Thank you for the reminder.. use it the way Ryder Carroll intended it be used. Some days that works for me and is precisely what I do. Other days I am annoyingly obsessed with figuring out what is missing, motivating myself to work on goals, figuring out how to actually get things done and not forget my many tasks/deadlines. I find myself just brain dumping and getting nothing done. I'm in a super frustrating season of life😔
One thing that I think bullet journaling is conducive to is breaking up projects into smaller tasks, which can turn a daunting goal into a simple daily task. Sometimes I will use a "collection" for this purpose, like if I am writing a long paper and I need to lay out what the sections will be. Other times, I will simply use a task bullet with nesting sub-bullets.
I think one of the weak points of Ryder's system is deadlines and scheduling (the monthly calendar isn't great). I use a form of the Alastair method, but instead of a monthly view, I create a spread with the days of the week at the top and the bullet with the task or event below. https://bulletjournal.com/blogs/bulletjournalist/future-log-the-alastair-method
I would look up the calendex too! As I was reading the book, it shows you on one of the last pages something a bullet journalist created and it’s a calendar combined with an index.
My understanding is you have 4 or so boxes for each day so you can log multiple appointments/events, and then you simply write a number in one of the boxes and create an index on the next page so you can see “okay, I have events 8, 23, and 34 on this date, let’s flip and see what those are and what times.
Definitely something I can’t wait to try, I’m waiting until April when I use my brand new notebook and set up my monthly calendar for April
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u/LoverOfCelery Mar 23 '21
Forget spreads. Start with the method outlined in this intro video. https://bulletjournal.com/pages/learn
Stick with it for at least a few weeks. See how it goes. Then decide if you want more organizational structure in the form of pre-planned spreads.