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@ishe Only as much trouble as I made for myself because I turned it into a way bigger project than I needed to. But I can't resist learning new things.
I've figured out how to:
- Assign recipes to dates
- Display the ingredients each date on a printable "menu" for the week
The printing is not ideal because there is no pagination control and it isn't space-efficient, but I've attached an image of what a day might look like.
To explain more it would probably be easiest to hop on a video call. I can also just give you a download link to the templates I have thrown together so you can fiddle with them at your leisure.
Going further, I've actually almost got it to:
- Calculate nutrient info for the recipe
- Generate a shopping list
Wondering now how to be able to take multiple recipes for a big dinner (like Thanksgiving) and automatically create a sequential cooking task sheet... 😝
@ishe Wow, you've done a lot of good stuff here. Notion is really just a box of tools for building workflows, and just like there are 15 ways to make a birdhouse, there are at least that many to make a meal planner in Notion. You're already most of the way there!
Give me a couple of days to poke at this a bit and I might get back to you with a question or two, but I do think you can keep this process largely as it is and avoid the step of needing to copy into Google Docs (and still print the same sort of thing from Notion).
@ishe I'd have to see some examples of what you are trying to do to be sure, but I would think that Notion could do anything Google Docs can do.
I know people who have all their recipes in Notion AND all their pantry items documented, so that they can just choose recipes/meals for the week and it builds a shopping list for what is needed and at what amounts. When they check them off as they shop, they go into the pantry, etc... As they check off their meals it subtracts from the pantry.
Not something I ever felt the need for, but not so different than what I've built for my financial tracking: accounts, bills, budgets, buckets, balancing, etc... It really is quite a versatile tool.
Drinking a cup of dried fig leaf tea this morning, mostly because I wanted to figure out how much I might need to add fig leaves to a beer I'm planning on brewing with them.
Fig leaves have a sort of vanilla adjacent earthy woody flavor. I was thinking they would go well in a dark mild.
@ishe Was there an issue in printing right from Notion, or is there something else you were trying to accomplish in putting the ingredients list into Google Docs?
The core issue here is that Notion formats things as Markdown, which is a way of presenting plain text content so that it gets formatted certain ways by a system that translates it back into bold, header, checkbox, etc... Google doesn't do that, so checkboxes become [ ] and bullets become - (Google gets that one).
Getting around the core problem would be tricky, but maybe there is some way to avoid the Google Docs step entirely that is worth considering?
If Google is critical it is also possible to surface Google Docs in Notion, which may work better but I'd have to poke at that one a little more.
@consumablejoy @emery @Axiom @Paws2Spindle There is still a lot to be said for the power of the education+ community model. People love learning new things, especially alongside other people with shared interests.
If you could get 40 people paying $75 a go and did it 3-4 times a year, that's $9-$12K a year and there are limitless ways to add now and interesting challenges, bring in experts, etc... etc...
Give a really great experience and before you know it you've got 3x that joining AND a stable of folks who know and trust you to give them great experiences who are eager to invest in whatever you come up with.
Sorry, I've got my marketing hat on there, but the point is that you don't have to charge individuals a lot to get (and give) a lot of value to a group of people.
Weekly reminder that I am looking for work!
In the corporate sphere I do Customer Success and Enablement, but everywhere else I am essentially a Business Border Collie.
If you have things that need doing which you are too busy to get done (or just hate doing) then I may be your huckleberry.
I'm equal parts strategic and tactical. I don't just DO THE THINGS you know need done, but point out things you may be missing or could be tweaked to work better for you.
Best of all, I speak the language of makers and creators.
What I Do:
• Build/Optimize Systems
• General Administration
• Client/Community Care
• Content/Creative Support
• Social Media/Marketing Execution
• Project Management
• Research, Sourcing, Procurement
From wildly ambitious projects to the daily grind, I take away the stuff in your way so that you can focus on the things that only you can do.
If you, or someone you know, might need any of this, hit me up!
Seriously.
Don't make me have to work for Costco.
We can't take our communities, our country, or our world back until we take back the sovereignty of our thought processes.
We even already have a war plan! People who are Autistic, ADHD, Bipolar, and/or suffer from General Anxiety Disorder or Depression have been fighting this battle for decades. They've written hundreds of books to help others like them.
Now we all suffer from the same symptoms they do.
If you have never been Neurodivergent before, congratulations... you are now. You don't need an official mental disorder to suffer the effects of them.
We need to learn their skills and techniques now.
We need to listen to those who know this terrain intimately.
They are the leaders we need.
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