✨ Notion is RUDE ✨, vision board party, new dashboard check, are you 'the notion friend'? + notion flip: pinterest predictions
Welcome, 1,409 of you - ✨44% of you opened last issue✨ It's the first week of January - we're chatting rebranding, goals, predictions, manifestations - all of that, fueled by Notion
If this past week was a GIF, it would be:
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✨ You need a manifestation vault ✨
We’re all manifesting our goals in Notion 🥳
Notion is my favourite space to store my daydreams and let them ‘cook’. I even write letters to my future self, like in my journal template. Here are some tweets to inspire you, including a Notion-themed vision board party
How do you manifest your goals in Notion?
✨ There was actually no need?!✨
I’ve been personally targeted by the Notion team and I don’t like it. I should probably get around to this (at some point) and you should too xoxo
✨ Are you the Notion friend??✨
This made me laugh - taken from the Notion Ambassadors Slack channel. I am definitely ‘the Notion friend’ - chances are that if you made it through the newsletter, that you are too 👀
Also, check out Aislin’s stuff here including this awesome song writing template for musicians
One time, I turned planning my friend’s hen party into a Notion dashboard. Cocktail databases, grocery list, playlist, tasks - it was great.
What was a time you forced your friends into using a Notion dashboard ?
✨ New year, new me, new dashboard✨
It’s time for a spring clean! Not just our Notion dashboards, but also our lives. Check out how members of the Notion community are freshening up & taking stock of their lives with Notion:
Also, bonus points for Stacey who documented all her belongings in Notion - a level of organisation that I aspire to!
& remember…
✨ Recipe for success!✨
Now THIS is a Notion use case I can get behind - thanks Jill for the awesome recipe 😍
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Profuntivity: "adding layers of fun into your werkflow, while being realistic about what you can actually get done
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Le Pop Culture:↯
📺 A guilty pleasure: Mako Mermaids (on Netflix) - there is nothing I love more than a predictable save the teenager, save the world storyline. It’s giving Nickolodeon, and my inner child was THRILLED
🎶 Playlist I’m loving: I’m slowly organising my Spotify playlists into folders (yes, you can do this!) I came across this gem from back in the day. If you’re looking for a niche, bouncy, funky playlist, then check this out.
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