Maximizing Productivity with Tana

My Daily Page Set Up for January 2023

Welcome to a look at my Tana daily page set up as of January 2, 2023. In this post, I'll explain the reasoning behind my current organization and welcome feedback on how to improve it.

My “Daily” Page in Tana as of January 2, 2023.

Fields within my Tana “Day” supertag

One of my goals for 2023 is to "exclusively use Tana for note-taking and metric tracking for everything". In the past, I've used a variety of apps for these purposes, but this year I'm committing to using just one. Tana's "Daily" page has the supertag of "day", and as you'll see in the screenshot below, I have a lot going on with mine at the moment.

Fields that are currently part of my #Day supertag in Tana.

All of these fields are hidden using Tana's "Hide field" option (see next screenshot). Some fields are hidden when not empty (meaning I've added the information I wanted to add and don't need to see it anymore), some are hidden when empty (meaning I'll add the information when I need it), and some fields are always hidden because I'm using a search node to surface it on the daily page in a more compact manner (i.e. taking up less space on the daily page).

Tana gives you the option to change the visibility of a given field with it’s “hide field” options.

Exercise, Meal, and Daily Tracking are examples of this in action. I created search nodes for each of these and then display only the relevant fields. This makes it easy for me to enter and review tracking information throughout the day.

Exercise Tracking

For "Exercise" tracking, my goal for 2023 is simply to move more. So I check the box if I exercised (Y) and indicate what I did.

Exercise tracking options in my Tana Daily Page

Meal Tracking

"Meal Tracking" is fairly basic as well, as I'm using another app to track macros. Here, I just list what I ate throughout the day, and my thoughts on how I ate for the day ("Meal Reflections").

Meal Tracking fields in my Tana Daily Page

Daily Tracking

"Daily Tracking" includes the remaining metrics I've decided to pay attention to in 2023: my weight, whether this was up, down, or the same since my previous weigh-in, along with my sleep and activity scores (from my Oura ring).

Other metrics I’m tracking in Tana on my Daily Page.

Keeping Focused on My Goals

I've also embedded my 2023 goals within my daily page, using a search node to surface them in a more compact manner. I use a common emoji at the front of each goal so that I can easily group similar goals together.

My 2023 Goals are displayed within a search node on my Daily page in Tana.

I can also easily expand any of the goals to see more details, like why the goal is important to me, to help keep my focus and maintain consistent motivation.

Fields that are part of my #2023 Goals supertag in Tana.

Using Reminders in Tana

I use Tana's reminder feature to add a link to any node that I want to be reminded about on the date page for the day I indicated. I then drag those nodes up under the
🚨Reminders ⤵ heading that I’ve included in my Day supertag (where I can see them better when grouped with an emoji).

Using Reminders in Tana

So that's a look at how I'm currently organizing my Tana Daily page as of January 2, 2023.

Interesting in learning more?

I plan to share more videos about this and other Tana topics on my YouTube channel, which you can check out at https://youtube.com/@MonicaRysavy.

Monica Rysavy’s YouTube Channel

I welcome feedback on how to improve my setup or make it easier to use. Thank you for reading!