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Coming soon: my second brain in Workflowy

Workflowy turned out to be my dream app for all-in-one productivity and note-taking. I will be posting a series of walkthroughs on how I use Workflowy for everything, so stay tuned... or you know, subscribe to the newsletter found on the sidebar. Disclaimer: The content provided in this article is for informational purposes only. You are solely responsible for verifying the information as being appropriate for your personal use.

How I track my studies in Workflowy

As a busy special needs mom with ADHD, this is how I track my studies in Workflowy to help me stay on top of things and track my progress through my STUDY node. Pomodoro method and setting goals I use the pomodoro method for 30 minute study sessions. I have a bullet with today's date and I add tomato emojis as I go through my sessions. I also have a habit tracker template, which includes my desired daily goals for studying. In my mind, I also have a minimum daily goal for those hectic days to avoid the guilt trip from not meeting the written goals, but to also ensure consistency in my work. I've been questioned a lot about my 3 am study + workout ritual. I'll address it in a future post and why it's the greatest thing ever! The textbook checklist template The textbook checklist template is based on how I learn best and also how the textbooks are structured. I modify the template depending on the material I'm working with and what I need to truly learn. I check the l

How to mass delete completed tasks in Workflowy

There are 2 ways you can mass delete bullets and completed tasks in Workflowy. The keyboard shortcut  Drag the mouse in an empty space to mass-select the bullets you want to delete Press Ctrl + Shift + Backspace simultaneously to delete. This works great if you are on the desktop/laptop and if the completed tasks are in consecutive lines. But I use Workflowy heavily on my Samsung tablet as well (I love handwriting everything and Workflowy works amazingly well with the S-pen), and very rarely I complete tasks in order of appearance. The Completed subpage Something I used to do in Notion for simple checklists and have transferred in Workflowy, is have a subpage in my "todo" list and after checking off a task, drag it in that subpage.  To do this in Workflowy: Create a bullet underneath your last item in your todo list. I've named it " completed tasks ". On its left side click the 3 dots, or type the slash ( / ) to bring up the commands. Select the Paragraph opti

Minimal Habit Tracker with a Pomodoro Log (mobile-friendly Notion template)

As someone with ADHD, I know how easy it is to get caught up with all the shiny features and capabilities of aesthetic, complex Notion setups. However, after habit tracking for years (with or without Notion), I've realized a couple of things: Once a habit has been established, tracking is no longer necessary. Stats mean nothing for the most part. Minus the symptom tracking and food journal that eventually helped me treat "incurable" diseases naturally (since doctors gave up on me), I don't really need statistics on how many days I've done yoga, or what my extended fasting record is in days. What matters is getting after it, day in and day out. I may go several weeks or months at a time without logging the habits I do, but a rough day might make my dopamine-hungry brain go "I need to check off something", or I may need a reminder of what I need to do and why I'm doing it.  Focus is everything, not just on the task at hand, but on the overall picture a

Zen Project Tracker - Free Notion Template

This is a goal, project and task tracker with progress bars and counters.  Goals, Project and Task databases are connected with each other. Each goal and project by default will have a database view with their projects and tasks respectively. To connect the projects to goals, simply create a new goal, open its page, and add new projects from its already created filtered database view. To connect tasks to projects, same thing. Create a project, open it, and create new tasks inside it through its filtered database view. Duplicate the template from here. the dashboard   the goals page       inside a goal     projects page   inside a project         Disclaimer: The content provided in this article is for informational purposes only. You are solely responsible for verifying the information as being appropriate for your personal use.

Dianthus-OS free Notion template

This mobile-friendly template has a diary with habit and mood tracking, a task manager, gamified student center with pomodoro tracking (can be converted to goal->project->task manager), calendar, notes, book reading tracker and a trash page (so you don't have to delete pages in Trash one by one. Move the pages you want deleted to this Trash page and then delete the Trash page once a month). Duplicate the template from here . dashboard     journal entry with habit tracking, mood and symptom tracking and linked views of calendar and tasks gamified student center with pomodoro tracking subjects, courses and tasks databases are related to each other, with templates to show filtered views of tasks for each course/subject notes, Google Keep style calendar     Disclaimer: The content provided in this article is for informational purposes only. You are solely responsible for verifying the information as being appropriate for your personal use.

2023 free Notion template: The Game of Life

Start your new year with the Game of Life template.     Duplicate the template from here. Whether you're looking for a minimal and functional agenda or a database-driven gamified project management, this template has you covered. The Dashboard Quests = Tasks Quests and Notes Use the inbox toggle to quickly add tasks drag them to today's quests to assign them drag them to completed page when checked/done add notes throughout your day Calendar and Current Goals add the time in the designated property of a calendar entry for a better visual and faster entry or edit if schedule changes. Choose the appropriate tag (home, personal, work, school). calendar entries of the past are filtered so you only see the present and the future write your current goals in plain sight and add habits or steps in the action plan toggle. Unfold the action plan whenever you need a reminder of what you're supposed to be doing with your day and why. drag the goals to goals achieved page as you com