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the notion bar: notion tips, templates, musings + vibez 🥂
Your 2022 Notion Adulting Survival Guide (freebies + discounts!) 🥳
By Frances Odera Matthews  • Issue #1 • View online
Happy New Year! 
It’s Frances from The Notion Bar - welcome to my first/last newsletter of the year (haha!). Don’t worry - many more newsletters coming to you on a bi-weekly basis 🥳

The new year is here and many of us using this time to reset. Here’s a rundown of my favourite templates (see my full gallery) to give you a kickstart
If you’d like to be an affiliate for any of my templates (who doesn’t loveee passive income), you can sign up here
Use the discount code tnb22 for 15% off all the paid templates below!  - This is a long email *packed* with goodies, so you might need to expand it
How to expand this email
How to expand this email
P.S. all the download figures are up to date at the time of sending this newsletter (31/12/21)
For writers & daydreamers:
  • A digital gratitude journal/planner complete with 70+ user-submitted self-care tips from across the globe. 
  • Tracks your mood, sleep, memories, habits & goals while joining our journaling community on Facebook. 
Download me!
  • For anyone in a creative funk
  • aNotioneer and I transformed one of the late Virgil Abloh’s most famous talks at the Harvard Graduate School of Design into a framework/worksheet that will make you rethink your design process
Download me!
  • Tired of single-column scroll? Ten beautiful magazine layouts built on Notion! Whether you have a blog, journal or need to spice up internal documents, this is the template pack for you! 
Download me!
For aspiring & current bookworms:
  • Stop procrastinating/overbuying books (yes, you) ! 
  • Plan out what you can ‘reasonably’ read this year, using Notion’s timeline view 
Download me!
  • A curated list/workbook of 60 fiction/non-fiction exploring Britain’s diverse black history
Download me!
For Students:
  • Makes your friends jealous > creates a hub for each semester & ace your goals!
  • Tracks & organises everything you need in your ‘locker’: classes, templates for all your lecture notes. homework, coursework, exams, review topics & quizzes + overall grade progression
  • Puts it all on your calendar and use Notion backlinks to link all your pages together!
Download me!
  • A simple semester tracker 
  • Tracks classes, lecture notes, homework, reading and overall grade progression!
Download me!
For simplicity-seekers:
  • Never forget the milk again and say bye-bye to crumpled paper lists!
  • This app shines on mobile - check things off your ‘Need’ view, as you travel around the store, and watch them disappear 
Download me!
- Stop digging for tracking numbers in your emails!
- Track & manage: tracking numbers, overdue items, order numbers, spend per store, wishlist, discount codes & affiliate links 
Download me!
For job-seekers:
  • Fun fact, this template actually secured my old 9-5!
  • Stand-out & show-off your personality to all your future employers!
Download me!
For freelancers/business owners:
  • Makes communicating with clients easier by storing all your documents, tasks, communication and deliverables in the same place
Download me!
For Eco-Warriors:
  • I flipped an article in The Good Trade into a Notion template which tracks easy sustainability swaps
Download me!
Some other cool things!
Deeper Insight
5 lessons I’ve learned as a Notion Consultant | by Frances Odera Matthews | Medium
5 lessons I’ve learned as a Notion Consultant | by Frances Odera Matthews | Medium
Notion is tool that has taken the tech world by storm and has a growing large cult fanbase. Notion Consultants’ are increasingly becoming the new trendy ‘product as a service’ role. Just search on…
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Watch
  • Dopesick - about the US opioid crisis
  • The Black Godfather - fascinating doc about Clarence Avant who’s apparently responsible for 99.99% of US pop culture
Listen
Cool Notion Tweets from the Community
Easlo
I'm 19.

I started creating @NotionHQ templates earlier this year, which led me to making over $30,000 on @gumroad

Here are 7 lessons from my journey:
The Notion Mom
On the final three hours of a sixteen hour road trip home with husband, baby, and two dogs. So many ideas for @NotionHQ templates 😂
Red Gregory
A @NotionHQ discovery. When I duplicate a property with a number like "Quarter 2," it adds the next number to the duplication; "Quarter 3" https://t.co/AVFq5SLyC8
Trendz
Notion is slowly becoming as ‘normal’ as Google Docs and Evernote - I can only imagine this trend continues
Jobz
People *want* to work at companies that use Notion. If you’re interested in advertising your job posts to more than 718 avid Notion fans, reply to this message 💫
Thanks for reading!
I’d love to see how you’re all remixing the templates, tweet me or tag me on Instagram  (@thenotionbar) and I’ll share your creations with the world!
If you have any template ideas or want to collab on something, reply to this! If you are interested in Notion coaching/consulting - book a call! 
Looking forward to creating more magical things with you this year!
 
Chat soon! 
Frances Odera Matthews
Certified Notion Consultant & Founder of The Notion Bar
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