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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

It's not surprising that this was the first tool I said goodbye too, in favour of making my own solution in Notion. The added bonus from tracking my time this way was that I could also provide clients with time estimates and progress tracking.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

😵‍💫 Jumping from one time tracker to another drove me nuts. And having to remember to start a timer in an app separate from where I did my actual work was just one more step that added to the friction of getting started on a task.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The first tool I replaced when I started using @notion.com ? ⏰ My time tracker... I have had clients who wanted me to track time with Harvest, Assana, Toggl or Resuce Time. All while also being guilty of tracking my time on random post-it notes.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The secret to next-level productivity? Notion + these 9 databases. 🤯 Most people underestimate how much a simple system can transform their workflow. Which one would instantly change your game? #notion #systems

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Me when Notion drops a new feature: 🤯 This is it. My entire workflow is about to be unstoppable. My friend: Cool. Anyway… 😐 ps. If you're like me, my newsletter Spells for Systems is made for you. And it's free.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Notion users be like: 🔹 "Of course! It’s easy!" 🔹 "Yeah… totally… I think?" 🔹 "Wait, what???" 🔹 "Nope. Not doing this." Which one are you? Be honest! 😂 #notion #notionaustralia

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Whether you work from home for another business or your own, I've found this newsletter really interesting.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🌪️ Getting ready for a cyclone means rushing to get next week's newsletter all about @notion.com ready just in case I lose power for the rest of the weekend! ps. This is your sign to subscribe today and share this with a friend if you haven't done it yet. Subscribe here: spells.kit.com

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Anxiously waiting for Alfred to land in #Brisbane. So of course, I'm making a @notion.com template while everything we've done is fresh on my mind 🤣 Friends who've been in a cyclone or similar natural disaster, what's on your to-do list? Stocking up on hot cross buns was a mission of ours 😜

Screenshot of a Notion database with a list fo things to do to get ready ahead of a natural disaster. There's a property to say how far ahead these should be done, and the status of each task.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Last night's @notion.com meetup in Brisbane was so much fun I forgot to take photos 📸

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I love walking too. And so do my kids. When their friends come over, I tend to walk them back home. Their first reaction is always "it's too far!" but 5-10 minutes later, they're usually amazed at how close we all live. And how fun walking can be.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I just finished a new @notion.com template and I'm experimenting with posting the instructions/demo videos on YouTube. This is all part of my year's motto of doing things even when they're not perfect. There's no fancy editing happening here! You can see the demo right here 👇 youtu.be/gKe2o4fNXI0

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Demo Video: The Artist's Way Companion

YouTube video by Marie-Pier Rochon - Systems Wizard

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Did you know that a few minutes into using a new @notion.com template, you'll get a little pop-up asking you for reviews?

Screenshot of the pop-up asking to leave a star rating for a template newly added to your workspace.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Putting this out there for anyone who needs it right now: 👉 Tell me how I can help you There are a few things I can’t do, like: 🎨 Face painting tips and tricks (that’s my daughter’s expertise) Anything else, especially @notion.com stuff, just ask. I’d love to see if I can help. #notion

A white woman with brown hair is smiling at the camera, showing off her face painting. There's a rainbow flower at the top of her forehead, a rainbow on the side with some small green leaves and white dots and sparkles all over. The background is her messy kitchen tables with kids cups and bowl all over the place.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Our kids have just started playing HeroQuest using a board my partner was given about 30 years ago. You're now giving us an extra reason to get a 3D printer 😜

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The hardest part is when they reference something they posted on Facebook and assume you already know about it all when you haven't logged in for days!

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I've been busy with Brisbane's Notion Meetup, some research, and the usual craziness of life, but.... I just spent 3 hours with cool music on building a new Notion template and it feels so good to be making something (instead of just fixing things or replying to emails!)

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

If you're in #Brisbane, you should come along. The meetup is free and open to all levels of Notion nerdiness (from the curious to the advanced user). All you need to do is register here: lu.ma/5ipk820b

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Notion Brisbane Notion: What's New with Notion? · Luma

Learn about the latest Notion features and see how you can make the most of them to improve your personal or business Notion workspace. There will be a short…

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The planning for Brisbane's first Notion meetup is coming together. I've got too many ideas. Instead of being overwhelmed, I took a minute to write them all down in my workspace. And I'm calm again. THIS ➡️ Getting things out of my head, is why @notion.com helps with my mental health so much.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Random #Notion trick I figured out today: When putting a recurring task in "on hold" status, you can choose to use a formula to edit the date, and leave that formula empty so t clears the date. The task still lives in the database but doesn't show in my calendar view.

View of my Notion page which shows a recurring task on hold with no date.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Because this is our first meetup, the topic is still pretty broad and if you have specific questions you'd like to ask, bring them along. Open to all levels of Notion knowledge. You're welcome even if you're simply curious to know what Notion is about. Are you coming?

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hey hashtag #Brisbane folks, 🗓️ Everything has fallen into place and we now have a date, a topic and a venue for our first #Notion meetup! Topic: What's New With Notion? Date: March 3, 2025, 5:30 pm to 7 pm Place: Launch Event Space, The Precinct, Fortitude Valley Registration needed 👇

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Exaclty! To me, investments are a form of self-actualisation. Not a basic need, but a very nice to have. Problem, is people who are in a position to do this, are doing it to the detriment of helping others fulfill their basic needs.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Love this idea. I've definitely been guilty of spreading myself way too thin. Time to focus on being a jam-packed donut instead.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It feels like people forgot housing/shelter is a basic need (I'm thinking of Maslow's hierarchy of needs), so seeing it as an investment assumes everyone has the first four levels covered, and that is so not the case.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

This week's newsletter (Spells for System, a weekly digest of @notion.com content) is a bit later than usual not because something happened to make it so, but because there was sooooooo much content to go through. You'll need to set time aside to go through it all! #notion #newsletter

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This is the bit where I think you have to tell imposter syndrome to shut up and go for it anyway. I'd worry that scepticism keeps people from letting their real voice/take/opinion stand out (and I'm guilty of that too...)

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I hope you find relief (and what made this happen)

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

If you find your Notion workspace feels like a big mess are you guilty of this 👇 Putting things in the wrong spot, "just for now"

Two brown eggs in an eyewear case on a desk. In the background there is a water bottle, a notebook, some sunglasses, a mini Lego figurine holding a surf board and two cute wombats.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Did you do anything different, exercise-wise lately? I had a similar feeling when I ramped up my kettlebell training and realised my hands were simply sore because my grip needed work. Or it'll happen after a mega cooking session.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I had finally taken the time to use formulas (within automations) to make this happen last week. If I waited, I would've saved so much time! I'm still pretty happy about this update.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The thing I'm learning about this concept is that while a thing has been done, it hasn't been done with your own voice/style/opinion/worldview. So in a way, it hasn't been done yet...

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It's my partner's go-to snack during holidays, so for a while he called it his "medicine" so the kids would stay away. It worked for a solid 7 years 🤯

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I only just played around with Libby a few dfays ago and got stuck reading soooooo many magazines. Felt like it was something I should've tried a long time ago.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

And toys, and puzzles (sometimes...)

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It sure does! I wish I understood that when I was an anxious 18 year old trying to pick a uni program feeling like to would determine my whole life. Turns out life has many twists and turns.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It would happen around mid-February. I’m thinking about $27 per person. 🧐 Interested? Leave a comment or send me a DM.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It would be a live 60-90 minutes Zoom session and we’ll do the work together so you’ll walk out knowing exactly what’s next on your to-do list. Not just an idea of "how to prioritise" but the actual list of prioritised "to dos".

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It’s perfect for those who haven’t ever used Notion before (*but you’ve been thinking about it) or if you’ve struggled to transform your to-do list in a way where it’s clear what you should tackle first. 👇

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I’m thinking about running a live workshop where I help you take your crazy to-do list, sort it into projects and tasks, and then show you how it can all get prioritised with Notion (à la Eseinhower matrix). #workshop #priorities #Notiontemplate

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The return to school means my day looks a bit like this: 1) tackle a work task 2) sign-up big kid to gymnastics 3) another work thing 4) schedule make-up swim lessons 5) try to empty my work inbox 6) buy that things from the school list I totally forgot about and so on.. how's your day going?

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Every project I work on starts with a free chat to make sure we're on the same page, and to see if I can help you figure out a few things (sometimes, you just need a brainstorm buddy, not a full workspace revamp). I’m back at work (because school’s back on). Send me a DM if you’d like my help.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I can help you with: 👷🏻‍♀️ Building a custom Notion workspace 👩🏻‍⚕️ Fixing a template you bought that isn't quite right 👩🏻‍🏫 Teaching you (or your team) how to make the most of Notion.

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This year, 2025, I’d like to do more custom 1-on-1 Notion workspaces for freelancers while hosting meet-ups and workshops (in person and online). If you’ve been thinking about getting support to make Notion work for you, or you need someone to teach your team how Notion works, let’s talk!

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Marie-Pier Rochon @mprochon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

In 2024, I went in search of a new challenge. I went all in with @notion.com, learnt to use the tool, passed some certifications, became an Ambassador, worked 1-on-1 with freelancers, sold templates and hosted a handful of workshops.

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