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# Workspace: My Favorite Way to Use Custom Blocks!
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-138/
- Published: 2024-01-02T13:00:53.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T12:56:59.000Z
- Description: #138
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Enterprise

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## What an easy way to take notes

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/01/CleanShot-2024-01-02-at-10.50.13.gif)

Taking notes at work has been a breeze ever since I started using the “@newnotes” Custom Block in Google Docs!

Seems like a small thing, but I found this has decreased the friction of taking notes by quite a bit.

## 📸 Instructions

First, create a simple meeting notes structure you can use again and again:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/01/image.png)

Then, select all lines > Right click > Save as Custom Building Block

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/01/image-1.png)

Give it a name you’ll easily remember

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/01/image-2.png)

Watch the magic happen the next time you need to start taking notes!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/01/CleanShot-2024-01-02-at-10.50.13-1.gif)

Google Drive will auto-generate a folder with all your Custom Building Blocks:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/01/image-3.png)

## 🌟 Pro Tip

- If you save the Custom Block using the “@today” Smart Chip, Custom Blocks recognizes the dynamic Smart Chip and will insert the current date moving forward!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/01/image-4.png)

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