BULLET JOURNALING
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Productive Tool The Bullet Journal
I love journals, but not all are useful. I use them for a time and then forget about them. They don’t suit my daily routines in the long-term.
I figured out that was because I did not know how to use them in a productive way. I thought it was all about thoughts and feelings. I am not really a diary type person, although I do enjoy jotting down thoughts.
I love the bullet journal concept because I tailor it around my daily, weekly, monthly even yearly needs using it for many things.
When I started combining regular journaling with planning, scheduling and mind mapping it freed me. No freeze up or burn out, as I had experienced in the past when trying to journal or do morning pages.
I have used three blank journals in three months. I use the front side of the journal pages and then flip it upside down and use the back side of the journal pages to extend use of a single journal.
Since any blank book or journal works, I can go back and use those old discarded journals to save money.
I tend to make my bullet journal an all-inclusive, instead of a single journal for each need. I make my tabs with sticky notes or tab strips. Stickers are fun to use too. This size also makes it pretty easy to carry wherever I go.
NOTE: You can use any kind of journal even a spiral notebook for a bullet journal. I use a 5.5 X 8.5 spiral sketch pad for mine from Amazon.
I have a small ruler and protractor for creating. I use color pens, pencils, and sometimes pre-made stencils to trace.
I use my bullet journal for everything.
Planning, Scheduling, Creating a Mission Statement, Ideas for Blogging, Brain Storming, Mind Mapping, Doodling-Sketching, Notes, Lists, Calendars, Writing Flash Fiction, Outlines of Stories, Story Flow Charts, or whatever else I think of doing.
I do not do a monthly or weekly calendar in my bullet, but I do make a daily calendar split in two halves, one side for planning and the other for scheduling my day and lists.
The bullet journal gives me a more creative way to break down my plans and schedules, encourages deep thought in the process without having to worry about space in a little square.
I bought a pre-made Weekly/Monthly planner created by Blue Sky for basic calendar use for single entries, in a 5×7 handy size, for quick referral and tracking at a glance.
Bullet Journal — The Analog System for the Digital Age
Getting Started — Bullet Journal
#bulletjournal • Instagram photos and videos
How to Lead an Intentional Life | Ryder Carroll | TEDxYale (Creator of The Bullet Journal)
HOW TO BULLET JOURNAL
BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BULLET JOURNAL BELOW: A SERIES OF 4 VIDEOS, plus presentations from various people on the bullet journal. Pick the ones you like or google for more, because there are tons.
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Juneta is a speculative fiction writer. She always wanted to live some place tropical retiring early from police/fire/EMT-911 communications dispatch. She is now a Texan living in Florida.
She loves writing about Gothic space opera, paranormal fantasy adventure, mysteries and romance with all the complexity of human nature mixed in, whether human or non-human, mage, mystic or pilot.Read More about Juneta Here
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