![]() Two months on and I am in still inawe of my BuJo’s ability to organize my life. The beauty of your own bullet journal is that it becomes what you make it mine is very functional others use their journals like scrapbooks and mood boards. You can corral these thoughts into a collection (ideas for anniversary, for instance), then simply add this collection to your index with all the relevant page numbers written next to it. If it’s a particularly brilliant thought, stick a ! in front of it. Have a sudden thought about a book you’d like to read, or a present you want to get your other half? Write it down, with a dash in front of it, then add it to your index. The journal works on the principle that nothing need be lost if you write it down. A dot indicates a task, a circle an event, and arrows indicate if you’ve moved or rescheduled a task a cross shows you when you’ve got it done. Tasks are added in note form (a process Carroll terms ‘rapid logging’), and different sorts of to-dos are annotated by different symbols. ![]() Number your pages and add all of these to you index… and you’re ready to go. Next set up your ‘monthly log’ for that month’s to dos, and then a daily log where you can drill into your daily tasks. ![]() This will be your ‘future log’, where you jot down key tasks over the coming months (book holiday, for instance, or organize annual review). Simply find a blank notebook (any type or brand will do – I choose an unlined, leather bound notebook) and a pen, leave four blank pages for your index, then divide two pages into six sections. So how do you do it? Once you’ve got used to the jargon (see below), and watched Ryder Carroll’s original how-to video at a couple of times (number of views to date – a whopping four million), setting up your bullet journal is actually fairly straightforward. A system like the bullet journal gets what’s in your head out there in the world.’ The system has won praise from top US neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, who praises it for its ability to ‘externalise your memory. It makes you feel lighter.’ Research shows there could be other plus points too - a 2014 study published in the journal Psychological Science suggests that taking notes by hand – as opposed to typing on a laptop – boosts memory and allows you to better organise your thoughts. “Clearing your head with something like a bullet journal helps you focus and stay calmer. “It’s a brilliant concept,” says British life coach and Life Clubs founder Nina Grunfeld. But the concept has received rave reviews by experts who say that minus the hype, BuJos are a great productivity tool that corral all your ideas, plans and to do lists into one master plan and help organise the chaos of daily life as well as reducing stress. Bullet journaling was dreamt up by Brooklyn-based digital designer Ryder Carroll and has taken the US by storm.īack in Blighty, bullet journaling is still in its infancy. If it all sounds a bit earnest and American, that’s because it is. Look up #bulletjournal on the social media platform of your choice, and you’ll pull up endless images of neatly inked notebook pages that track daily to dos, personal goals, projects, and even (permission given to roll your eyes) favourite inspirational quotes. Turns out that she’s not alone in her love of the BuJo. And it had to be an improvement on my usual mash-up of post-its, lists, emails and digital reminders, didn’t it? I feel like one of those scary organised people who are good at Getting Stuff Done.’ What a turnaround. She proudly showed me her index, pages of dated, neat to do lists, and sections for projects called things like ‘House Renovation!’ ‘Books for Tom!’ ‘Swimming teachers!’ ‘You see, it’s all here!’ she said. On closer inspection, her ‘BuJo’ did seem to be impressively organised. And this from a woman who’s previous filing system was the back of a nearest till receipt. Plus, I can always find phone numbers,’ she said pointedly, ‘because everything is in one place.’īlimey. Everything goes in here,” she raved, patting a sleek black book, “and I never have that nagging feeling I’ve forgotten something anymore. ![]() ‘It’s a new thing – it’s all over the internet! I’ve tried it and it’s AMAZING. ‘Have you heard about bullet journaling?’ she asked excitedly, while I scrabbled through my bag searching for the name of a dog walker I’d jotted down for her. Normally, we bond over our chaotic, time poor lives with six children, two commuter husbands, three jobs, ailing parents and a vast array of pets between us, we both rely heavily on a patchy system of to do lists to help us manage the daily grind. Do you #BuJo? No, neither did I until I turned up for a coffee with my best friend a couple of months ago. ![]()
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