// by britt youssef
claude sorts.
you decide.
i build second brains in notion and claude for people holding too much at once. the capture, the sorting and the remembering get handled. the shape of the system stays yours.
systems for grad school and the years after_
// the second brain kit
one system that holds the day, the week, and what you said last week.
for anyone who feels overwhelmed. notion does the holding, claude does the upkeep, and you stay the one deciding where things go.
notion template
daily and weekly pages, ready to duplicate into your workspace.
the prompts
copy and paste them, or set them up once as a claude project.
written guide
how the pieces fit together, start to finish, at your own pace.
setup video
watch it get built, then build yours alongside it.
a brain dump turns into tasks. from there it plans your day, runs your weekly review, and remembers last week for you.
// free
the grad school applications tracker
every program, deadline and recommender on one notion page, with the five columns most trackers leave off.
send it to me// work with me
a 1:1 system-building session
two hours together in your own notion, building a system around the week you actually have.
// hi, i'm britt
neuroscience, therapy, and the systems that hold both together.
i spent more than ten years in research, from coordinator to manager, including time in a psychiatry lab at uc san diego. then i went back to school at usc. both taught me the same thing: people do better when the structure around them is kind and clear.
//by is where i share the systems i actually use, for applications, deadlines, research, and everything that comes after.
ms usc · bs uc san diego
// writing
by britt youssef, on substack
notes on systems, school, and the years after. what i'm building, what's working, and what i keep noticing.