How to set up your Notion planner (so it feels easy + calming) 🤍

🌸 Welcome bestie, this guide is here to make your Notion planner feel simple, aesthetic, and actually usable (not overwhelming).

Think of Notion like your digital journal + life organiser + calm dashboard… all in one place.

✨ Start here: what is Notion?

Notion is made of blocks — every piece of text, list, image, or heading is a “block” you can move around anytime.

The only shortcut you need:
Type / anywhere to add things (to-do lists, headings, toggles, images, dividers).

🎀 Your first 10 minutes (beginner setup)

Do this once and you’re set:

-Download Notion (phone + laptop if you can)

-Create a free account

-Open your template link

-Click Duplicate (top right) → it saves to your workspace

-Rename it (e.g., “My Calm Planner ✨”)

-Add an icon + cover so it feels like yours

💗 Soft reminder: it doesn’t need to look perfect today.
Start messy → build the habit → glow it up later.

🫧 Make it aesthetic (without overthinking)

If you want that Pinterest dashboard vibe, keep it easy:

1) Add a few images (instant mood shift)

Add pictures of:

-outfits / skincare / meals

-quotes / affirmations

-places you want to go

-your “week vibe”

How to add images:
Type /image → upload, or copy/paste an image into the page.

🌷 Aesthetic rule:
If it feels boring → add a photo.
If it feels crowded → add spacing + dividers.

2) Collage option (clean + it girl)

-Option A: make a collage in Canva → export → upload into Notion

-Option B: place images side-by-side using columns

The only Notion features you’ll actually use

💬 Callouts (pretty reminders)

Type: /callout
Use for: glow tips, weekly reset reminders, mindset shifts

Example:
💖 soft reminder: small habits = big glow.

✅ To-do lists (tasks + habits)

Type: /to-do
Use for: daily habits, weekly reset, life admin

Mini example:
☐ plan my week (10 min)
☐ drink water
☐ tidy my space (5 min)
☐ choose 3 priorities

🔽 Toggles (tidy + organised)

Type: /toggle
Use for: hiding extra sections so your page feels calm

Examples:
🔽 morning routine
🔽 weekly reset checklist
🔽 journal prompts for overwhelmed days

➖ Dividers (make it look clean)

Type: /divider
Use between sections so it doesn’t feel like one big block of text.

📌 Headings (structure)

Type: /heading 1 /heading 2 /heading 3
Example layout:
✨ today
💗 habits
🧠 mindset
📌 to do
🫧 notes

Columns (the Pinterest dashboard look)

Drag a block to the side until you see a vertical blue line.

Use columns for:

-left: habits

-right: priorities

-bottom: moodboard images

🤍 How to use your planner (simple rhythm)

You don’t need to use everything every day.

💗 Daily (2–5 min)

-check today’s to-do

-track 1–2 habits

-pick one priority

-write one sentence (optional)

🫶 Weekly (10–20 min)

-plan the week

-reset tasks

-update goals

-add a new “week vibe” image/collage

🌷 Monthly (20–30 min)

-reflect: what worked / what didn’t

-Refresh goals

-Update your cover + vibe

✨ Make it feel like YOU

You’re allowed to change anything — this is your life.

Try:

-renaming sections (“hot girl habits” / “soft life routine”)

-adding emojis to headings

-creating a vision board page

-adding trackers you actually care about (sleep, money, skincare, mood)

Your planner should feel like your dream life — not homework.

Beginner mistakes to avoid (so you don’t quit)

  • don’t try to fill every page on day one

  • don’t build 50 trackers (you’ll burn out)

  • don’t overdesign before you build the habit

 Start simple → then glow it up.