Dearly Peculiar field notes
Guides for a calmer Notion page
Set up a widget, solve a problem, or make your page feel like yours.
Start with the essentials
Choose a widget, then get it onto your page.
How to add a widget to Notion
The short version of adding any widget to Notion, plus the bookmark fix.
Notion widget FAQ
What widgets are, how to add one, whether they are free or safe, and why they go blank.
The best free Notion widget sites in 2026
A 2026 comparison of Indify, Apption, Dearly Peculiar and other free widget providers.
Make your page useful day to day
Find what you need and decide what to do next.
When your Notion planner is full, but you still don't know where to start
A full Notion planner can still leave you unsure where to begin. Choose a useful next action, close a loose end and keep the longer view available.
How to pick up a Notion project where you left off
Leave a useful next step so you can resume without rereading everything.
How to set a Notion reminder you'll know what to do with
Set a reminder in an existing Notion page, choose a useful time and leave yourself a clear action. Includes checks for notification delivery.
How to find a Notion page when you've forgotten its name
Find an existing Notion page using a remembered detail, an exact phrase or a clearer title. Practical search tips for the pages you already use.
How to keep a Notion widget on top of your other windows
Turn on Float on top and Soft Clock or Focus Timer sits in its own small window above your other tabs and apps.
The Notion dashboard reset: what to delete, keep and move
A small audit for a home page that has collected too many jobs.
Make it feel like yours
Find colours, layouts and small details that fit together.
How to customise Notion widgets without making the page too busy
Balance colour, type, background and size so the widget fits the rest of your dashboard.
Why your Notion widgets don't look like they belong together
Make separate Notion widgets feel at home together. Compare backgrounds, spacing and visual weight, with real examples from Soft Satin.
Aesthetic Notion dashboard ideas that still make sense on Monday morning
Five dashboard ideas built around a clear purpose and a colour palette you can live with.
How to make Notion widgets work in dark mode
Fix bright boxes, faint text and backgrounds that almost match but never quite disappear.
How to refresh a Notion page you already use
Use a restrained palette, leave more space and choose one decorative detail.
Fandom and stories
Keep favourite stories close, and give your thoughts somewhere to go.
Your Notion page can have room for the things you love
Make room on your Notion page for favourite characters, pairings and stories, with real fandom widget examples.
For the stories you keep thinking about
Writing fandom analysis, saving other interpretations and returning to scenes with deeper questions, with visual examples from Set Sail.
For a particular moment
Help with studying, moving and getting a home page in order.
Notion widgets for students who need to see what is due
A small set of widgets for deadlines, weekly planning, focus and one useful habit.
Notion widgets for moving home, from the first box to the first night
Widgets for each stage of moving, from packing the first useful box to setting up one liveable room.
Is your Notion home dashboard helping you start?
One main work area, useful navigation and no more than two widgets above the fold.
When something needs fixing
Resolve an embed problem or find a replacement.
Notion widget not working? Try the fix that matches what you see
Match the symptom to the fix for blank embeds, bookmarks, scrollbars and mobile layouts.
Why Notion widgets do not sync between devices
Find out where the widget keeps its entries and what can still be recovered.
WidgetBox alternatives for your Notion page
Compare replacements for clocks, calendars, weather and countdowns, with free account limits explained.
Indify alternative: how Dearly Peculiar compares
Free limits, prices and widget types side by side, including what Indify does that we do not.