Dilovely
Why I Love My Bullet Journal, 30 April 2023, by Dilovely For me, my Bullet Journal is about LISTS. I freaking love lists. I have been making overambitious to-do lists since at least high school. Also, I relate much better to a list that I write by hand than any list I could make digitally. It doesn’t matter whether it’s in an organizational app or just as a phone-note; when I look at a digital list, it doesn’t feel stable to me. I just want to put it down on the desk and make it be still and solid. And writing by hand makes me feel calm and steady. For a gal who loves lists and covets notebooks, what could be a more perfect idea than one notebook where ALL my lists are cuddled safely together?? It’s the best. It makes me feel safe, because my lists are safe. Nothing gets lost. (Excerpt from my blog post) http://itsdilovely.com/2023/04/30/why-i-love-my-bullet-journal/
Darwin Cruz
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Linda
Bullet journal helps me organize my schoolwork, fitness routines and other routines. More importantly, it helps me 'store' memorable moments in my life. Anything new, different, any new encounter, new experiences and memories are all noted in the book. It also helps me in my self-healing journey. It was just an empty book when I got it, but now I'm on my 7th book. Bullet journaling is the best!
Kara Garner Pass
Unleashing Potential, Elevating Experiences | President & CEO, Market Street Trust Company | Champion of Client and Employee Success Unleashing Potential, Elevating Experiences | President & CEO, Market Street Trust Company | Champion of Client and Employee Success
I was organized before I started bullet journaling in 2019, but what I found is that bullet journaling is like Marie Kondo for my brain. It helps me declutter and get laser-focused on what I need to do within a day and holds neatly what I need to remember for the past and future. Becoming more efficient brings me immense joy. I use my journal to organize my professional and personal life in one spot. I haven’t used a sticky note or notebook since adopting this method. I have everything I need between my laptop and journal to work every day no matter where I am. To get started, I read Ryder Carroll's "The Bullet Journal Method" and was shocked by the simplicity of it, and that it had never occurred to me to organize my thoughts in such a way. Simply brilliant. And, I love actually writing, as opposed to using technology to organize to-dos and notes. I feel more connected to my life and work when I put pen to paper. Old school. #efficiency #bulletjournal #organization #todolist #mariekondo
Taylor Page
Freelance Web Developer and Shopify Expert Freelance Web Developer and Shopify Expert
This is the most productive I've felt in weeks! Moved my weekly planning from Monday to Fridays (plan for the week ahead) and it's been a super smooth and helpful transition to move from stopping to plan things out at the beginning of the week, to planning the last day of the week for the next week. Ahead of the game! And I can hit the ground running on Mondays. Trying to Bullet Journal as well feels more streamlined than other analog planner methods I had tried. The Full Focus Planner method was nice, but I think TOO structured and a lot of extra fluff that wasn't really necessary for a business my size. I'm not even stressed at all taking a partial day today to go help out for an event at my daughter's school. Would love to hear any additional productivity tips from other freelancers, agency owners, or devs!
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Christiane Berker
Having spread the various To Dos, thoughts, health notes etc. etc. in five different apps, three different note books and various clouds, BuJo has finally shown me how to have EVERYTHING in one place! Suddenly I don't forget things anymore, I am way more organised than before with tons of lists - Ever since I started in Januar 2023, my life just feels SO MUCH more in control... such a relief, particularly, as life around me is loosing it rapidly (I am taking care of my 90-year old demented mother, and dementia is progressing almost weekly now). BuJo helps to voice my thoughts and feelings about watching my mother turn into an unknown entity, and the more I get determined by my outside world, the more I find peace and inner self in reflecting in my BuJo
Christopher Easton
I lost my father a little over a year ago. Soon after being admitted to hospital he lost consciousness and for a period of nearly 2 weeks we were “battling” with medical professionals and attending two to three case conferences a day. I’m sure that it’s an experience shared by many, but it’s a sobering one. After the very first conference I felt defeated and deflated; I’d understood little of what I was being told and when I looked down at the notes I’d taken, there was little of any value. I spent the next hour arguing with my brother over our very different recollections of what had just occurred. For the next case conference, I rapid logged. I used the signifiers, making up a few of my own along the way. I spelt out the unfamiliar medical terms phonetically and highlighted the bits that, although I didn’t understand, seemed particularly important. Armed with a coherent set of notes I was able to assemble a good understanding of what was going on and what options existed. In subsequent case conferences I was able to credibly challenge decisions being taken. I found myself correcting the professionals and on more than one occasion was asked if I had a medical background! I’m sure I was a thorn in the side of the staff and ultimately my efforts proved futile but we made sure that he had his best shot. The key to it was using the rapid logging approach; having a set of messy but ordered notes that I could reflect upon, organise and research from to put me in a position of strength for the next meeting.
Kyle Kirves
Better teaming from Project Mentorship and Management Better teaming from Project Mentorship and Management
One of the best professional habits I adopted in recent years is bullet journaling. Never one to go to a “At-A-Glance” book, I have found great utility in my own customized bullet view and collections. Keeps me organized and motivated, yes, but is a commonplace book for ideas and other notions beyond simple lists. It helps me set and keep boundaries and preserve work/life balance. The anchor of my world. I could get through the day or week without my computer or phone, but not my journal. #bulletjournal
David Turcios
Vice President - Tampa at Guignard Company Vice President - Tampa at Guignard Company
The older I get the more necessary I find it to write down EVERYTHING in my professional career… usually my personal life too. Especially if I want to remember it! I used to have different sizes of note pads and various colors of post-it blocks strategically housed on my desk. Little colorful squares of paper were stuck all over my monitor and work area to remind me of messages to return, meetings to attend, or generally things to do. If I needed to refer back to conversation or meeting notes I would shuffle through legal pads or spiral binders to refresh my memory. It was a system that (kind of) worked, but it was not exactly efficient, nor well organized… About 15 years ago a life-long friend invited me to attend a time management seminar put on by an organization that rhymes with Cranklin Fovey. There I learned about living my life in a quadrant, the importance of sharpening my saw, and how to prioritize my days. Instead of my office looking like a unicorn threw up in it I had one planner to help keep me organized and focused. Over the years I have gotten away from using their prescribed planner but I still used a planner and would incorporate many of their teachings. Theirs is a good system but I did not feel it matched my needs 100%. A little over a year ago my better-half made me aware of the Bullet Journal that she came across at a book store. After some Google searches and YouTube tutorials of its system I decided to purchase one and started to incorporate it into my everyday life. Since that time, I will share that I have found it to most fit me and the way I carry on with my day-to-day. While “BuJo” is a framework of how to use the book, the company encourages you to customize the journal so that it best fits your specific life and its needs. With 2023 being just over a week away I have purchased a new journal, their new and improved version labeled “Edition 2” and am excited to start using it to manage my life using my personal system that I have tweaked over the past +/- 18 months. If I am being honest, I continue to tweak my system as real life has one’s needs change on an almost weekly basis. If you are looking for a way to organize your life, or for a way to amend what you already do to make it better fit your needs, I encourage you to investigate #BulletJournal and to start #BuJo in 2023 with me. This is not a paid advertisement, and I am not a paid actor, though I would not turn down an endorsement. 😉
Casey Ellis
I started consistently using the Bujo method at the end of 2021, mainly to help me track a variety of health issues (autoimmune symptoms, digestive, stress, etc.) as well as keep a close eye on my dietary intake. After an expensive food allergy test, I discovered that I have a fairly long list of food sensitivities - tracking my meals helped to correlate my symptoms and know what foods to avoid. Also I’m a mother of a now three year old and feel that Bujo has helped me with navigating parenting challenges, providing a space for visualizing associated patterns there, and relief for the overall mental load of parenthood. It’s truly a great system for staying organized with all the family activities as well. I’ve recently started using it to assist with my career, based in project management, to track tasks related to my programs and projects in collections. I still using Google Calendar and Tasks for work though. Bujo made me realize how anxious and stressed I was before using my journal. As others have said, my notes and tasks were scattered in different programs. Consolidating in my journal has given me peace of mind. There’s space for everything there!