and changed it around to suit my needs (you can find the template here). ![]() I have a daily planner link, weekly planner, tasks, notes system, and other things like references I use often, and lists of things I want to do someday, like travel ideas, TV and movies and books to read. ![]() The foundation of my Notion system, which I can access from my phone, ipad, Mac, Surface tablet, and any computer at work, is my Personal Home page, which is like a life wiki for me. I’m still learning how to use all that Notion is capable of- and there are a lot of people to learn from, like Marie Poulin, Thomas Frank, etc., that I owe a lot of time savings to! My plan is to go over my Notion system, which has a lot of parts, in two blog entries- the first of which is today! This is partly because of the freely available Templates, which I have adapted for my own use. My second try with Notion has been very successful. I tried making an Evernote dashboard to help me track all these things, but making what I envisioned seemed like a LOT of trouble and required other services to plug-in, and even then, was ugly and clunky. On the other hand, I’ve been looking lately for a place to put all the parts of my life- my daily planner, meeting and other work notes, research, my habit tracker, reading notes, travel dreams, and routines. For example, re-typing tasks daily, and my schedule, is quite onerous, and doesn’t feel like a significant improvement over a paper planner. In the past, I found Notion to be quite heavy in the initial investment in set-up time, and without everything I needed. As a result, I went back and gave Notion a try again. I have a desk as home base, though not always the same desk, and I have a lot less roles to keep track of. I’ve since transitioned to a different kind of practice, and my work life is a lot less complicated. This boiled down to that I was constantly on the run, rarely found at my desk. This meant that my productivity system had to be highly portable, self-contained, and also cognizant of security requirements. Also, I had a lot of competing requirements on my time- an inpatient ward with highly complicated medical care to manage, teaching, writing, mentoring residents, military career requirements, along with my personal life and raising two small children. ![]() In the past, the organization that I worked for HIGHLY regulated websites that I could access, and also email and calendars, which meant that my system was spread across multiple systems. I recently had a life change that changed the way I work.
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