{"id":5548,"date":"2024-10-08T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/?p=5548"},"modified":"2024-09-11T15:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T22:41:25","slug":"my-new-digital-organization-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/index.php\/2024\/10\/08\/my-new-digital-organization-system\/","title":{"rendered":"My New Digital Organization System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

random thoughts on using Notion, digital organization, and layers of To-Do Lists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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what my office would look like if all my ideas were visible (AI generated)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

from Tiago Forte’s Building a Second Brain<\/em><\/a>:
“Our minds are for having ideas, not holding them. A digital organizational system helps us offload information, freeing mental space for creativity and deeper thinking.”
“When you externalize your thoughts into a digital system, you free your mind for the things that matter most.”<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[note: this post is NOT sponsored, I just want to share what I'm using and how]<\/em><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This summer I decided to evaluate how I organize my lists. I was in the midst of setting up my homeschool planning for the school year and also my personal planning for the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve always been more of a paper person than a digital guru. But this year I have finally found a system that is helping me make the switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within each of the jobs that I have there are many tasks. It can be tricky to keep track of them all. Notion has become my new favorite tool for organizing my writing, homeschooling, to do lists, and planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most difficult tasks to track and keep updated are “projects” or tasks with multiple steps involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus enters the hero: the task progress chart & assignment boards1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are from the Template Gallery to give you an idea of how they work and so that I don\u2019t have to show my personal Notion planning pages. \ud83d\ude1c<\/p>\n\n\n
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What is exciting about this feature is that you make highly specific notes on what needs to be completed, including checkboxes, due dates, tags, and other fancy things I haven’t even figured out yet. You can also move a task to other columns as it goes through the completion process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The beauty of a digital system like Notion is that once you set it up it you don’t have to do much with it each day. It doesn’t take a ton of time to maintain it.<\/strong> You just simply look through and see what needs to be done and do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My favorite features of my new Notion system:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n