How I Finally Made Notion Work (After Hating It)

A live deep dive into the system that runs my writing business—right from my phone.

The first time I opened Notion, I noped out five minutes later.

Too many blocks. Too few instructions. And way too much white space staring back at me like, “You sure you know what you’re doing here?”

Spoiler: I didn’t.

Fast forward a few months (and a very persuasive YouTube video), and something clicked. I bought a template. Started dragging things around. And slowly—like figuring out how to fold a fitted sheet—I got it.

Now?
Notion runs my entire author business.

📚 Editorial calendar
📓 Story bibles
💌 Email planning
🎓 Course creation
💡 Wild half-baked ideas I’ll probably turn into a six-part workshop

And I do it all from my phone. Even on two-month trips. Even across three time zones. Even one-handed while sipping a lavender latte that cost more than my last domain name.

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💻 Wanna See How It Works?

📆 Tuesday, June 17
⏰ 10AM Central
🎥 The Busy Writer’s Second Brain: Streamlining Your Storytelling with Technology

This isn’t your average “tour of Notion” with tidy, color-coded dashboards you’ll never actually use.

Nope. I’m showing you the real thing:
The working mess that keeps my creative chaos from becoming actual chaos.

Here’s what I’ll walk you through:

✅ Replacing Todoist, Google Tasks, and browser tab mayhem
✅ Setting up recurring tasks and creative cycles that actually repeat
✅ Storing research, links, and plot bunny nonsense without losing it in the void
✅ Using the PARA method (yep, but make it authorly)
✅ Auto-organizing your world with Zapier, email, and Notion integrations
✅ Building one gorgeous dashboard that tells you where your brain left off

🎟️ Free for paid Author Automations subscribers. $49 for everyone else.
(Yes, there’s a replay. Yes, the full course drops the next day. Yes, you get the Zaps and Make.com Workflows)

👉 Save Your Spot and let’s build you a second brain—one that doesn’t forget birthdays or deadlines. Paid Subscribers—see below for your discount code!

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See you Tuesday,
Chelle

P.S. This’ll be scrappy, honest, and full of “oh THAT’S how” moments. Bring your questions, your chaos, and maybe a backup latte—this one’s gonna be good.