(This one is really just for the streak.)
I currently use Notion to manage large chunks of my life. I use their table object with multiple views which apply different filters and sorting. My methodology is an unholy mashup of kanban and Getting Things Done. Each item has a "status"--Backlog, Up Next, Working or Done. Most of the views relate to these statuses.
I currently use Notion to manage large chunks of my life. I use their table object with multiple views which apply different filters and sorting. My methodology is an unholy mashup of kanban and Getting Things Done. Each item has a "status"--Backlog, Up Next, Working or Done. Most of the views relate to these statuses.
- Focus table: a classic table view with just Working and Up Next
- Board: a kanban board view. I used to use this one more but am more apt to use table views now.
- Everything table: what it says on the tin
- MCU: short for "Minecraft U"--only items with the label "MCU"
- Backlog Grooming: just items with the Backlog status
- Inbox: items with no status
I give all that information just as a preamble. The thing about Notion which is a really sharp double-edged sword is that each item is a page that can contain multitudes. So an item can be a simple task--"Laundry" for instance--or it can be a "whole thing"--"2021" for instance.
Here is a subset of the content in "2021":
Do I have a theme for 2021?
- Narrow focus
- Let go
- Build
- Deep
- Land (??)
- Trudge the Road of Happy Destiny
Goals
- Just revisit...? (Link to another Notion page, "Goals")
Process
- I'd like to land on a single process I can trust in
- I've been liking Notion for tracking but something is missing
- I need a true roll-up
- But I also like the idea of having everything in one big table for seeing it all
- I don't think I can go back to Trello despite how long that worked for me
- I don't think Taskpaper has a spot anymore despite how long that worked for me and the Trellopaper tool I made
- Marvin? (No. Maybe.)
- Feedback/social
Thinking about
- Lack of drumming
- Creative work in general
- Happiness vs joy
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