The "Bullet Journal" method of organization, designed by Ryder Carroll, is made to be simple and task-focused: all you need is a notebook and a pen. If you have found planners with prescribed sections and space to be too confining for your purposes, the Bullet Journal means of creating your own planner can be the solution. Design as you go: if the spread you use one week doesn’t work, fix it for next week. The key to the system is "rapid logging" - track your tasks as simply and as quickly as you can to make the achievement of those tasks the primary goal.
Bullet Journaling gives you the framework; you fill in the rest!
Note: These are listed with Ryder Carroll's original designations, but redo the bullet or its meaning to suit your own needs if you work differently.
Symbol |
Meaning |
---|---|
Task | |
X | Task completed |
> |
Task migrated Every week/month, look back on what you didn't accomplish the previous week/month and migrate the tasks to the new time frame. Don't migrate a task if it's not worth your time! |
< | Task scheduled |
Event | |
- | Note |
* | Priority |
! | Inspiration |
Add more as you need/think of them:
Put the key to your bullets somewhere near the front (after your name but before the Index, maybe).