This week I've explored goal tracking. Or more specifically, are we doing it right? Are we taking the time to notice the progress and not just how close we are from acheiving our goals?

Are you tracking your goals right?

Goal tracking is probably one of the most popular personal use cases for Notion. But are you tracking the right things?
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I've noticed a lot of people (past me did this too) who track their goals only based on the end target. Often it's a goal weight, an amount of money, a completed project.

But before reaching that milestone, the journey can be long and slow. There will be many steps that'll take you there. Are you measuring those steps? Are you giving yourself regular "par on the back" for taking regular actions towards your target goal?
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This week, I dove deeper into this topci on the blog. And made an easy-to-follow 12 Week Year template that allows you to track both types of metrics.

📰 Official Notion News

You can now use AI Connectors for Jira (and it looks like Microsoft Teams is coming soon too 🧐)

On the official blog, Tools & Craft

• ​How to build an art marketplace on Notion​

📹 YouTube videos worth watching

• ​Notion Calendar: Why Everyone’s Switching!​ by Tool Finder (7 minutes)
• ​How Notion Handles 200 BILLION Notes (Without Crashing)​ by Coding with Lewis (10 minutes)
• ​Notion Deleted My Work. Why I'm Moving Away From the Cloud​ by Cinzia DuBois (11 minutes)
• ​My Complete Notion Tech Stack​ by Productive Setups (9 minutes)
• ​I officially switched to Notion​ by Amber Figlow (12 minutes)
• ​How to Get Started with Notion (without losing your mind) in 2025​​ by Sankho kun (16 minutes)

🎙️ Podcasts to listen to

• ​Your Business Can Think For Itself: How Notion AI Is Changing Everything by The Work From Anywhere Agent (13 minutes)
• ​We Built an AI Product Manager in 58 mins (Claude, ChatGPT, Loom + Notion AI) by Product Growth Podcast (58 minutes)

💭 Popular Reddit threads

• ​Notion is officially testing the much requested offline mode. And it's coming for desktop too!​
• ​What Apps do you use besides Notion?​
• ​This New Open-Source Alternative to Google Docs and Notion Is Backed by France and Germany​
• ​I love Notion but I’m scared of losing my files. Should I use something else?​
• ​I'm making an ADHD-friendly Notion template. Any suggestions?​​​

📝 Articles elsewhere

• ​How to Create and Sell Notion Templates in 2025 by easy.tools
• ​Track software versions for technical blog posts​ by Juha-Matti Santala
• ​How I organize (+automate) my life in Notion | setup idea + template tour by Clarity Mastery

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🗓️ Events​

• ​How to Get Started With Notion by The Society of Working Moms, Thursday, April 10, 2-3 pm (CDT), online
• There are in-person Notion community events throughout the world. Check out all other events here.

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Do you have any feedback about Spells for Systems? Tell me here.​

Until next week!