Nothing kills productivity more than a slow laptop. So, in my quest to continually improve my productivity, I keep trying various tools and hacks to make work more efficient and faster.
My most recent discovery is Notion HQ. It’s an all-in-one productivity app. It’s Trello, Asana, Write and Basecamp combined.
I’ve been through so many productivity and project management apps that I forgot my login credentials for all of them. (I’ve since managed passwords with Lastpass and Google Passwords Manager just to keep track).
Enter Notion. It promises to be everything you could ever dream of in a productivity tool.
Not to mention it’s totally FREE! There’s a premium version of course but the free version is so good, you may not need to upgrade except in very rare cases.
Sadly, there’s a catch.
Too much freedom leads to inaction.
You get easily overwhelmed. Well, I did.
Since I could basically customize everything to my own workflow – I realized, my productivity flow was flawed. Too flawed!
Given the freedom to design my workflow, and with the time freedom I get working from home, I realized I was lazier than I give myself credit for.
I find lots of excuses to procrastinate.
And if not procrastinating, I’m endlessly creating systems and plans that don’t translate much into action.
In the end, I’m worse off than when I first started.
But there’s a ray of hope.
I believe sheer determination will triumph over overwhelm and chaos.
Right now, I am plowing on. Not as fast as I want but definitely, I can see how everything will get faster once I surpass the initial hurdle.
So where does the slow laptop fit in?
Part of the reason I’m experimenting with various tools – and an all-in-one tool at that, is because I can’t have too many apps and tools open.
This bogs down my computer and causes friction to my creativity.
No wonder, I still prefer writing in Google Doc versus writing directly in WordPress or Notion. Perhaps, when I get things going, I’d move everything to Notion but that’s proving to be harder than I initially intended to.
Of course, I could always upgrade to a Mac Pro but that’s another blog for another day.
Let’s work with what we have for now.
