I had to throw away my favorite notebooks filled with plans, dreams, and goals.

yuliiaprybytkova
Aug 3
3 min read

Life made me do it.

When I moved to Europe, bringing my massive archive with me was simply unrealistic.

So I had to figure out a new way to process incoming information. And yes, it really was massive — but as they say, no judgment, please.

Here’s what I had:

A planner for tasks and monthly goals.
A notebook where I wrote down my life vision and long-term goals.
A vision board — a huge photo collage on a big sheet of paper.
A finance notebook for tracking income, expenses, and shopping lists (I tested apps too, then switched to a Google spreadsheet).
A travel notebook — with routes, packing lists, ideas, and tickets.
A whole collection of big notebooks for handwritten notes — I’ve loved taking notes since school. I wrote down ideas from courses and lectures on finance, history, art, psychology, marketing, etc.
A gratitude journal.
A dream journal — I kept it by my bed and wrote in it when I remembered a dream.
A morning pages journal — for years I’ve written my thoughts freely every morning.
A habit tracker.
A folder with medical data — test results, doctors, reminders.
A folder with documents — from important papers to copies and checklists.
A tiny notebook I carried with me to jot down spontaneous thoughts — then “assigned” each note to its proper place at home.

That’s it, I think.

How many of these do you have too? Which ones do you use?

A friend once told me this might be a form of OCD. Maybe. Who isn’t a little weird these days?

But here’s how I explain it:

▶️ I simply love writing things by hand.

▶️ Putting my thoughts on paper helps me calm down, offload my mind, and feel more organized.

▶️ And the weirdest reason: handwriting makes my ideas feel like they exist — in the real world, even if just on paper.

But…

Back in Ukraine, all this had its own cabinet! In Portugal, I could only bring one notebook — my morning pages journal. Everything else stayed behind. But I couldn’t give up my obsession — I needed a solution.

When I discovered Notion, I instantly felt: this is love. I spent over a year building a personal system that combines all 12 areas in one place.

Now I only use one beautiful journal for morning pages — the one I took with me on my Camino de Santiago journey. And the fact that my whole system works wherever I go gives me an incredible sense of inner order. I created this “system” and — not to be humble — I honestly think it’s a piece of art.

It’s:

▶️ a Notion template, plus

▶️ a collection of coaching questions and tools that help you build a structured life — tracking plans, dreams, money, habits, and more.

I turned it into a program and called it

“From Life Vision to Closet Organization” — because it literally helps you bring order to your life and unify everything in one working system.

There are 5 modules — you can complete them all or choose just one. Each module is like a puzzle piece that makes the whole system stronger.

And now, exciting news:

Starting September 8, I’m launching live group coaching for this program —

in English, Ukrainian, and Russian.

You can choose the block that interests you most, or go through the entire journey.

The price is symbolic (one 2hour session in a program cost is only 20 euro). This is a pilot launch to gather feedback, record sessions, and see how people start using the system. I really want to share it — so I made it as accessible as possible.

Each group will be small: just 3 to 12 people.

You’ll get: