4 months ago I switched to analog for a lot of my note-taking as well. Reading physical books and using journals for physical notes. Then, at the end of the week, I'll use Google lens to take a photo of them and copy the text from the photo to be saved in the obsidian notes app. I've fallen in love with this process because I retain the information better and it's a way to quickly review the thoughts, ideas, and quotes from books I've been reading that week. Also, it allows me to completely focus, void of all technology, and be fully immersed in what im reading.
The only productivity tool I sticked to in my entire life. Perfect to plan ( wth a calendar app), think, brainstorm, having deep conversations with myself and reflect. Don't under estimate the power of going throught your past pages, even your past notebooks. Thanks Ryder
Been Bujoing since around 2017 and love it dearly. Love the flexibility and way that I can incorporate planning, journaling, productivity, mindfulness, parenting, job, and basically anything else into one book that represents my life. Thanks for everything!
As someone obsessed with testing out every new feature-packed productivity tool, I never thought I would be so persuaded by this video. But I've realized I've wasted so much time distracted by the inherent nature of our devices and the internet. Not to mention I (as well as most people likely) spend far too many hours tied to a screen each day. It's refreshing to consider a more mindful and intentional way to organize my life rather than finding myself down a 2-hour rabbit hole triggered by some email link in my inbox. The idea of using a paper notebook as a 'paper mirror' to reflect on my inner world is particularly intriguing. I'm curious to explore how this analog approach might improve my focus and self-awareness in ways that digital tools haven't.
I love notebooks. I've journaled since 1978. But I've got a problem they won't solve. I'm blind in my right eye (retina damage and associated glaucoma), and having low vision issues in my "good" eye because of bad floaters after cataract surgery (I am 69). I have real problems in low to medium light. So... My go-to, although not exclusive yet, is my Galaxy S9 FE tablet with Samsung Notes. Testing other apps now like Concept, Notewise. Tech also allows me voice to text for making notes and communicating in messages. On my laptop I use Obsidian for its markdown and link system. It is synced to my phone and tablet. Tech allows me to magnify font and images when needed. No, a stylus cannot replace the aesthetic pleasure of fountain pen on paper. I'll use hard copy as long as I can, but that time is getting shorter. I should also mention that audio books are increasingly more important to me. I completely agree with you about the distractions and rabbit holing of my tech alternatives. But for me it's a necessary compromise. Thanks for what you're saying, what you're doing. Your philosophy of thinking gives me more to think about. I'll keep using pen and paper as long as I can.
I too struggle with low vision after a severe cornea infection - when using my bullet journal i have a clip on “Daylight” lamp at hand to help It recharges like an iPhone.
Love this video. It comes at a time when an online producer has put out a journaling idea that incorporates a boatload of pre-developed forms and tools one can use to accomplish one's goals and track one's progress. I have found that the Bullet Journal method does all this in one handy format, while being flexible enough to allow me to be creative and come up with my own solutions for those questions that may be unique to me, or to a certain application. Bravo, Ryder! Keep up the good work and thoughtful presentations!
Hi Ryder! Well, first ( if I didn’t say I it already ) Thank you for creating the bullet journal. It's a great help when it comes to organizing my stories, characters and so on. With that out of the way, here is my comment about the topic. I have been using notebooks all my life. When I I was 11, I have discovered my passion for writing poetry. I always carried a notebook and a handful of pens. Then, the digital came along I love that analog but also love technology; so now I use the best of both worlds. I use the physical bullet journal to plan characters, worlds and to write down story ideas and a physical noteb to write the actual story because I want to keep the Bullet Journal just for planning, then I transfer everything from my bullet journal to the Bully Journal app for reference and then transcribe everything I’ve written so far on my notebook and I continue that digitally whenever writing On my notebook is complicated. Then I transfer that bit I wrote digitally into my notebook.. Sounds like too much work but I really don't mind. As for distractions. I just ignore.. I just don't feel the famous urge to go and press notifications one by one unless it is something urgent and I turn the sound off. I don't have that urge because I simply choose not to have it.
That ending … so good! 10/10..the hopeful technology of the blank page.. I agree. So satisfying to start afresh with a new page to map and fill and decide how I want to live my life.
I feel so much more involved in my life when BuJo’ing. It’s so easy to slip out of it and be carried off by tech and the million distractions luring me away. I’ve been away for a few years. Time to get back in. Thanks for the reminder Ryder.
As a user of the BJ method since 2016, I can say with confidence that this is the best organizational system I’ve used. And I’ve used a lot! I agree with all your points in this video Ryder, especially the point that when I’m not using it, I move away from my life. But what I really want to comment on is your HAIR!!! It’s gorgeous, and in my opinion, so flattering, compared to the smoothed back look. I know it’s shallow and weird to comment on, but I felt relaxed seeing your new look. Very important info, I know. 😊
I am so happy wit the Bullet Journal system. I am filling years for years and I see my own progress. I am keeping forward and it is helping me to get to the person I want to be. :)
I love paper and notebooks. But living the life of a female solo entrepreneur I found some ten years ago that organizing everything with a journal / bullet journal leads to endlessly transferring uncompleted tasks or filing through too many pages. If your life and business isn't as complex as mine - go for notebooks. But I don't want to miss tools like ClickUp, Todoist or TimeStripe and digital notetaking with EverNote and/or Obsidian any more. I keep notebooks for thinking, reflecting and drawing - but not for projects.
This was so helpful and great to start the year off watching. I started journaling in 1998 - and this gave me such good perspectives on how I can change it up. Thank you
I made my own planners, and it has a lot more flexibility than the usual planner but more structure than your bullet journals. It's great that this works for you, and I definitely appreciate your inspiration to the rest of us.
I cam across the bullet journal about 6 months ago as I was wanting to learn to journal. I bought a notebook and began setting up my journal per the emails sent and this channel. After a couple of months the journal was mainly just a to do list with some journal and collection pages. It wasn't making sense. Then after watching too many other people's how to bullet journal, I switched to a smaller notebook and was still just a to do list. I just didn't understand. Too many people just have a monthly or weekly page that looks just like a planner you can buy. Recently, to give another try for 2025, I PURCHASED THE BULLET JOURNAL BOOK... AND THEN IT CLICKED!. The main index leads to the sub-index (the monthly spread) and the monthly spread has the highlights of daily logs. But the light bulb "Ah ha" moment is that the BuJo really works backward. I do my daily log, the highlights of my daily log go to my monthly spread. So easy...it only took me 6 months for it to make sense. And of course there are collections throw in around the daily log. Thanks!
I like manipulating a notebook, but I can't commit to dating it myself, so I put up with having unused pages. LOVE Bujo but it's so easy to forget to use :( or maybe my ADHD is that bad!
It's okay not to manage it everyday. These youtubers are exaggerating when they say it changed their life... Even they can't commit to bujo everyday without exceptions
I feel you. I was cleaning up my old wardrobe today, and found a bujo from 2016. There were less than 20 pages filled. Through the years I have been improving. This year I finally filled like 80% of it. My personal tips for you: - Resist the urge to make it always beautiful. Do it sometimes for the sake of creativity, but only if you enjoy it. - Keep a pen attached so you don't have to find one. - Don't fill like you have to keep the same style or color or whatever. Change pens, handwritting, write upside down. - Use it as draft paper or to jot down quick notes. Don't change to another book just for that, like it's going to pollute your journal. Your doodles and random writtings are your life too. That helps with the ADHD stuff. - It's super ok to get back to the same notebook after days/weeks/months of not using it. - Create collections naturally as you need them. Don't write a long list of "books to read" if you are not reading anything for a long time. It's gonna be frustrating. - Plan to do nice stuff and not only boring stuff. - Just keep it around. On your backpack, purse, desk. When you go to work, classes or a picnic. Not everywhere, but everywhere you can.
I can’t be bothered to set up basic layouts so I do use a dated planner with very minimal spreads and a ton of blank pages in the back for regular notebook pages. I’ve been the most consistent with it than an open notebook for sure.
Im frankenplanning! mixing and matching! Testing stuff in my pocket and a5 ring binders- some dot grid, some templates. As I test stuff I want to adjust what works for me but allows for my brain to have flexibility when it needs it
I too prefer a notebook for keeping track of things I did and things I need to do. But it does fail in one respect: When you have a lot of very small tasks to do. It gets hard to keep track of it all. Yes, you write all that information into it, but there is no way to easily look it up unless you're willing to add a lot of overhead to indexing your entries. Not to mention that you need to think ahead of time what you need to index. You can't just look up a new term. I ran into this issue when doing customer support. It was impossible to keep track of all the tickets I was working on and all the solutions I was generating. But with other tasks that generate less random data, it's a very good solution. 100% portability.
@@willowlovegood4378 Only solution I found is to go digital. I prefer Obsidian, but there are loads of other tools around. Find one that you get along with. But I am basically maintaining a journal in digital form. It's the same, except I can easily search for information in it. I still prefer pen and paper, but this is the only way to keep track of lots of information like that.
@CristiNeagu I ran into this with my Uni study. I use the pocket BuJo for that specific bit, and the main BuJo for everything else. It is small and thin enough to make flipping trough easy, and I do not mind the Index getting a little messy. I also colour code innit where needed. I now have 2 pocket BuJo's next to my main, for my bachelor and for the minor I am doing during it. Could that help you and @willowlovegood4378 out mayhaps?
I use WorkFlowy which is an app/website app that is a glorified bullet list that can have infinite sub-tasks and notes. Extremely flexible. For digital to-do list I use Things by cultured code on iOS and Mac. But I’ll still put the task header itself in my Bujo, and just all the crazy details are in the digital equivalent.
Read about the Getting Things Done method By David Allen, it may help you. It is mainly for executives and business people, but it can work with anyone.
There is only one thing that I concider a minus about your Bullet Journal notebook - the pages are fixed. There is no easy way to reorder the notebook if you need it. You may think of a version with loose sheets. :)
I think the index is meant to be this solution. It takes a while to adjust your thinking to use the current page for whatever you need regardless of order, but it becomes natural overtime.
I think you can just migrate any special entries to a specific Collection. My problem is that I'm treating Index as TOC, and I need (hash)tags as Index! That's something Bujo doesn't have.
Hi ^^ Unsure if others have already told you but you can use a ring binder of some sort if you prefer to sort your pages by themes instead of chronological. There's also a system with round plastic wheels if you prefer that to a ring binder ;)
I love paper: I have a work notebook, a domestic notebook and a monthly calendar notebook. All work & domestic arrangements go on the calendar. No notes on it, just where I have to be, deadlines, future events, etc. My city has special events and sports I might attend. That goes in the calendar also. So it's a 3 notebook bundle I carry in my messinger bag. Phone stays in my messenger bag.
someone accused me of using bujo as an "escape" and I had to explain that escaping is the exact opposite of what i'm doing, i'm finally engaging with my life for once. They keep asking me why i'm bullet journaling and i'm like "because I want to get my life together, can't you understand?"
have you or would you ever consider Disc binding style notebooks? I have found that most future log methods are not quite fluid enough for me so I have started a separate future log book in a disc bound notebook so I can write down future events and appointments and other scheduling necessities and then organize them into Chronological order (my brain needs the chronological organization) but at the same time with out having blank pages as distraction or discouragement... the only down side is it is very hard to find good quality dot grid paper that will work with a disc bound notebook...
I wonder why you did not mention your bujo companion app. this adds some technology like digital indexes and backup to the LifeOS. Thanks for your greate content!
There is some cognitive dissonance here: on one hand, arguing towards moving away from modern tech filled with distraction, and on the other hand using terms assosiated with modern tech, instead of traditional terms to describe things. I don't think it's a good decision.
Nice video, great tips and suggestions :) I'm curious if you could share what's the ambient music in the background towards the end of the video? Thanks
Amazing video. Using the BuJo method in a notebook helps me love a better more productive and less cluttered life! I recommend it to people whenever I can.
I like the BuJo Method so much! But I struggle to implement a calendar that is as useful as a digital calendar and a reminder app. Is there any way to combine or to substitute these apps because I would love to organize myself completely analog.
I‘m a digital native an Siri is my second brain, but I found that need a better overview of my goals and a kind of reflection. so I stumbled upon BuJo. I wonder how digital task managers and BuJo can coexist. Every task that comes to my mind goes directly into my app (via Siri dictation). That seems way more convenient and frictionless compared to looking for a notebook and put it into the BuJo. Any recommendations how to use both as a hybrid model?
I‘ve watched it but the question is still unanswered. To my understanding you put everything to your BuJo first as a filter. But what if you want to quickly capture a task or thought on the go? Or when your bujo is not near you. How do you being them together? Do you transfer tasks from the digital tool TO the Bujo or do you leave them there?
Me parecio genial este video. Pero si deseas que llegue a mas personas busca una persona que realice un doblaje al español. O utiliza alguna tecnología para doblar los videos al español porque hay una gran comunidad hispana que desearia ver en su idioma. Por favor. 😊
Referring to this as a 'technology' and an 'operating system' is not cool unless you're trying to make it funny. It's a notebook! Why are you making using a notebook sound like an AI generated script?
I, me, vanity, greed, centrism, narcissism. Instead let us start from us, me, I, and go outward, to other perspectives, other people. What do they want, what do they need. What is this doing, and how can it help others. How can it make them rich, beautiful, and gain advantages. That is the way.
Good video, although a little shallow compared to your other content. I was a little disappointed to not see actual fottage or explanation of the spread shown in the thumbnail. Is there any other video that explains this specific spread?
Definitely a primer, not a deep dive. :) Left side of thumbnail is a page inspired from excerpts of Leonardo DaVinci's journals (freestyle notetaking, no system!) Right side is a simple annual calendar excerpt from a Vietnamese Bujo practitioner; there's nothing to it really other than being a calendar with key dates "blacked out" for emphasis. The bookmarks you see in the notebook are quick ways to jump to different areas of the notebook. Neither are "official" Bujo patterns but rather different ways to use a notebook through the ages. There's plenty of deeper Bujo guidance on the rest of the channel - check out this setup guide to learn more: ua-cam.com/video/7db3GhPbNlw/v-deo.html
@@bulletjournal thanks, ok I understand, when I saw the thumbnail I assumed the video was going to be about integrating more calendar features into your BuJo. Anyway, thanks for the response.
With the title and the thumbnail I thought I would see a video on tools for BuJo but it's once more a promotional video on how the Bullet Journal method is great. So I'm disappointed by only having a surface level video skimming about why to try the method and not a more practical content.
4 months ago I switched to analog for a lot of my note-taking as well. Reading physical books and using journals for physical notes. Then, at the end of the week, I'll use Google lens to take a photo of them and copy the text from the photo to be saved in the obsidian notes app. I've fallen in love with this process because I retain the information better and it's a way to quickly review the thoughts, ideas, and quotes from books I've been reading that week. Also, it allows me to completely focus, void of all technology, and be fully immersed in what im reading.
Genius! Thanks for sharing
This is a great tip
Thank you, loved your method!
I have a very similar process using Rocketbook to Obsidian.
I love this
Bujo is the Linux of calenders. You are free to do whatever you want and can be run on almost any hardware.
And some is Apple silicon (lined paper)
The only productivity tool I sticked to in my entire life. Perfect to plan ( wth a calendar app), think, brainstorm, having deep conversations with myself and reflect. Don't under estimate the power of going throught your past pages, even your past notebooks. Thanks Ryder
Totally same here. Do you have an idea for me, how to save the old notebooks in a digital way?
This video was better than any meditation app.
Totally agree ❤
Been Bujoing since around 2017 and love it dearly. Love the flexibility and way that I can incorporate planning, journaling, productivity, mindfulness, parenting, job, and basically anything else into one book that represents my life. Thanks for everything!
As someone obsessed with testing out every new feature-packed productivity tool, I never thought I would be so persuaded by this video. But I've realized I've wasted so much time distracted by the inherent nature of our devices and the internet. Not to mention I (as well as most people likely) spend far too many hours tied to a screen each day. It's refreshing to consider a more mindful and intentional way to organize my life rather than finding myself down a 2-hour rabbit hole triggered by some email link in my inbox. The idea of using a paper notebook as a 'paper mirror' to reflect on my inner world is particularly intriguing. I'm curious to explore how this analog approach might improve my focus and self-awareness in ways that digital tools haven't.
I love notebooks. I've journaled since 1978.
But I've got a problem they won't solve.
I'm blind in my right eye (retina damage and associated glaucoma), and having low vision issues in my "good" eye because of bad floaters after cataract surgery (I am 69). I have real problems in low to medium light.
So... My go-to, although not exclusive yet, is my Galaxy S9 FE tablet with Samsung Notes. Testing other apps now like Concept, Notewise. Tech also allows me voice to text for making notes and communicating in messages. On my laptop I use Obsidian for its markdown and link system. It is synced to my phone and tablet. Tech allows me to magnify font and images when needed.
No, a stylus cannot replace the aesthetic pleasure of fountain pen on paper. I'll use hard copy as long as I can, but that time is getting shorter.
I should also mention that audio books are increasingly more important to me.
I completely agree with you about the distractions and rabbit holing of my tech alternatives. But for me it's a necessary compromise.
Thanks for what you're saying, what you're doing. Your philosophy of thinking gives me more to think about.
I'll keep using pen and paper as long as I can.
I too struggle with low vision after a severe cornea infection - when using my bullet journal i have a clip on “Daylight” lamp at hand to help It recharges like an iPhone.
@LaurieFujimoto I have a rechargeable clip-on led light as well. They're very helpful aren't they.
such a great innovation the bujou...this guy's contribution to the world should be rewarded wildly...thank you kind sir...
Love this video. It comes at a time when an online producer has put out a journaling idea that incorporates a boatload of pre-developed forms and tools one can use to accomplish one's goals and track one's progress. I have found that the Bullet Journal method does all this in one handy format, while being flexible enough to allow me to be creative and come up with my own solutions for those questions that may be unique to me, or to a certain application. Bravo, Ryder! Keep up the good work and thoughtful presentations!
Hi Ryder! Well, first ( if I didn’t say I it already ) Thank you for creating the bullet journal. It's a great help when it comes to organizing my stories, characters and so on. With that out of the way, here is my comment about the topic.
I have been using notebooks all my life. When I I was 11, I have discovered my passion for writing poetry. I always carried a notebook and a handful of pens. Then, the digital came along I love that analog but also love technology; so now I use the best of both worlds.
I use the physical bullet journal to plan characters, worlds and to write down story ideas and a physical noteb to write the actual story because I want to keep the Bullet Journal just for planning, then I transfer everything from my bullet journal to the Bully Journal app for reference and then transcribe everything I’ve written so far on my notebook and I continue that digitally whenever writing On my notebook is complicated. Then I transfer that bit I wrote digitally into my notebook.. Sounds like too much work but I really don't mind.
As for distractions. I just ignore.. I just don't feel the famous urge to go and press notifications one by one unless it is something urgent and I turn the sound off. I don't have that urge because I simply choose not to have it.
That ending … so good! 10/10..the hopeful technology of the blank page.. I agree. So satisfying to start afresh with a new page to map and fill and decide how I want to live my life.
I feel so much more involved in my life when BuJo’ing. It’s so easy to slip out of it and be carried off by tech and the million distractions luring me away. I’ve been away for a few years. Time to get back in. Thanks for the reminder Ryder.
I absolutely love how relatable you are!
As a user of the BJ method since 2016, I can say with confidence that this is the best organizational system I’ve used. And I’ve used a lot! I agree with all your points in this video Ryder, especially the point that when I’m not using it, I move away from my life. But what I really want to comment on is your HAIR!!! It’s gorgeous, and in my opinion, so flattering, compared to the smoothed back look. I know it’s shallow and weird to comment on, but I felt relaxed seeing your new look. Very important info, I know. 😊
I am so happy wit the Bullet Journal system. I am filling years for years and I see my own progress. I am keeping forward and it is helping me to get to the person I want to be. :)
I love paper and notebooks. But living the life of a female solo entrepreneur I found some ten years ago that organizing everything with a journal / bullet journal leads to endlessly transferring uncompleted tasks or filing through too many pages. If your life and business isn't as complex as mine - go for notebooks. But I don't want to miss tools like ClickUp, Todoist or TimeStripe and digital notetaking with EverNote and/or Obsidian any more. I keep notebooks for thinking, reflecting and drawing - but not for projects.
This was so helpful and great to start the year off watching. I started journaling in 1998 - and this gave me such good perspectives on how I can change it up. Thank you
I made my own planners, and it has a lot more flexibility than the usual planner but more structure than your bullet journals. It's great that this works for you, and I definitely appreciate your inspiration to the rest of us.
The short opening video clip is from my town, what a nice suprise! :)
I cam across the bullet journal about 6 months ago as I was wanting to learn to journal. I bought a notebook and began setting up my journal per the emails sent and this channel. After a couple of months the journal was mainly just a to do list with some journal and collection pages. It wasn't making sense. Then after watching too many other people's how to bullet journal, I switched to a smaller notebook and was still just a to do list. I just didn't understand. Too many people just have a monthly or weekly page that looks just like a planner you can buy. Recently, to give another try for 2025, I PURCHASED THE BULLET JOURNAL BOOK... AND THEN IT CLICKED!. The main index leads to the sub-index (the monthly spread) and the monthly spread has the highlights of daily logs. But the light bulb "Ah ha" moment is that the BuJo really works backward. I do my daily log, the highlights of my daily log go to my monthly spread. So easy...it only took me 6 months for it to make sense. And of course there are collections throw in around the daily log. Thanks!
Me too! It made so much more sense to me! Thanks for sharing!!
That was a helpful overview. I had several ideas of my own while watching. Thank you.
Ahh! Ryder, my fantasy life coach and imaginary bestie. ❤ great video.
I don’t know how the algorithm reached in my thoughts to show me this video…but I am glad it did.
I like manipulating a notebook, but I can't commit to dating it myself, so I put up with having unused pages. LOVE Bujo but it's so easy to forget to use :( or maybe my ADHD is that bad!
It's okay not to manage it everyday. These youtubers are exaggerating when they say it changed their life... Even they can't commit to bujo everyday without exceptions
I feel you. I was cleaning up my old wardrobe today, and found a bujo from 2016. There were less than 20 pages filled. Through the years I have been improving. This year I finally filled like 80% of it. My personal tips for you:
- Resist the urge to make it always beautiful. Do it sometimes for the sake of creativity, but only if you enjoy it.
- Keep a pen attached so you don't have to find one.
- Don't fill like you have to keep the same style or color or whatever. Change pens, handwritting, write upside down.
- Use it as draft paper or to jot down quick notes. Don't change to another book just for that, like it's going to pollute your journal. Your doodles and random writtings are your life too. That helps with the ADHD stuff.
- It's super ok to get back to the same notebook after days/weeks/months of not using it.
- Create collections naturally as you need them. Don't write a long list of "books to read" if you are not reading anything for a long time. It's gonna be frustrating.
- Plan to do nice stuff and not only boring stuff.
- Just keep it around. On your backpack, purse, desk. When you go to work, classes or a picnic. Not everywhere, but everywhere you can.
If you forget to use it, you don't need it.
I use it because I need it
I literally use the bujo system in a traveller's notebook that's MADE to be compact and carryable, and I forget too. Unused pages are just inevitable
I can’t be bothered to set up basic layouts so I do use a dated planner with very minimal spreads and a ton of blank pages in the back for regular notebook pages. I’ve been the most consistent with it than an open notebook for sure.
Great video and message! Love the conscious computing mindset.
Im frankenplanning! mixing and matching! Testing stuff in my pocket and a5 ring binders- some dot grid, some templates. As I test stuff I want to adjust what works for me but allows for my brain to have flexibility when it needs it
I love my Bullet Journals!
I always thought about Bullet Journal method as a platform for analog apps - that allows me to build my own analog apps - like trackers, logs etc!
Excellent video. So insightful! I could listen all day.
I recommend anyone 5 months of traditional bulletjournal before custom setups
Seconded!
And try to slowly build your custom setup, don't just jump from trad into custom full blown
Exactly what I did 💯
Excellent as always ❤
I too prefer a notebook for keeping track of things I did and things I need to do. But it does fail in one respect: When you have a lot of very small tasks to do. It gets hard to keep track of it all. Yes, you write all that information into it, but there is no way to easily look it up unless you're willing to add a lot of overhead to indexing your entries. Not to mention that you need to think ahead of time what you need to index. You can't just look up a new term. I ran into this issue when doing customer support. It was impossible to keep track of all the tickets I was working on and all the solutions I was generating. But with other tasks that generate less random data, it's a very good solution. 100% portability.
Do you have any thoughts about what other systems help with tasks that have a lot of small detail? That is definitely something I run into sometimes.
@@willowlovegood4378 Only solution I found is to go digital. I prefer Obsidian, but there are loads of other tools around. Find one that you get along with. But I am basically maintaining a journal in digital form. It's the same, except I can easily search for information in it. I still prefer pen and paper, but this is the only way to keep track of lots of information like that.
@CristiNeagu I ran into this with my Uni study. I use the pocket BuJo for that specific bit, and the main BuJo for everything else.
It is small and thin enough to make flipping trough easy, and I do not mind the Index getting a little messy. I also colour code innit where needed.
I now have 2 pocket BuJo's next to my main, for my bachelor and for the minor I am doing during it.
Could that help you and @willowlovegood4378 out mayhaps?
I use WorkFlowy which is an app/website app that is a glorified bullet list that can have infinite sub-tasks and notes. Extremely flexible. For digital to-do list I use Things by cultured code on iOS and Mac. But I’ll still put the task header itself in my Bujo, and just all the crazy details are in the digital equivalent.
Read about the Getting Things Done method By David Allen, it may help you. It is mainly for executives and business people, but it can work with anyone.
There is only one thing that I concider a minus about your Bullet Journal notebook - the pages are fixed. There is no easy way to reorder the notebook if you need it. You may think of a version with loose sheets. :)
I use a circa journal with dot grid pages which allows me to move pages.
I think the index is meant to be this solution. It takes a while to adjust your thinking to use the current page for whatever you need regardless of order, but it becomes natural overtime.
I think you can just migrate any special entries to a specific Collection.
My problem is that I'm treating Index as TOC, and I need (hash)tags as Index! That's something Bujo doesn't have.
@@simpletongeekwhy won't you just take action on your own idea? Set up a list of tags and then pages those tags appear on? 😊
Hi ^^
Unsure if others have already told you but you can use a ring binder of some sort if you prefer to sort your pages by themes instead of chronological.
There's also a system with round plastic wheels if you prefer that to a ring binder ;)
Immaculate video!
I love paper: I have a work notebook, a domestic notebook and a monthly calendar notebook. All work & domestic arrangements go on the calendar. No notes on it, just where I have to be, deadlines, future events, etc. My city has special events and sports I might attend. That goes in the calendar also. So it's a 3 notebook bundle I carry in my messinger bag. Phone stays in my messenger bag.
That city right at the beginning is Warsaw, Poland in Europe! :)
I used various notebooks for years.. BUT it fails when 1) Your Eyesight decays thru age and 2) Arthritis makes writing with a pen painful,.
Love the notebook. Itd be awesome to have a black pages version too?
Do you really mean black? Or blank?
@ruthwilliams9882 Black, sometimes called black out pages like in journals from Archer & Olive.
someone accused me of using bujo as an "escape" and I had to explain that escaping is the exact opposite of what i'm doing, i'm finally engaging with my life for once. They keep asking me why i'm bullet journaling and i'm like "because I want to get my life together, can't you understand?"
Can I make a request? Please if possible release a Semitic version of the bullet journal, a notebook from right to left instead of left to right 🙈🙏🏽
Highly polished.
That meeting outline was super helpful. Will it be in the content club?
"Doesn't that mean this review will be biased? Absolutely!" LOLOLOL
have you or would you ever consider Disc binding style notebooks? I have found that most future log methods are not quite fluid enough for me so I have started a separate future log book in a disc bound notebook so I can write down future events and appointments and other scheduling necessities and then organize them into Chronological order (my brain needs the chronological organization) but at the same time with out having blank pages as distraction or discouragement... the only down side is it is very hard to find good quality dot grid paper that will work with a disc bound notebook...
I wonder why you did not mention your bujo companion app.
this adds some technology like digital indexes and backup to the LifeOS.
Thanks for your greate content!
Please review the Supernote A6X2 Nomad - it may be that goldilocks sweet spot, and the BUJO potential is quite epic
There is some cognitive dissonance here: on one hand, arguing towards moving away from modern tech filled with distraction, and on the other hand using terms assosiated with modern tech, instead of traditional terms to describe things. I don't think it's a good decision.
Nice video, great tips and suggestions :)
I'm curious if you could share what's the ambient music in the background towards the end of the video? Thanks
Amazing video. Using the BuJo method in a notebook helps me love a better more productive and less cluttered life! I recommend it to people whenever I can.
Thank you for your support! Glad that it can be helpful to others as well :)
this is just a long advertisement
The concept is kind of how da Vinci used his , basically just exploring your curiosity
I like the BuJo Method so much! But I struggle to implement a calendar that is as useful as a digital calendar and a reminder app. Is there any way to combine or to substitute these apps because I would love to organize myself completely analog.
I‘m a digital native an Siri is my second brain, but I found that need a better overview of my goals and a kind of reflection. so I stumbled upon BuJo. I wonder how digital task managers and BuJo can coexist. Every task that comes to my mind goes directly into my app (via Siri dictation). That seems way more convenient and frictionless compared to looking for a notebook and put it into the BuJo. Any recommendations how to use both as a hybrid model?
Great question - and we posted a video on exactly this, the combination of Bujo and task manager :) It's a few videos back
I‘ve watched it but the question is still unanswered. To my understanding you put everything to your BuJo first as a filter. But what if you want to quickly capture a task or thought on the go? Or when your bujo is not near you. How do you being them together? Do you transfer tasks from the digital tool TO the Bujo or do you leave them there?
Interesting ❤
How can we get the bullet journal notebook in India?
Go to the link in description.. the prices r showing in rupees only.. so I guess its available here(India) also
Not hundreds of years… and it’s a notebook. Plain and simple. Try the Ivy Lee Method folks. Simple as pie and works
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Me parecio genial este video. Pero si deseas que llegue a mas personas busca una persona que realice un doblaje al español. O utiliza alguna tecnología para doblar los videos al español porque hay una gran comunidad hispana que desearia ver en su idioma. Por favor. 😊
I'm having trouble subscribing to the newsletter :/
What are you running into? Should be the sign up button on bulletjournal.com (gold button)
Wow. Six minutes into the video, and so far it is either vanilla sayings or your own notebook promotion.
I was hoping for something a little more informative and less self system plug .....
Referring to this as a 'technology' and an 'operating system' is not cool unless you're trying to make it funny. It's a notebook! Why are you making using a notebook sound like an AI generated script?
Guys, I think I know why he shortened it to Bujo
I, me, vanity, greed, centrism, narcissism. Instead let us start from us, me, I, and go outward, to other perspectives, other people. What do they want, what do they need. What is this doing, and how can it help others. How can it make them rich, beautiful, and gain advantages.
That is the way.
Another 16 minutes of life wasted.
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Good video, although a little shallow compared to your other content.
I was a little disappointed to not see actual fottage or explanation of the spread shown in the thumbnail. Is there any other video that explains this specific spread?
Definitely a primer, not a deep dive. :)
Left side of thumbnail is a page inspired from excerpts of Leonardo DaVinci's journals (freestyle notetaking, no system!)
Right side is a simple annual calendar excerpt from a Vietnamese Bujo practitioner; there's nothing to it really other than being a calendar with key dates "blacked out" for emphasis. The bookmarks you see in the notebook are quick ways to jump to different areas of the notebook.
Neither are "official" Bujo patterns but rather different ways to use a notebook through the ages. There's plenty of deeper Bujo guidance on the rest of the channel - check out this setup guide to learn more: ua-cam.com/video/7db3GhPbNlw/v-deo.html
@@bulletjournal thanks, ok I understand, when I saw the thumbnail I assumed the video was going to be about integrating more calendar features into your BuJo. Anyway, thanks for the response.
✋There is nothing to achieve beyond the Self🤚
With the title and the thumbnail I thought I would see a video on tools for BuJo but it's once more a promotional video on how the Bullet Journal method is great.
So I'm disappointed by only having a surface level video skimming about why to try the method and not a more practical content.
he has dozens of videos on using the system itself, and linked to at least one in this
i was excited to have you just talk about the benefits of a notebook without getting into bujo talk... 😢
Just show the notebook. Dont prepare a damn documentary dude.