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If your answer is no, don't use a paper bullet journal. So I use the Pomodoro technique of 25 minutes of work and 5 minutes of rest and for every 25 minutes I complete, I bubble in a tomato (which is related to the pomodoro-tracking website: mytomatoes").Īre you productive with/is your life set up to include pen and paper? I find it frustrating (and demoralizing) when one check-box takes two hours to complete. For me, I also like to keep track of the number of hours I put it. So, to stay motivated for large tasks (like writing the dissertation), I need to break it down to smaller manageable goals. How do you stay motivated? Outcomes or process or both?įor me, I like to check things off or cross them out. Starting a bullet journal also means understanding how your productivity works, so here are some questions that I've asked myself (and also my answers): But ultimately, the point is that it works with your needs and helps you stay productive. Bullet journals can also include "deadline pages" or pages of inspiring quotes. Other pages can include keeping track of books read, movies watched, new places to eat, or even cities traveled.

Goals are pretty self-explanatory, and can be weekly, monthly, yearly.

Mine include cooking at least one meal (out of the three), working out, writing something/anything, and making sure to stretch. They can be spreadsheets, an image to bubble in, or even small repetitive monthly layouts for notations. A lot of times they are simple sentiments, like "friends" or "had time to take a nap" or even "the weather is nice." I use GoogleCalendar for scheduling, so instead, I use monthly layouts as a gratefulness log where each day, I write down one thing to be grateful for.

A monthly layouts to keep track of events or special dates.

It doesn't matter what the layout is, as long as it makes sense to you.

Some folks will spread this out over a week, make each page a new day, or have it be a set of days together.

My key includes dissertation writing, work, future/network, and personal.

Often times, people us a color-coded key to differentiate different areas of work.

Having to-do lists to keep track of tasks.

They can range in design and length and intensity, but the purpose is to create a system that works best for you. Simply put, bullet journals are a customized system to keep you organized.