(2020-01-08) Eliason How To Use Notion To Set Track And Hit Your Goals

Nat Eliason: How to Use Notion to Set, Track, and Hit Your Goals. Now, I’ve mostly left Airtable and Evernote entirely, and I’m almost entirely in Notion and Asana.

I now more deliberately break out Goals and Tasks

A “Goal” is something that is important for a long-term project, and is something I’m prioritizing for the day, week, month, etc. They’re almost never urgent, but they’re very important. (Goal Setting)

A “Task” is something I need to do, that’s usually urgent, but isn’t making the same kind of progress on a goal. (To-Do List)

I found that when I had everything in Asana, it was easier to procrastinate on the Important things by doing the Urgent things.

Asana is not great for having a high-level view full of context and notes the way Notion is, and Notion isn’t great for recurring and small tasks (especially within a team) the way Asana is. I think if you’re a solo operator you could use just Notion, but since I’m working with a team Asana is much better for the task.

Everything for me starts at the “Annual Goals” level. (Yearly Review)

At the start of each quarter, I set Professional, Physical, and Personal goals to fit into the Annuals goals for the year that I haven’t completed yet. (Quarterly Review)

Once my Quarterly goals are set, I move on to the Monthly goals. (Monthly Review)

My Weekly Goals sheets are organized based on Priorities A, B, and C for the week, then the goals for each day that fit into those Priorities. (Weekly Review)

at the end of each week I set the top priorities for next week, and then use those priorities to set my daily goals

I don’t always set all of my daily goals in advance, I’ll usually just set goals for Monday and Tuesday and then keep updating as the week goes

Now here’s the important part: each day, I have to do my Notion goals first before doing whatever I have assigned to me in Asana for the day

The other thing I’ll do to make this organization easier is link out specific priorities or tasks to their relevant documents or other resources