Daily log - any notes, events, etc. you may hear of throughout the day. Migrate things to a digital calendar later. Take time to think about why the things you're scheduling actually matter. At the end of the day or first time next morning, choose what tasks you will commit to by migrating things from your bujo to your calendar. Schedule tasks in calendar just like you would any appointment. Tasks are experiences waiting to be born - schedule when you will do what. Your calendar represents the choices your are making. Don't forget the larger story you're trying to live - so slow down and take the time to choose what goes from your daily log to your calendar. Process driven vs purpose driven - what things are worth your time?
Thank you for sharing this with us Ryder! Listening on your perspective and intentional attitude on the subject matter has helped me realise a way to live intentionally as well. I used BuJo before but stopped when I stopped school. Now I remember how much the BuJo method kept my sanity intact during my hectic education and how it has helped me live meaningfully, mindfully, and intentionally. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
This came at a great time as i was just looking up planning in google calendar. The purpose driven approach is something i really nave to talk to myself about.. and I'm excited to start! Writing this comments here to keep myself accountable.
I do agree with what you said, but this seems to only apply to people who own a business or TH-camrs. I work in the IT/telecom business and barely have a say as to what meeting is valid or not. the only thing I can do is figure out how to get the meeting over faster. so my question to you is, how could we apply your ethics to someone who's time is sometimes not his?
This was SO helpful, even if to just know I'm not the only one to struggle with this question. Early on in my BuJo practice, I ran into this very dilema. I missundersood the process and ultimatly faild for the first year. I did, thankfully, keep at it and discovered that I still needed to integrate Google Calendar and other tools to keep myself organized. Another helpful resource is Tom Sachs's Ten Bullets... specifically "Keep a List". "Keep a prioritized list at all times. Keep track of every detail relating to every project you are involved with - phone numbers and parts numbers - your list is your future and your past. You will justify your actions through a carefully updated list." This quote forevr changed the way I look at (use) Bullet Journaling!
Thank you for this video! I'm slowly transitioning from a physical BuJo to TickTick - a digital app. I can do Kanban, Eisenhower Matrix, habits, etc. I can also transfer some articles from the Internet to read later. I use it for everything I do during the day, be it meal planning, or books reviews, or just my daily like like cleaning the bathrooms. The great thing about this is that I can use it both on my Android and on the web and they synchronize. I found it faster to enter my notes and reminders than using the physical BuJo, which is why I've decided to go digital. I still consider it a BuJo because it has everything I had in my notebooks (and more).
Interesting. I was a huge TickTick user but in the end it overwhelmed me and I came to a paper BuJo. I do miss ticktick though. Especially the completion ping noise :)
@@darkblueturbo I pretty much use my phone only for that - TickTick I mean - I don't play or read news on it. My WhatsApp is also on my PC so I'll use it a bit on the phone if we're travelling. I was always losing my BuJo and/or my pen around the house and I got really frustrated. On the other hand, TickTick is on my start menu on Chrome so it's always there. I have 16 tabs to go through in the morning, but the last 6 stay on all day; the others are deleted as I go.
I have used gcal since 2008, and I find it helpful because I can search for any past appts on there. When I’m in the doctor’s office, I can pull it up and know right away if I have a conflict when scheduling the next appt. The rest go into Reminders (Apple) app, I have repeating tasks set for certain days in there, as well as one offs.
@@Butterflies.and.Tulips Interesting. I've never heard of gcal. I use my phone for appointments. Funnily enough, mine (Android) can go way back for anything I put in there but my husband's (iPhone) gets deleted after 3 months. The easiest way I found to make the next appointment is by duplicating the one I'm at and just change the time and date (my husband can't do that). But TickTick is also great for recurring actions/appointments, etc. My phone too.
@@thepeddler9226 There is a setting in iPhone not to delete past appointments. They also might drop off the phone (to save data space) but might still be on the cloud!
I tested my writing speed versus my typing speed. To my surprise, I wrote almost as fast as I typed! And also I discovered that I wrote the fastest when I wrote SMALL with a THIN pen without lifting it from the page. So test your speed, you might be surprised. 🙂👍
I wrote (and passed!) my MA essays for my comprehensive exams by hand because my typing is so slow. I cranked out 12-15 pages of handwriting with 40 minutes to spare.
I write 110 words per minute on a keyboard. I'm confident there is no chance anyone can write this fast with a pen, since an average adult writes at a speed of 12-20 words per minute. Si you're either a superhero, or just not very comfortable with a keyboard. :)
@@DavidChurcheese Yes that's true. I'm the fastest typer in my office but I still only type 70+ words a minute I think. But I wrote everything in high school (before laptops) and got really fast. If the pen is thin and hardtipped and you don't lift it and rest your hand just right and write small, like a height of about 3 mm, and economically... I actually copied a teacher who did the same. It makes for a "clean" look.
I was about to watch how I could set up a Notion account to itemise some projects that are too complex for my bujo system. I'm glad this video get out right on time, now I'll consider it more wisely!
Thanks so much, Ryder! Nice to know I'm not the only person struggling with this. Even better to have a solution: a process to plan out my time. You're awesome! Hugs from Utah! 🥰
Thanks for these videos. The one thing I am trying to decide is how to handle routine tasks. Tasks that have to be done weekly/monthly or even daily as routines. Thanks!!!
Thank you for this! I have been using digital tools then transferring them to Bujo, maybe I need to try to flip them like you do. I'd love to see your entire productivity process and digital tools you use, to give greater context to how you utilize all of your tools.
someday we will do this full run down but the BuJo is the first place everything goes. Everything needs to "earn" its place - so if it is an important idea, it goes into a knowledge management app called Roam Research, if it's an important event, it will go into the Google Calendar, and if it's an important Team task, it goes into a project management app called Clarity. Other thoughts and personal tasks stay in the BuJo. Hope this gives some initial thoughts!
thank you for such an amazing video. i am using the BUJO and calendar blocking together but often times I was not able to manage both and ended up getting irritated. The day i was introduced to BUJO I started that technique and later on integrated with calendar blocking. To be honest BUJO is just amazing it was simple yet efficient technique .As I'm a university student it helped me keep track of all my deadlines . Now this video is very insightful and I hope I will be able to integrate BUJO and calendar Blocking efficiently . thanks a lot!
How has your Bujo practice evolved after you joined Tiagos 2nd brain cohort class? Has it become more like a "capture only" tool or do you still do some kind of planning in your Bujo?
omg this is amazing, I've been watching your videos about bujo and it really is something different and it shows up at the best time in my life! it's like a funnel of what I really want and don't want to do and the most incredible part is that it helps you to separate what it is really important to you from what it isn't. Thank you so much for this, I'm starting my BuJo very soon 😄
Hello Ryder, how do you cope with/ address interruptions during your work day, e.g. phone calls, people visiting your office etc. This is tricky especially when they have contacted you about a new, high level priority that needs immediate action yet conflicts with other equally time sensitive tasks that you’ve set aside time that day to focus on. Thank you 🙏🏼
I look forward this tip. This week I scheduled my morning but my boss called me for an emergency meeting then another person called me for another meeting. That’s was frustrating, all morning plan was ruined.
@@alejandroortegahernandez1860 I have had this happen to me to. Only thing that helped me not spin out of control was to write down those priorities, re-evaluate, and reminded myself when I mentally wandered from exhaustion...what I needed was written in front of me. It's not perfect and it does help sometimes, but I am new to BuJo so I too am looking forward to this tip.
Thank you. I feel like productivity youtubers can over complicate this stuff to make it cooler where as this is simple and to the point. And simple is what sticks!
Thanks Ryder, two questions here please 1. How to mark the BuJo task so that it denotes that task has been migrated to digital calendar 2. How can a calendar entry refer back to original BuJo task? Do you use a unique ID (page number, task number)?
Ryder, I am a huge fan of the bujo method and it has helped me organize my life so much. My question is have you ever had any dialogue with anyone in a leadership position in the military and what would be the more beneficial ways to plan when your schedule is constantly varied and flowing. I know it's a fairly broad question and would love a chance to chat about it. Bottom line upfront; do you have any methods to plan and organize for people who supervise a lot of people and have a crazy schedule? (Unpredictably crazy)
First of all, Thanks for BuJo-Method, in the past I couldn't stick to a calender or any other system for long, now I use BuJo since 2018 and I still love it 🙂 The only thing I struggel allways is rapid logging, my entries are long sentences (almost short stories ;-) ). Is there any trick to change from "long text" to rapid logging?
This is so helpful. I love the bujo for my personal life, gratitude, reflections etc but with work involving lots of confidentiality, I have to use digital on my work laptop for scheduling and to do listing of work things
Very interesting - scheduling tasks on Google calendar. Similarly I use a weekly log setup for scheduling my work tasks. But I do t bullet them so there’s no migration for that spread. That helps when things don’t go as planned. The day before I review my daily log and monthly tasklist and migrate tasks to the weekly log day slot under a project heading. It’s more like a map than anything but sometimes I use it like a timebox if I’m really clicking along (just add more lines)
Ryder, you are a productivity Rockstar! I appreciate the minimalist approach and really appreciate the paper Bullet journal, I like the aesthetics and the quality. Thank you for all your efforts . . . I do have a question, what are your thoughts on loose leaf journals versus fixed leaf? I see benefits to both. Also do you subscribe to having a commonplace book along with the bullet journal? Productivity vs idea capture . . . What are your thoughts? Thank you!
Thank you! This is perfect timing as I was just wondering about this question. I’ve been using a physical calendar for a while to reduce my time on devices but have decided to double up with an electronic one as I now have a job where I schedule into the coming years quite a bit and my calendar doesn’t accommodate for that. I was wondering how to ensure that what gets put in one is also in the other. Now I know - write it in my daily log and then move it to my calendars. That way I always know my schedule even if I just have my phone on me but still have the paper experience with my calendar on a day to day basis.
Make sure you make a designation so you know if you have put into digital yet or not! I actually do the opposite because I’ve used a digital gcal since 2008, and always have my phone with me, so I schedule there first (which shows me any conflicts) and put in my paper planners when I get home!
@@Butterflies.and.Tulips Thank you - I've been struggling to keep both up to date / make sure I have everything in both... Do you set a reminder to put it in your planner or is it a set ritual every day or do you just never forget?
Love this idea! I'm just moving across to a digital calendar for some aspects, and I'd really like to make it easier for people to see when I'm free. I didn't know about Calendly either, so this is a really helpful suggestion, thank you!
Super video Ryder. I’ve been using calendly with google calendar for a long time. I found your tips on how to migrate items from the bujo to calendar very helpful
Hi Ryder and team, I’ve been keeping a bujo for a while. Pretty ad how and more diary or planner. I recently read the book and am now rethinking my whole process. It’s brilliant. Thank you. I have a question. How do I keep track of tasks in collections? How do they not become out of sight out of mind? Collections I kept were mostly information but I like the idea of projects and brainstorming etc. I’m not clear on tasks in collections. Thanks.
I do things the opposite way. I make sure every event is in my outlook calendar no matter what. Then every month and every week, I use it to create my monthly and weekly spreads. Outlook is tied to my work, especially meetings. I don’t mind the redundancy of writing it down again, figuring out my monthly and weekly planning helps me sort and organize things in my head. Outlook helps make sure that I don’t miss anything important.
Thanks for answering my question, Ryder! I must admit, I did not think of using my calendar that way! You have definitely cleared my concerns! Can you please let me know how I can avail the free membership offer for Bujo U? Thanks! :)
I'm wondering when you write a task in your bujo and after reflecting you add it to your google calendar, do you use a specific symbol or simply the "migrate >" or "schedule
Wow. Amazing. Is it worth my time. Going from process to purpose driven. This is so good Ryder. This video came in timely for me as I transit from process to purpose in the current season of my life. Sometimes in a fast paced lifestyle, where you are always on the move, I find it hard to take out my BuJo to jot down tasks. For me it’s digital and then analog. Hopefully I can heed the golden advice. Slow down!!😅 Question. Ryder. For you personally, are you still tweaking your BuJo system as you progress along? I find myself tweaking it and improving on it to fit my needs as times goes. Thank you again Ryder. God bless!!
What do you think about using a digital paper device (like remarkable, supernote or the new Kindle coming soon?) for the BuJo? I love my remarkable. I love my BuJo. How can I best combine the two? As it’s not paper, flipping between pages for migration, or to reference collections is tricky. A new digital notebook in the remarkable for each collection could work? Thank you
This video glues it all together for me. Learning what ADHD has done in my life and how BuJo has helped me understand the relationship with all the things in life with the one thing I am blind to: Time.
Thanks for this fab video. A timely reminder to reconnect with purpose. I'm experiencing rapid change in all areas of my life and it feels like total chaos. Any bujo tips to help me find a path forward?
Hello Ryder and thanks for this helpful video! I actually have a question: These past months, i've been dropping more and more my bujo, sometimes forgetting about it for a full week. What do you do to make it a reflex?
This can happen, don’t let it discourage you. The BuJo rituals can help you to stay connected to your practice, whether it’s morning, evening, weekly, monthly. Also, remember that you can always start fresh on a blank page even if you’ve missed days. We have a whole video about ways to restart your BuJo practice too. If you haven’t already seen it, the link is below. We’ll also add making your practice a reflex to our list of questions to cover in more detail!
I'll definately be thinking about how I use my digital tools now. My question is: How do you use your Bujo to combine multiple projects AND non-project related work? I work on 4 large corporate projects as well as have my 'day job' and I'm finding keeping track of everything in one place challenging.
Hi! Thank you so much Bullet Journal Team. I have one question. If you do not use the Monthly log to put future events, where do you plan your month then and keep track of your events? Do you put them in your Future Log only? Or do you only put them into your Google Calendar? Thank you. Looking forward to your answer :)
I read the bullet journal method a couple of years ago, the monthly calendar was crucial to that method. have you now changed your mind? I enjoy writing in the journal, but really, it is simpler to store everything on a note taking app like ColorNote (everything, I use it as my common place book) and then migrate from there. I do it the other way round to you.
Great idea! I fell in the same pittfall that I ended up sometimes writing things down in different places and you tent to forget stuff that way. Just wondering: When you want schedule for example a dinner with some friends for next week and you write it down in your notebook, and you want to add it to your Google Calendar later, what bullet do you use? Is it an event bullet, or a task bullet? With a task bullet your can cross off if you added it to a calendar, but of course it is actually an event. And how do you keep track of what you need to schedule and what is already migrated, if it is an event bullet?
That is a great question. I use my daily log as my first note, and then I can check my availability on my digital calendar. A strategy that can be helpful is to actively make that a task - "check cal for dinner with E Nov 22 6pm" or "add invite for dinner with E 11/22 6pm"
Gotta love this guys world view, who knew that one simple BUJO method could be so philosophical, and help us get back in touch with the meaning inherent in the seemingly inane elements of the daily grind. Thanks Ryder 🙂
I have multiple disabilities. How can I use bujo to effectively track symptoms, triggers and meds to show my specialists and also help me mange them more effectively
When you migrate something into your digital calendar, do you still then migrate the item somewhere into your paper BuJo? For example, you decide to schedule something into the digital calendar for 2 hours next Tuesday, do you also then write that into your monthly so you will add it to your daily log on Tuesday when it comes around? Or has the digital calendar basically become your daily log, and your daily log a daily brain dump? Hope you can understand what I am asking 😆 🤣
Awesome. As always. Q: How do you decide what warrants a collection? For example: I debate whether to just rapid log "2R" versus create a collection of books, scripts and articles "To Read." Ditto: Rapid log movies, TV shows, documentaries and webinars "2W" - or creating and maintaining a "To Watch" Collection. (or putting all of them into one IP/Content Collection?) Same with "Impulse Cooler" - things I want to buy - but want to "Cool It" ;-) a minute to see if the impulse passes after researching vendors, prices, options, etc. I later put these into Airtable... so maybe Rapid (Daily) Logging is the answer? Or...??? THANK YOU!
How do you get to remind yourself to use your bujo? And to do your reflection? If it's all planning and not doing it doesn't work. You can set yourself all sort of goal and all but how do you actually make it happen in real life. I am a master planner and... a poor executioner ( haha! 😉💀). How to get reminded with the doing when you have kids and multiple roles to play? Or to put it otherwise; how do you "weed out distraction" and focus what's most important with neuro divergent brains🧠. Thank you for the video I was writing down where to make a resource place for links articles, teachings and also discovering the the digital tools along my Bujo. Also thank you for the book it's great so far
I'm someone who struggles building the habit and being consistent with BuJo. Do you have any advice that can help me be more consistent in the daily/weekly/monthly practice?
Great topic to cover, thanks a lot, Ryder. Question: If you move tasks from Bujo to a digital tool, what happens to the Bujo entry? Do you keep the task open in your Bujo? Or do you perhaps cross it out? And, do you identify/mark the task as being moved to a digital tool?
When I migrate to my calendar, I write a "C" just to the left of the ">" I wrote to show that I migrated the item to my calendar. Likewise, we use Trello extensively at work, so I enter "T>" for items migrated to Trello. I don't migrate either of these items within my notebook during the next review, but I always have the original entry as reference.
The only thing I do differently is putting appointments into my gcal first, because if I’m at the doctor, I can see if I’m available when I schedule it!
For me it's pretty much the exact opposite. I introduce any information in to the system through google calendar because i find it way more convenient to use my phone for that in comparison to an analog notebook. Every task or event or idea is directly sceduled for a date where i guess i will have time for it. Every evening when planning the next day i then look into my calendar and check the tasks, meetings etc. Tasks which are not necassary to be done this day may be migrated to the next open timeslot in my google calendar. This way no task gets lost and a timeplanning method is developed while capturing the information. This worked great for me for the last 11 months but whats best about the bullet journal method is, that it is so personally customizable. So be inspired by my way of bujo and by ryder carrolls way but find your own style. Peace!
Yep! I actually stopped putting a monthly layout in my bullet journal because I found I wasn’t always great at making sure my events made it into my google calendar from my bujo, or vice versa. Calendar is for commitments with firm times, bujo is for bringing awareness to my schedule and managing tasks.
Interesting perspective. Definitely more for those who have the luxury of having control over what’s worth their time or not. Those of us who are employees don’t have that luxury. I can’t tell my boss that an assignment is not worth my time, hence much of my activities will remain process-driven rather than purpose-driven.
You may be employed at the wrong place. Also, he was talking about all aspects of life, not just work. If you have zero control over your time, it sounds like you need a change of circumstances.
Great view of a thing which I always thought, it is Micromanagement 🌹 I will think of it 🤘 To this time, I looooove not to have the digial calender with the whole reminders - I made the micromanagement mistake 🙈 BuJo I use now for 3 month and I love it 😄 Maybe I can now realise that the digital calender is a help, not a “problem“ 💝
Thank you for this. I’ve been looking into the playlists and other videos as well to start getting into the habit. What would your recommendation be make the journaling a habit and getting past that initial set up or to determine the differences between bullets such as a task or event when it could be either?
Thanks for this video! I love the idea of intentionally moving events from notebook to calendar. I do have a related question that wasn’t answered: what about events and meetings scheduled by other people. They obviously don’t start in the notebook. Do you log them in BuJo at all?
Hi, Ryder, love your videos and the BuJo system. I am about to start a part-time PhD and was wondering how I can incorporate a single BuJo for my ideas, plans, etc or if it's a better fit to have a separate PhD Bujo? I like that my current BuJo looks like it will last me for all of this calendar yet, but am pretty sure that I'd need at least 2 BuJos if I were to incorporate my PhD plans, ideas, etc in a single BuJo.
I have a question regarding the Book Log practice and the Daily log. I'm exploring the BuJo as an note-taking method to read book while staying disconnected from Internet and distractions, and staying mindful about the reading itself. I've read the article about Book Log, given that I create a new collection for Books to read, and a new collection for each book so far I can understand this. However, I'm trying to think throught whether I should take all the notes from my reading in the Daily Log first and then migrate, or to take them directly into the Collections and creating new pages for each chapter. Also, during reading I tend to discover a lot of tasks that I would like to experiment in future on. Of course not all those are meaningful, but they are within the notes of the book itself. Should I migrate all those tasks to the daily note, or I should take everything in the daily note, and migrate book notes to book collections? Also, I would like to have a digital Zettelkasten of my notes, so the notes that are most useful I use the "+" sign to mark those notes as migrated to the ZK. So I wonder how many migrations I should do
Huh. I find myself disagreeing with the idea of putting your tasks in your calendar. Although I suppose I wonder how far ahead you're doing it. I feel like my calendar starts to get rigid when I put too much stuff in there that's not really an appointment per se, and things get really messy when some tasks inevitably take longer than I thought or turn into something else.
Hi Ryder! Love your content and systems. I have a question: Do you have a limit of tasks allowed for day in Bujo? Sometimes i had troubles with the fact of mixing GTD method with BuJo, and ended writting a lot of tasks down when they came to my mind. Because "Your mind is for having ideas, not for holding them" Right now i'm testing the 8 priority tasks practise, where i only allow myself to write down 8 priorities for the day, and the goal is being a little ambigue so i can reach them, but only are allowed tasks that drives you to your objectives or purpose in life. IDK if is a great solution, but i can say that i feel a lot less stressed. I would love to hear what do you think or implement, because, i know that you say when you begin to the practise you have to use a paper and a pen, and then you filter what goes in and what doesn't. But in daily life, having a paper for testing if the information or task are relevant, are not an option
One of the problems for the daily log is it's a log, not a todo list. It's the GTD/PARA inbox essentially. You don't want to lose tasks, so limiting to a certain number seems like it will eventually cause things to get lost. Something you can do is start the task description with a due date so you know it's not a priority now but you don't want to forget it. If you want tasks like that marked off to help declutter your day, you could immediately put that future task in your Future Log and put the back arrow on the daily log bullet. You could also do your 8 tasks practice by putting little numbers next to the tasks; write them with your normal pen if you won't change the numbers much or maybe a pencil if you reorder them a lot. I guess I should have started with this: what have you tried and what's worked the last 7 months?
Another idea occurred to me, if you have to track that much nearly every day, is do a daily spread like what's done for a month. On the left, you'd plan your day, and on the right you'd do that day's regular daily log. Hmm. Though I still like the idea of everything going through the "inbox," it'd be weird to have items doubled up on both sides. Or you could add some indirection on the left. Letter or number the tasks next to their bullet on the right. On the left, just reference the task by letter. Make it easy to shift priorities around too, but also make it harder to read the day's active work list.
I use Google Calendar for appointments and family appointments and reminders for my children, and my bujo for rapid logging and note taking, tasks lists etc. I struggle with making good use of the time when I don't have time fixed events to work though my sizable to do list. I am not good at estimating how long something will take. Blocking time in my calendar to complete different tasks makes SO MUCH sense to me, but I'm not sure how best to organize it. Setting aside a block of time for a specific context of tasks like GTD? Setting aside time for each task? Or genre of task for my business? The routine tasks can feel overwhelming?
I choose my priorities just by brain dumping monthly tasks and choosing three priorities daily. Don't really need the calendar except for later events/appts or reminders. I use the weekly layout to have a visual view of my week.
Since having a baby (18 mths ago) I haven't been using my BuJo much, I think because I get pulled in so many directions at once - including having a pen pulled out of my hand by baby as I try to write! I don't want to be relying on my phone so much to make notes, and I'm starting to notice I'm getting confused again about how to organise my life outside of showing up to events/appointments (which I do through Google Calendar). I was wondering if you have any strategies you've learnt that work for parents like me? I've always taken your minimalist approach to BuJo by the way, and always will because I love it.
QUESTION ❓ I recently figured out that I have ADHD. I've been a bujo user for years but there's been a disconnect between writing down goals and doing the things I've written down. This video was helpful for that. My Question is, how do you get started as someone who still struggles with the actual doing if the plan? What's helped you the most in narrowing down ALL the ideas and distilling the true priorities from that big list? How do you pick? How do you start? Thank you. ☺️
Hi, ADHD girl here too ! I also used the bujo for a long time before my ADHD diag last year. I’m still trying to manage everything, but here is some tips I got by myself and with my neuropsy for cognitive remediation : • How to get started ? I’ve built strong routine on the morning, BUT by starting small and developping them little by little. I use the Fabulous app and after several weeks I got to the point I have two routine about it before starting my day. Each has a 5min timer so this limits the risk to zone out. : 1. Right down all the things I THINK I have to do. (Usually on a paper note beside my bujo) 2. Prioritize and pick the 3 MOST IMPORTANT things to do today and make a podium with 1-2-3. I put them on the bujo. The other things must wait. I write the smallest ones with paper pencil for the day, the other ones goes to the « to-do » week sections and will be dispatch the next days. It’s good if I have extra time to do them too, otherwise It will wait. • What help me the most to distilling the true priorities : A = Do it has a deadline ? If yes, when ? B = Are other people involved in this task? What are the consequences if I don’t check them today ? (Am I really going to die? X) C = Is it personnal or professionnal work ? Depending if its a working day or a rest day. Keep the professionnal work away from your day off. D = Finally, the most effective and totally ADHD related : Is it about a new hyperfocus or « new project » ? If yes, sincerely is it another one that have good chances to be forgotten in few days or weeks ? In a nutshell : Is it worthwhile? According to all the other projects already in mind… • How do I pick ? Following the previous questions.. BUT ! I often find myself in a tricky situation with 3 important priorities in a day, but which cannot be completed in just 8 hours of work. So here is the final step I’m still learning right now : estimate how much time a task takes and divide it into pomodoro numbers (25mins each). If those 3 can’t be all done this day, I need to prioritize again and just pick one. This involves breaking down the sub-tasks involved in each project. For example, « Do my homework » really means : « Do my math exercice » that can be done in 20 mins, so about 1 pomodoro + « Do the Biology test » that can be done in 1hours » so about 2 pomodoros, etc etc… • How do you start? Once I wrote down my 3 priorites for the day on my bujo, I start my pomodoro timer for 25 mins of work. Almost everytime I don’t launch it right away, my morning is fucked, I swear… Once I start the to-do list of the day, I track each pomodoro I made for each tasks. If I don't have enough pomodoro for some sub-tasks while I'm working, I've misjudged my time and I need to adjust it. This invites us to assess our projects and the time they require realistically. Hope it can help. Pick wathever you want in this huge answer, haha! Some may not works for you, it doesn't mean you're bad. Also, be brave. I know how difficult the beginning of our diagnosis can be. Keep it up! It's gonna be hard on the beginning, be definitely for the better!♥
Thank you for this helpful video and I got some great notes in my NEW BuJo. I am new to BuJo tho suspect I've been doing some form of it for a while now, but the piece I am enjoying is the Intentional Life and making choices that will and do benefit my life in this moment. A friend turned me onto the BuJo Method for work, but I am finding very helpful for my personal mindset. For someone who is saying Yes, to just about everything, because I feel I do not do enough I am learning that I am not left much for me...this can be said with all areas in my life, home, relationships, work, financially. So again thank you for these youtube collections and I am LOVING reading my book, I read a little at night before bed and I FINALLY started setting up and writing in my Bullet Journal Today with intention of evening and morning review as a routine to Reflect and see where am I spending all this time I do not have for myself. Ok so my QUESTION: How Do you use your BuJo for Finances? Bill Pay, Personal Loan Repayments, Creating savings for that "Hawaii trip"? I'm struggling to figure out how to set this up, yet I just created a Collection "Bills / Loan Repayments" on Page 13! Stuck but I know it will help me. What are some best practices you have found? How do I create a plan that works for what my bills are, what my outstanding debt are, and what I can put in the bank to go take a LONG overdue vacation or even invest in my BuJo course (yes that's even on my wish list)! This "go to View place" I feel will help me remember WHY...right now it's just on my calendar as a bill and it's due date, but I feel this is not enough.
Events use small circle bullets, but for me I am a private tutor with up to 8 lessons a day at different times. Should I write all my appointments in my journal with the time (instead of a circle bullet)? Or should I use BuJo for everything NOT part of my job? I find if I am to write all my appointments then it really fills up my day logs. Not sure what is best.
Along the same lines of using digital tools, can you speak to the pros and cons of using a digital BuJo, for example on an iPad, versus a paper journal? For me, it feels like a time-saver but would I missing out on the spirit of the BuJo method?
I have been looking for a way to better integrate my analog and digital planning systems. This is going to be such a help. It makes so much sense. I struggle with my daily scheduling more than events. Since I am in consulting and my schedule is partially rotational and partially static during the workweek. Do you have any advice about how to integrate planning for these?
Nice Video. Specially about tasks / notes / activities not captured for efficiency but screened for answering the question is this worth it? Digital systems appear to emphasize capturing everything efficiently not focusing on those that matter. I like analog such as vinyl for music but it seems my lifestyle requires the digital treatment.
Question: if I find out today that there will be an event to attend later in the month, I should log it in today's rapid log - but do I mark it as as an 'event' (little circle)? Because it didn't happen today, so that would look weird. Or do I make it a task, ie. to enter it in on the date that it falls?
Ryder - Thanks for this insight. I have also struggled with how to integrate my electronic calender into my BUJO practice. I have a related question: I have historically used a task management app to manage my task lists. Many of my tasks or projects will show up via my stream of emails. Should I capture my email-related tasks in my daily log? I receive a ton of email daily and I'm struggling with how to integrate email with my bullet journal. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance! Jeff
is there a digital version of the bullet journal? I kept a physical bullet journal for years but find it easier to keep notes on my phone/computer now, is there an online app?
Hey Ryder and thanks so much for all your work on Bujo! Do you have advice for someone with friends or family who seem against journaling in general? Or how can I give people an opportunity to try Bujo and see how amazing it is?
As a manager, how do you utilize journal planning with team members? And clients? I am constantly referring to my journal but that is not shareable, especially for sharing meeting notes/strategizing/implementation. We work in MS teams predominantly, but I don't find that as useful as seeing it on my journal/notes
Thank you and very useful information. Question: What do I do if my daily life is full of meetings, appointments and scheduled chores/duties? How can I incorporate these in a chronological order by using the task & event (in daily log), the way that I can see all these in a clearer manner? Thank you for the advice!
You might still list them all in order, and vary the bullets. If you are saying these appointments are in your Digital Calendar, then you can begin each day by copying down a general overview of your day with the tasks interspersed? For example it might look like O 9am - Meeting with Z [pg 32] * 10am - prepare agenda for X O 11am - Therapy appointment [pg 17] * 12:30pm - drop off mail * 1:00pm - finalize newsletter O 3:00pm - team standup And of course you can add whatever notes and other tasks as your day unfolds afterward! You'll see I added brackets next to some of the appointments as a possibility for you to "thread" and connect your meeting to a related Collection in your BuJo by adding the page number. Hope this helps!
We use Asana at work, allowing our small virtual team to collaborate on projects and tasks. We even use it during meetings to assign tasks to each other. Having tasks in Asana also allows me to keep all the notes and files related to the task together so they are easy to find when I work on the project. The other benefit is that it's virtual. I'm assigned tasks in Asana, so it doesn't make sense to write it down in my journal and then transfer it to a digital calendar. Or does it? How do you use the Bullet Journal and digital team project management and planning tools?
My question. When you first introduced Bullet Journal your ‘style’ was essentially pen and paper, utilitarian. Then our creative ‘pretty’ planner community hopped on board and introduced myriad ways to make their Bujos beautiful and creative, I wondered if that had any influence on your style and if your personal Bullet Journal contains more aesthetic elements now?
Yes, I have one notebook for everything - I never have to guess where my notes go, they all go into the same place. And often, we find ourselves remembering a home task while at work, and work tasks while at home, so it's helpful to have one place.
Hi Ryder! I am bullet journaling since half a year and I have a principal question: do you recommend to use a separate BuJo for a specific project or major part of your work? Background: I am a specialist for anaesthesia and intensive care working in an university hospital, where I am in the OR and on the ICU as well as in lectures and finishing my PhD. I need a good place for my thesis thoughts, ideas, statistics and also my other research projects. This will take years and my BuJo just lasts for half a year. I don‘t want to copy and paste all I‘ve written when I have to start a new BuJo in the middle of the year. What would you suggest? Thank you a lot!
it sounds like you already know your answer :) you make a great case for using a second notebook - if you find it helpful, that you're not losing your thoughts between the two, it seems like a good solution to your particular context
hello, Since I know I overthink a lot and am a planner/ organizer type of person, how do we as humans know where to draw the line between writing so much things in our BUJO/notebook and actually living life and doing those things. Because I spend quite a bit of time bullet journaling for the millions of things I want and need to do or I will forget them, but then feel like take too much time too write and plan?? The question is where to draw the line between spending time in my bullet Journal writing things I need to do and doing the things I need/want to, that I spend too much time writing??? Does that make sense?
"The more apps, the more gaps." Brilliant!
Daily log - any notes, events, etc. you may hear of throughout the day. Migrate things to a digital calendar later. Take time to think about why the things you're scheduling actually matter. At the end of the day or first time next morning, choose what tasks you will commit to by migrating things from your bujo to your calendar.
Schedule tasks in calendar just like you would any appointment.
Tasks are experiences waiting to be born - schedule when you will do what.
Your calendar represents the choices your are making.
Don't forget the larger story you're trying to live - so slow down and take the time to choose what goes from your daily log to your calendar.
Process driven vs purpose driven - what things are worth your time?
Thank you for sharing this with us Ryder! Listening on your perspective and intentional attitude on the subject matter has helped me realise a way to live intentionally as well. I used BuJo before but stopped when I stopped school. Now I remember how much the BuJo method kept my sanity intact during my hectic education and how it has helped me live meaningfully, mindfully, and intentionally. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thanks Ryder and team!
This came at a great time as i was just looking up planning in google calendar. The purpose driven approach is something i really nave to talk to myself about.. and I'm excited to start! Writing this comments here to keep myself accountable.
I love this! I've been trying to figure out how to combine paper planning/journaling and digital for sooo long. Thank you!
I do agree with what you said, but this seems to only apply to people who own a business or TH-camrs. I work in the IT/telecom business and barely have a say as to what meeting is valid or not. the only thing I can do is figure out how to get the meeting over faster. so my question to you is, how could we apply your ethics to someone who's time is sometimes not his?
This was SO helpful, even if to just know I'm not the only one to struggle with this question. Early on in my BuJo practice, I ran into this very dilema. I missundersood the process and ultimatly faild for the first year. I did, thankfully, keep at it and discovered that I still needed to integrate Google Calendar and other tools to keep myself organized.
Another helpful resource is Tom Sachs's Ten Bullets... specifically "Keep a List".
"Keep a prioritized list at all times. Keep track of every detail relating to every project you are involved with - phone numbers and parts numbers - your list is your future and your past. You will justify your actions through a carefully updated list."
This quote forevr changed the way I look at (use) Bullet Journaling!
Thank you for this video! I'm slowly transitioning from a physical BuJo to TickTick - a digital app. I can do Kanban, Eisenhower Matrix, habits, etc. I can also transfer some articles from the Internet to read later. I use it for everything I do during the day, be it meal planning, or books reviews, or just my daily like like cleaning the bathrooms. The great thing about this is that I can use it both on my Android and on the web and they synchronize. I found it faster to enter my notes and reminders than using the physical BuJo, which is why I've decided to go digital. I still consider it a BuJo because it has everything I had in my notebooks (and more).
Interesting. I was a huge TickTick user but in the end it overwhelmed me and I came to a paper BuJo.
I do miss ticktick though. Especially the completion ping noise :)
@@darkblueturbo I pretty much use my phone only for that - TickTick I mean - I don't play or read news on it. My WhatsApp is also on my PC so I'll use it a bit on the phone if we're travelling. I was always losing my BuJo and/or my pen around the house and I got really frustrated. On the other hand, TickTick is on my start menu on Chrome so it's always there. I have 16 tabs to go through in the morning, but the last 6 stay on all day; the others are deleted as I go.
I have used gcal since 2008, and I find it helpful because I can search for any past appts on there. When I’m in the doctor’s office, I can pull it up and know right away if I have a conflict when scheduling the next appt. The rest go into Reminders (Apple) app, I have repeating tasks set for certain days in there, as well as one offs.
@@Butterflies.and.Tulips Interesting. I've never heard of gcal. I use my phone for appointments. Funnily enough, mine (Android) can go way back for anything I put in there but my husband's (iPhone) gets deleted after 3 months. The easiest way I found to make the next appointment is by duplicating the one I'm at and just change the time and date (my husband can't do that). But TickTick is also great for recurring actions/appointments, etc. My phone too.
@@thepeddler9226 There is a setting in iPhone not to delete past appointments. They also might drop off the phone (to save data space) but might still be on the cloud!
Thank you for sharing your purpose-driven routine. It is very helpful. I wish I had known this when I was younger.
I tested my writing speed versus my typing speed. To my surprise, I wrote almost as fast as I typed! And also I discovered that I wrote the fastest when I wrote SMALL with a THIN pen without lifting it from the page. So test your speed, you might be surprised. 🙂👍
I wrote (and passed!) my MA essays for my comprehensive exams by hand because my typing is so slow. I cranked out 12-15 pages of handwriting with 40 minutes to spare.
I write 110 words per minute on a keyboard. I'm confident there is no chance anyone can write this fast with a pen, since an average adult writes at a speed of 12-20 words per minute.
Si you're either a superhero, or just not very comfortable with a keyboard. :)
@@DavidChurcheese Yes that's true. I'm the fastest typer in my office but I still only type 70+ words a minute I think. But I wrote everything in high school (before laptops) and got really fast. If the pen is thin and hardtipped and you don't lift it and rest your hand just right and write small, like a height of about 3 mm, and economically... I actually copied a teacher who did the same. It makes for a "clean" look.
@@DavidChurcheese What!! where did you get this average stat from that's very slow writing ?
@@dollyrevenge98 Wikipedia says 13 wpm on average for an adult. I'm saying WORDS per minute, not characters.
I was about to watch how I could set up a Notion account to itemise some projects that are too complex for my bujo system. I'm glad this video get out right on time, now I'll consider it more wisely!
Thanks so much, Ryder! Nice to know I'm not the only person struggling with this. Even better to have a solution: a process to plan out my time. You're awesome! Hugs from Utah! 🥰
Thanks for these videos. The one thing I am trying to decide is how to handle routine tasks. Tasks that have to be done weekly/monthly or even daily as routines. Thanks!!!
Just what I needed this morning thank you
Glad we could help 😊
Loved this. My question: How do you use BuJo in conjunction with Project Management tools when working with teams?
I like this question. Would love to know what Ryder thinks to this. 😊
@@martinwroe6319 same 😊
Thanks for your question, it’s a great topic to cover!
@@bulletjournal 😊❤️
I really, really, like this channel. It is always helpful.
Thank you for this! I have been using digital tools then transferring them to Bujo, maybe I need to try to flip them like you do. I'd love to see your entire productivity process and digital tools you use, to give greater context to how you utilize all of your tools.
someday we will do this full run down but the BuJo is the first place everything goes. Everything needs to "earn" its place - so if it is an important idea, it goes into a knowledge management app called Roam Research, if it's an important event, it will go into the Google Calendar, and if it's an important Team task, it goes into a project management app called Clarity. Other thoughts and personal tasks stay in the BuJo. Hope this gives some initial thoughts!
thank you for such an amazing video. i am using the BUJO and calendar blocking together but often times I was not able to manage both and ended up getting irritated. The day i was introduced to BUJO I started that technique and later on integrated with calendar blocking. To be honest BUJO is just amazing it was simple yet efficient technique .As I'm a university student it helped me keep track of all my deadlines . Now this video is very insightful and I hope I will be able to integrate BUJO and calendar Blocking efficiently .
thanks a lot!
How has your Bujo practice evolved after you joined Tiagos 2nd brain cohort class?
Has it become more like a "capture only" tool or do you still do some kind of planning in your Bujo?
This is very helpful! I will try these good advices. Thank you so much!
omg this is amazing, I've been watching your videos about bujo and it really is something different and it shows up at the best time in my life! it's like a funnel of what I really want and don't want to do and the most incredible part is that it helps you to separate what it is really important to you from what it isn't. Thank you so much for this, I'm starting my BuJo very soon 😄
Hello Ryder, how do you cope with/ address interruptions during your work day, e.g. phone calls, people visiting your office etc. This is tricky especially when they have contacted you about a new, high level priority that needs immediate action yet conflicts with other equally time sensitive tasks that you’ve set aside time that day to focus on. Thank you 🙏🏼
Great question, thanks for sharing! We'll add it to the list!
I look forward this tip. This week I scheduled my morning but my boss called me for an emergency meeting then another person called me for another meeting. That’s was frustrating, all morning plan was ruined.
@@alejandroortegahernandez1860 I have had this happen to me to. Only thing that helped me not spin out of control was to write down those priorities, re-evaluate, and reminded myself when I mentally wandered from exhaustion...what I needed was written in front of me. It's not perfect and it does help sometimes, but I am new to BuJo so I too am looking forward to this tip.
Thank you. I feel like productivity youtubers can over complicate this stuff to make it cooler where as this is simple and to the point. And simple is what sticks!
Please talk about strategies for using BuJo as a new parent. Thanks.
You explained that beautifully. Thank you!
This video was amazing for reflect our practice! Thank you
You’re welcome!
Thanks Ryder, two questions here please
1. How to mark the BuJo task so that it denotes that task has been migrated to digital calendar
2. How can a calendar entry refer back to original BuJo task? Do you use a unique ID (page number, task number)?
Ryder, I am a huge fan of the bujo method and it has helped me organize my life so much. My question is have you ever had any dialogue with anyone in a leadership position in the military and what would be the more beneficial ways to plan when your schedule is constantly varied and flowing. I know it's a fairly broad question and would love a chance to chat about it.
Bottom line upfront; do you have any methods to plan and organize for people who supervise a lot of people and have a crazy schedule? (Unpredictably crazy)
This was incredibly enlightening! Thank you
Thank you Ryder, this is really helpful! 😊
First of all, Thanks for BuJo-Method, in the past I couldn't stick to a calender or any other system for long, now I use BuJo since 2018 and I still love it 🙂 The only thing I struggel allways is rapid logging, my entries are long sentences (almost short stories ;-) ). Is there any trick to change from "long text" to rapid logging?
Great question, and we happen to have this question on our list already.. a great one to cover 😊
Just starting my BuJo journey and thank you for explaining it clearly cause this was a concern of mine
This is so helpful. I love the bujo for my personal life, gratitude, reflections etc but with work involving lots of confidentiality, I have to use digital on my work laptop for scheduling and to do listing of work things
I've recently started doing this for things, and it's very helpful
Very interesting - scheduling tasks on Google calendar.
Similarly I use a weekly log setup for scheduling my work tasks. But I do t bullet them so there’s no migration for that spread.
That helps when things don’t go as planned. The day before I review my daily log and monthly tasklist and migrate tasks to the weekly log day slot under a project heading. It’s more like a map than anything but sometimes I use it like a timebox if I’m really clicking along (just add more lines)
Ryder, you are a productivity Rockstar! I appreciate the minimalist approach and really appreciate the paper Bullet journal, I like the aesthetics and the quality. Thank you for all your efforts . . . I do have a question, what are your thoughts on loose leaf journals versus fixed leaf? I see benefits to both. Also do you subscribe to having a commonplace book along with the bullet journal? Productivity vs idea capture . . . What are your thoughts? Thank you!
Thank you! This is perfect timing as I was just wondering about this question.
I’ve been using a physical calendar for a while to reduce my time on devices but have decided to double up with an electronic one as I now have a job where I schedule into the coming years quite a bit and my calendar doesn’t accommodate for that. I was wondering how to ensure that what gets put in one is also in the other. Now I know - write it in my daily log and then move it to my calendars.
That way I always know my schedule even if I just have my phone on me but still have the paper experience with my calendar on a day to day basis.
Make sure you make a designation so you know if you have put into digital yet or not! I actually do the opposite because I’ve used a digital gcal since 2008, and always have my phone with me, so I schedule there first (which shows me any conflicts) and put in my paper planners when I get home!
@@Butterflies.and.Tulips Thank you - I've been struggling to keep both up to date / make sure I have everything in both... Do you set a reminder to put it in your planner or is it a set ritual every day or do you just never forget?
Love this idea! I'm just moving across to a digital calendar for some aspects, and I'd really like to make it easier for people to see when I'm free. I didn't know about Calendly either, so this is a really helpful suggestion, thank you!
I use Calendly. It's a great service and easy to use!
Super video Ryder. I’ve been using calendly with google calendar for a long time. I found your tips on how to migrate items from the bujo to calendar very helpful
Hi Ryder and team, I’ve been keeping a bujo for a while. Pretty ad how and more diary or planner. I recently read the book and am now rethinking my whole process. It’s brilliant. Thank you.
I have a question. How do I keep track of tasks in collections? How do they not become out of sight out of mind? Collections I kept were mostly information but I like the idea of projects and brainstorming etc. I’m not clear on tasks in collections. Thanks.
I do things the opposite way. I make sure every event is in my outlook calendar no matter what. Then every month and every week, I use it to create my monthly and weekly spreads. Outlook is tied to my work, especially meetings. I don’t mind the redundancy of writing it down again, figuring out my monthly and weekly planning helps me sort and organize things in my head. Outlook helps make sure that I don’t miss anything important.
Thanks for answering my question, Ryder! I must admit, I did not think of using my calendar that way! You have definitely cleared my concerns!
Can you please let me know how I can avail the free membership offer for Bujo U?
Thanks! :)
Anwesha, thank you again for your question! Please can you email support@bulletjournal.com so we can get you set up on BuJo U!
I'm wondering when you write a task in your bujo and after reflecting you add it to your google calendar, do you use a specific symbol or simply the "migrate >" or "schedule
Wow. Amazing. Is it worth my time. Going from process to purpose driven. This is so good Ryder. This video came in timely for me as I transit from process to purpose in the current season of my life.
Sometimes in a fast paced lifestyle, where you are always on the move, I find it hard to take out my BuJo to jot down tasks.
For me it’s digital and then analog. Hopefully I can heed the golden advice. Slow down!!😅
Question.
Ryder. For you personally, are you still tweaking your BuJo system as you progress along?
I find myself tweaking it and improving on it to fit my needs as times goes.
Thank you again Ryder. God bless!!
What do you think about using a digital paper device (like remarkable, supernote or the new Kindle coming soon?) for the BuJo?
I love my remarkable. I love my BuJo. How can I best combine the two?
As it’s not paper, flipping between pages for migration, or to reference collections is tricky. A new digital notebook in the remarkable for each collection could work?
Thank you
I’m extremely forgetful,to the point that I forget to even write things in my BUJO, what steps can I take to remember to write in my journal?
I use the reminder app for events/activities that repeat on a regular basis including important and big events instead of the calendar app.
This video glues it all together for me. Learning what ADHD has done in my life and how BuJo has helped me understand the relationship with all the things in life with the one thing I am blind to: Time.
Thanks for this fab video. A timely reminder to reconnect with purpose.
I'm experiencing rapid change in all areas of my life and it feels like total chaos. Any bujo tips to help me find a path forward?
Hello Ryder and thanks for this helpful video!
I actually have a question:
These past months, i've been dropping more and more my bujo, sometimes forgetting about it for a full week. What do you do to make it a reflex?
This can happen, don’t let it discourage you. The BuJo rituals can help you to stay connected to your practice, whether it’s morning, evening, weekly, monthly. Also, remember that you can always start fresh on a blank page even if you’ve missed days. We have a whole video about ways to restart your BuJo practice too. If you haven’t already seen it, the link is below. We’ll also add making your practice a reflex to our list of questions to cover in more detail!
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I'll definately be thinking about how I use my digital tools now. My question is: How do you use your Bujo to combine multiple projects AND non-project related work? I work on 4 large corporate projects as well as have my 'day job' and I'm finding keeping track of everything in one place challenging.
Hi! Thank you so much Bullet Journal Team. I have one question. If you do not use the Monthly log to put future events, where do you plan your month then and keep track of your events? Do you put them in your Future Log only? Or do you only put them into your Google Calendar? Thank you. Looking forward to your answer :)
I read the bullet journal method a couple of years ago, the monthly calendar was crucial to that method. have you now changed your mind?
I enjoy writing in the journal, but really, it is simpler to store everything on a note taking app like ColorNote (everything, I use it as my common place book) and then migrate from there.
I do it the other way round to you.
Great idea! I fell in the same pittfall that I ended up sometimes writing things down in different places and you tent to forget stuff that way. Just wondering: When you want schedule for example a dinner with some friends for next week and you write it down in your notebook, and you want to add it to your Google Calendar later, what bullet do you use? Is it an event bullet, or a task bullet? With a task bullet your can cross off if you added it to a calendar, but of course it is actually an event. And how do you keep track of what you need to schedule and what is already migrated, if it is an event bullet?
That is a great question. I use my daily log as my first note, and then I can check my availability on my digital calendar. A strategy that can be helpful is to actively make that a task - "check cal for dinner with E Nov 22 6pm" or "add invite for dinner with E 11/22 6pm"
So helpful! 💞💜💞
Thank you!
Gotta love this guys world view, who knew that one simple BUJO method could be so philosophical, and help us get back in touch with the meaning inherent in the seemingly inane elements of the daily grind. Thanks Ryder 🙂
I have multiple disabilities. How can I use bujo to effectively track symptoms, triggers and meds to show my specialists and also help me mange them more effectively
When you migrate something into your digital calendar, do you still then migrate the item somewhere into your paper BuJo? For example, you decide to schedule something into the digital calendar for 2 hours next Tuesday, do you also then write that into your monthly so you will add it to your daily log on Tuesday when it comes around? Or has the digital calendar basically become your daily log, and your daily log a daily brain dump? Hope you can understand what I am asking 😆 🤣
Awesome. As always.
Q: How do you decide what warrants a collection?
For example: I debate whether to just rapid log "2R" versus create a collection of books, scripts and articles "To Read."
Ditto: Rapid log movies, TV shows, documentaries and webinars "2W" - or creating and maintaining a "To Watch" Collection.
(or putting all of them into one IP/Content Collection?)
Same with "Impulse Cooler" - things I want to buy - but want to "Cool It" ;-) a minute to see if the impulse passes after researching vendors, prices, options, etc.
I later put these into Airtable... so maybe Rapid (Daily) Logging is the answer? Or...???
THANK YOU!
Thnx @Ryder, very inspiring
How do you get to remind yourself to use your bujo? And to do your reflection? If it's all planning and not doing it doesn't work. You can set yourself all sort of goal and all but how do you actually make it happen in real life. I am a master planner and... a poor executioner ( haha! 😉💀). How to get reminded with the doing when you have kids and multiple roles to play? Or to put it otherwise; how do you "weed out distraction" and focus what's most important with neuro divergent brains🧠. Thank you for the video I was writing down where to make a resource place for links articles, teachings and also discovering the the digital tools along my Bujo. Also thank you for the book it's great so far
I'm someone who struggles building the habit and being consistent with BuJo. Do you have any advice that can help me be more consistent in the daily/weekly/monthly practice?
Thanks for submitting your question, we’ll add this to the pipeline. A great one to cover
Great topic to cover, thanks a lot, Ryder. Question: If you move tasks from Bujo to a digital tool, what happens to the Bujo entry? Do you keep the task open in your Bujo? Or do you perhaps cross it out? And, do you identify/mark the task as being moved to a digital tool?
When I migrate to my calendar, I write a "C" just to the left of the ">" I wrote to show that I migrated the item to my calendar. Likewise, we use Trello extensively at work, so I enter "T>" for items migrated to Trello. I don't migrate either of these items within my notebook during the next review, but I always have the original entry as reference.
I draw a vertical line down the left edge of anything I move into a digital system.
I just a migration, so I use the > bullet
Great suggestions!
The only thing I do differently is putting appointments into my gcal first, because if I’m at the doctor, I can see if I’m available when I schedule it!
For me it's pretty much the exact opposite. I introduce any information in to the system through google calendar because i find it way more convenient to use my phone for that in comparison to an analog notebook. Every task or event or idea is directly sceduled for a date where i guess i will have time for it. Every evening when planning the next day i then look into my calendar and check the tasks, meetings etc. Tasks which are not necassary to be done this day may be migrated to the next open timeslot in my google calendar. This way no task gets lost and a timeplanning method is developed while capturing the information. This worked great for me for the last 11 months but whats best about the bullet journal method is, that it is so personally customizable. So be inspired by my way of bujo and by ryder carrolls way but find your own style. Peace!
Same here! Events go in my gcal because my phone is always right there. Then when I'm planning my days, I move them into my bujo.
Yep! I actually stopped putting a monthly layout in my bullet journal because I found I wasn’t always great at making sure my events made it into my google calendar from my bujo, or vice versa. Calendar is for commitments with firm times, bujo is for bringing awareness to my schedule and managing tasks.
Interesting perspective. Definitely more for those who have the luxury of having control over what’s worth their time or not. Those of us who are employees don’t have that luxury. I can’t tell my boss that an assignment is not worth my time, hence much of my activities will remain process-driven rather than purpose-driven.
You may be employed at the wrong place. Also, he was talking about all aspects of life, not just work. If you have zero control over your time, it sounds like you need a change of circumstances.
Great view of a thing which I always thought, it is Micromanagement 🌹
I will think of it 🤘
To this time, I looooove not to have the digial calender with the whole reminders - I made the micromanagement mistake 🙈
BuJo I use now for 3 month and I love it 😄
Maybe I can now realise that the digital calender is a help, not a “problem“ 💝
Thank you for this. I’ve been looking into the playlists and other videos as well to start getting into the habit. What would your recommendation be make the journaling a habit and getting past that initial set up or to determine the differences between bullets such as a task or event when it could be either?
I've been a serious GTD devotee for years, and now that I'm retired I've been experimenting with BuJo. Any tips on melding GTD with BuJo?
Thanks for this video! I love the idea of intentionally moving events from notebook to calendar. I do have a related question that wasn’t answered: what about events and meetings scheduled by other people. They obviously don’t start in the notebook. Do you log them in BuJo at all?
How do you keep up with an inconsistent and all over the place kind of practice. How do you make it a consistent practice?
Thank you for your question, it’s been added to the list!
Hi, Ryder, love your videos and the BuJo system. I am about to start a part-time PhD and was wondering how I can incorporate a single BuJo for my ideas, plans, etc or if it's a better fit to have a separate PhD Bujo? I like that my current BuJo looks like it will last me for all of this calendar yet, but am pretty sure that I'd need at least 2 BuJos if I were to incorporate my PhD plans, ideas, etc in a single BuJo.
I have a question regarding the Book Log practice and the Daily log.
I'm exploring the BuJo as an note-taking method to read book while staying disconnected from Internet and distractions, and staying mindful about the reading itself.
I've read the article about Book Log, given that I create a new collection for Books to read, and a new collection for each book so far I can understand this. However, I'm trying to think throught whether I should take all the notes from my reading in the Daily Log first and then migrate, or to take them directly into the Collections and creating new pages for each chapter.
Also, during reading I tend to discover a lot of tasks that I would like to experiment in future on. Of course not all those are meaningful, but they are within the notes of the book itself. Should I migrate all those tasks to the daily note, or I should take everything in the daily note, and migrate book notes to book collections?
Also, I would like to have a digital Zettelkasten of my notes, so the notes that are most useful I use the "+" sign to mark those notes as migrated to the ZK. So I wonder how many migrations I should do
Huh. I find myself disagreeing with the idea of putting your tasks in your calendar. Although I suppose I wonder how far ahead you're doing it. I feel like my calendar starts to get rigid when I put too much stuff in there that's not really an appointment per se, and things get really messy when some tasks inevitably take longer than I thought or turn into something else.
Hi Ryder! Love your content and systems.
I have a question: Do you have a limit of tasks allowed for day in Bujo? Sometimes i had troubles with the fact of mixing GTD method with BuJo, and ended writting a lot of tasks down when they came to my mind. Because "Your mind is for having ideas, not for holding them"
Right now i'm testing the 8 priority tasks practise, where i only allow myself to write down 8 priorities for the day, and the goal is being a little ambigue so i can reach them, but only are allowed tasks that drives you to your objectives or purpose in life.
IDK if is a great solution, but i can say that i feel a lot less stressed.
I would love to hear what do you think or implement, because, i know that you say when you begin to the practise you have to use a paper and a pen, and then you filter what goes in and what doesn't. But in daily life, having a paper for testing if the information or task are relevant, are not an option
One of the problems for the daily log is it's a log, not a todo list. It's the GTD/PARA inbox essentially. You don't want to lose tasks, so limiting to a certain number seems like it will eventually cause things to get lost. Something you can do is start the task description with a due date so you know it's not a priority now but you don't want to forget it. If you want tasks like that marked off to help declutter your day, you could immediately put that future task in your Future Log and put the back arrow on the daily log bullet. You could also do your 8 tasks practice by putting little numbers next to the tasks; write them with your normal pen if you won't change the numbers much or maybe a pencil if you reorder them a lot.
I guess I should have started with this: what have you tried and what's worked the last 7 months?
Another idea occurred to me, if you have to track that much nearly every day, is do a daily spread like what's done for a month. On the left, you'd plan your day, and on the right you'd do that day's regular daily log. Hmm. Though I still like the idea of everything going through the "inbox," it'd be weird to have items doubled up on both sides. Or you could add some indirection on the left. Letter or number the tasks next to their bullet on the right. On the left, just reference the task by letter. Make it easy to shift priorities around too, but also make it harder to read the day's active work list.
I use Google Calendar for appointments and family appointments and reminders for my children, and my bujo for rapid logging and note taking, tasks lists etc. I struggle with making good use of the time when I don't have time fixed events to work though my sizable to do list. I am not good at estimating how long something will take. Blocking time in my calendar to complete different tasks makes SO MUCH sense to me, but I'm not sure how best to organize it. Setting aside a block of time for a specific context of tasks like GTD? Setting aside time for each task? Or genre of task for my business? The routine tasks can feel overwhelming?
I choose my priorities just by brain dumping monthly tasks and choosing three priorities daily. Don't really need the calendar except for later events/appts or reminders. I use the weekly layout to have a visual view of my week.
Since having a baby (18 mths ago) I haven't been using my BuJo much, I think because I get pulled in so many directions at once - including having a pen pulled out of my hand by baby as I try to write! I don't want to be relying on my phone so much to make notes, and I'm starting to notice I'm getting confused again about how to organise my life outside of showing up to events/appointments (which I do through Google Calendar). I was wondering if you have any strategies you've learnt that work for parents like me? I've always taken your minimalist approach to BuJo by the way, and always will because I love it.
QUESTION ❓ I recently figured out that I have ADHD. I've been a bujo user for years but there's been a disconnect between writing down goals and doing the things I've written down. This video was helpful for that. My Question is, how do you get started as someone who still struggles with the actual doing if the plan? What's helped you the most in narrowing down ALL the ideas and distilling the true priorities from that big list? How do you pick? How do you start? Thank you. ☺️
Hi, ADHD girl here too ! I also used the bujo for a long time before my ADHD diag last year. I’m still trying to manage everything, but here is some tips I got by myself and with my neuropsy for cognitive remediation :
• How to get started ?
I’ve built strong routine on the morning, BUT by starting small and developping them little by little. I use the Fabulous app and after several weeks I got to the point I have two routine about it before starting my day. Each has a 5min timer so this limits the risk to zone out. :
1. Right down all the things I THINK I have to do. (Usually on a paper note beside my bujo)
2. Prioritize and pick the 3 MOST IMPORTANT things to do today and make a podium with 1-2-3. I put them on the bujo.
The other things must wait. I write the smallest ones with paper pencil for the day, the other ones goes to the « to-do » week sections and will be dispatch the next days. It’s good if I have extra time to do them too, otherwise It will wait.
• What help me the most to distilling the true priorities :
A = Do it has a deadline ? If yes, when ?
B = Are other people involved in this task? What are the consequences if I don’t check them today ? (Am I really going to die? X)
C = Is it personnal or professionnal work ? Depending if its a working day or a rest day. Keep the professionnal work away from your day off.
D = Finally, the most effective and totally ADHD related : Is it about a new hyperfocus or « new project » ? If yes, sincerely is it another one that have good chances to be forgotten in few days or weeks ? In a nutshell : Is it worthwhile? According to all the other projects already in mind…
• How do I pick ?
Following the previous questions.. BUT ! I often find myself in a tricky situation with 3 important priorities in a day, but which cannot be completed in just 8 hours of work. So here is the final step I’m still learning right now : estimate how much time a task takes and divide it into pomodoro numbers (25mins each). If those 3 can’t be all done this day, I need to prioritize again and just pick one.
This involves breaking down the sub-tasks involved in each project. For example, « Do my homework » really means :
« Do my math exercice » that can be done in 20 mins, so about 1 pomodoro
+ « Do the Biology test » that can be done in 1hours » so about 2 pomodoros, etc etc…
• How do you start?
Once I wrote down my 3 priorites for the day on my bujo, I start my pomodoro timer for 25 mins of work. Almost everytime I don’t launch it right away, my morning is fucked, I swear… Once I start the to-do list of the day, I track each pomodoro I made for each tasks. If I don't have enough pomodoro for some sub-tasks while I'm working, I've misjudged my time and I need to adjust it. This invites us to assess our projects and the time they require realistically.
Hope it can help. Pick wathever you want in this huge answer, haha! Some may not works for you, it doesn't mean you're bad. Also, be brave. I know how difficult the beginning of our diagnosis can be. Keep it up! It's gonna be hard on the beginning, be definitely for the better!♥
@@PriscilleDhesse WOW! Ok. I'm going to have to read this several times but I think I get the jist of the "true priorities" party of it. Thank you!
Thank you for this helpful video and I got some great notes in my NEW BuJo. I am new to BuJo tho suspect I've been doing some form of it for a while now, but the piece I am enjoying is the Intentional Life and making choices that will and do benefit my life in this moment. A friend turned me onto the BuJo Method for work, but I am finding very helpful for my personal mindset. For someone who is saying Yes, to just about everything, because I feel I do not do enough I am learning that I am not left much for me...this can be said with all areas in my life, home, relationships, work, financially. So again thank you for these youtube collections and I am LOVING reading my book, I read a little at night before bed and I FINALLY started setting up and writing in my Bullet Journal Today with intention of evening and morning review as a routine to Reflect and see where am I spending all this time I do not have for myself.
Ok so my QUESTION: How Do you use your BuJo for Finances? Bill Pay, Personal Loan Repayments, Creating savings for that "Hawaii trip"? I'm struggling to figure out how to set this up, yet I just created a Collection "Bills / Loan Repayments" on Page 13! Stuck but I know it will help me. What are some best practices you have found? How do I create a plan that works for what my bills are, what my outstanding debt are, and what I can put in the bank to go take a LONG overdue vacation or even invest in my BuJo course (yes that's even on my wish list)! This "go to View place" I feel will help me remember WHY...right now it's just on my calendar as a bill and it's due date, but I feel this is not enough.
Events use small circle bullets, but for me I am a private tutor with up to 8 lessons a day at different times. Should I write all my appointments in my journal with the time (instead of a circle bullet)? Or should I use BuJo for everything NOT part of my job? I find if I am to write all my appointments then it really fills up my day logs. Not sure what is best.
Along the same lines of using digital tools, can you speak to the pros and cons of using a digital BuJo, for example on an iPad, versus a paper journal? For me, it feels like a time-saver but would I missing out on the spirit of the BuJo method?
I have been looking for a way to better integrate my analog and digital planning systems. This is going to be such a help. It makes so much sense. I struggle with my daily scheduling more than events. Since I am in consulting and my schedule is partially rotational and partially static during the workweek. Do you have any advice about how to integrate planning for these?
Nice Video. Specially about tasks / notes / activities not captured for efficiency but screened for answering the question is this worth it? Digital systems appear to emphasize capturing everything efficiently not focusing on those that matter. I like analog such as vinyl for music but it seems my lifestyle requires the digital treatment.
Question: if I find out today that there will be an event to attend later in the month, I should log it in today's rapid log - but do I mark it as as an 'event' (little circle)? Because it didn't happen today, so that would look weird. Or do I make it a task, ie. to enter it in on the date that it falls?
Ryder - Thanks for this insight. I have also struggled with how to integrate my electronic calender into my BUJO practice. I have a related question: I have historically used a task management app to manage my task lists. Many of my tasks or projects will show up via my stream of emails. Should I capture my email-related tasks in my daily log? I receive a ton of email daily and I'm struggling with how to integrate email with my bullet journal. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance! Jeff
is there a digital version of the bullet journal? I kept a physical bullet journal for years but find it easier to keep notes on my phone/computer now, is there an online app?
There is but it’s a companion app ie it expects you to also have a notebook.
Hey Ryder and thanks so much for all your work on Bujo!
Do you have advice for someone with friends or family who seem against journaling in general? Or how can I give people an opportunity to try Bujo and see how amazing it is?
As a manager, how do you utilize journal planning with team members? And clients? I am constantly referring to my journal but that is not shareable, especially for sharing meeting notes/strategizing/implementation. We work in MS teams predominantly, but I don't find that as useful as seeing it on my journal/notes
Thank you and very useful information. Question: What do I do if my daily life is full of meetings, appointments and scheduled chores/duties? How can I incorporate these in a chronological order by using the task & event (in daily log), the way that I can see all these in a clearer manner? Thank you for the advice!
You might still list them all in order, and vary the bullets. If you are saying these appointments are in your Digital Calendar, then you can begin each day by copying down a general overview of your day with the tasks interspersed?
For example it might look like
O 9am - Meeting with Z [pg 32]
* 10am - prepare agenda for X
O 11am - Therapy appointment [pg 17]
* 12:30pm - drop off mail
* 1:00pm - finalize newsletter
O 3:00pm - team standup
And of course you can add whatever notes and other tasks as your day unfolds afterward! You'll see I added brackets next to some of the appointments as a possibility for you to "thread" and connect your meeting to a related Collection in your BuJo by adding the page number. Hope this helps!
@@bulletjournal Yes definitely helps for a new bullet journalist! thank you!
We use Asana at work, allowing our small virtual team to collaborate on projects and tasks. We even use it during meetings to assign tasks to each other. Having tasks in Asana also allows me to keep all the notes and files related to the task together so they are easy to find when I work on the project. The other benefit is that it's virtual. I'm assigned tasks in Asana, so it doesn't make sense to write it down in my journal and then transfer it to a digital calendar. Or does it? How do you use the Bullet Journal and digital team project management and planning tools?
My question. When you first introduced Bullet Journal your ‘style’ was essentially pen and paper, utilitarian. Then our creative ‘pretty’ planner community hopped on board and introduced myriad ways to make their Bujos beautiful and creative, I wondered if that had any influence on your style and if your personal Bullet Journal contains more aesthetic elements now?
I wanted to ask, do you use bullet journal for budgeting? How would you use bullet journal for budgeting?
Hi - I am new to this concept and do really want to get started ! So my first question: do you mix private and professionals in the BUJO?
Yes, I have one notebook for everything - I never have to guess where my notes go, they all go into the same place. And often, we find ourselves remembering a home task while at work, and work tasks while at home, so it's helpful to have one place.
Hi Ryder! I am bullet journaling since half a year and I have a principal question: do you recommend to use a separate BuJo for a specific project or major part of your work?
Background: I am a specialist for anaesthesia and intensive care working in an university hospital, where I am in the OR and on the ICU as well as in lectures and finishing my PhD. I need a good place for my thesis thoughts, ideas, statistics and also my other research projects. This will take years and my BuJo just lasts for half a year. I don‘t want to copy and paste all I‘ve written when I have to start a new BuJo in the middle of the year.
What would you suggest? Thank you a lot!
it sounds like you already know your answer :) you make a great case for using a second notebook - if you find it helpful, that you're not losing your thoughts between the two, it seems like a good solution to your particular context
Bujo is taking up a lot of paper and space. Have you used a digital or reusable paper? How often you really look back to old bujo?
hello, Since I know I overthink a lot and am a planner/ organizer type of person, how do we as humans know where to draw the line between writing so much things in our BUJO/notebook and actually living life and doing those things. Because I spend quite a bit of time bullet journaling for the millions of things I want and need to do or I will forget them, but then feel like take too much time too write and plan?? The question is where to draw the line between spending time in my bullet Journal writing things I need to do and doing the things I need/want to, that I spend too much time writing??? Does that make sense?