10 Blocks of Time to Plan Your Week [Minimalist Bullet Journal Layout]
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2020
- 10 Blocks is one of the most watched and asked about videos on my channel. It's a helpful method for planning your week in the bullet journal. Use the 10 blocks by defining what matters most to you and consistently tracking time to make sure you stay on track.
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My name is Matt Ragland and I make videos about using a minimalist bullet journal to focus on what matters most to you. I’ll show you how to use concepts like 10 Blocks, Time Tracking Grids, and Project Timelines to quickly see what needs to be done and when.
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Thanks for watching! What do you WANT to use your 10 blocks on this week?
Hey, I don’t see where the PDF is. Can you help me locate it?
Never mind! I found it! For anyone else who had trouble, It’s on bulletjournalguy.con
Congratulations on your birthday! Have a great day😊
Interesting concept. During recovery of a stroke my neuro-surgeon got me think of the day as 10 blocks of energy (because at the time energy was in short supply). Even though I was off work for 7 months it helped me to plan out my days and to know if I was overextending myself. I am going to try this 10 block method in my work life. Thank you for the video. Ps. I'm 99.9% recovered!
I’m just studying, no work, no pay yet, and I’m crunching a 60 hours work week between classes, homework, college applications, and exam preps. I’m going to try this system out to see if it helps me balance my life a little better. I’ll let you know how it goes!
I really like this way to track activities and habits, both productive and not so productive. I have a hard time tracking in the more common ways (filled in square or cross out), I don’t seem to connect with it. Somehow keeping track of the time spent each week seems like it might be a better accountability practice for me. It gives me more information. Have to keep reminding myself to keep asking why and not go into self judgement. Really enjoying your videos. You keep it simple. As an artist, checking out most UA-cam Bullet Journal pages and ideas, I felt pressure to spend time making beautiful pages. I decided I didn’t really want to spend time making art in my Bullet Journal, I wanted my Bullet Journal to help me make time for my art practice. Looking forward to returning to a simpler way of managing my time this year.
I saw your earlier video re 10 blocks. I have been using this system ever since. I started with the 10 x 4hr blocks and it has changed quite a bit to reflect different times - during the lockdown I had to get creative - but it was very helpful to keep some sort of routine and being able to track how much time I used well!! Currently I am using 8 x 5hr blocks and find it really helpful. Great content. Belated Happy Birthday. Congratulations on reaching 50k. Lor.
Thanks so much and good work keeping it flexible!
Happy birthday Matt! Wishing you a great year ahead...
omg you're a genius
A belated “Happy Birthday!” This sounds like a very interesting way to track your progress on things during the week. I am an instructional coach for an elementary school and have to document what I do each week. It’s such a pain as I currently use my Google Calendar as both a tool for scheduling and tracking. At the end of the week, I have to add up the hours for each component of my job and that can be a pain as I don’t always schedule all components on my calendar. I think I will give this a try over the next few weeks and see how it flows. Thanks for the idea and 🎉 for hitting 50K followers!
Glad it might help Brenda! Also consider checking out Woven calendar for time tracking, vid here! ua-cam.com/video/FepYxTC7NLo/v-deo.html
Matt you are my favorite youtuber I love this, in fact by reference to 10 blocks I found you last year. I always look for these explanations to try it although I have never applied this idea in my BUJO! Congrats for the 53.1K subscribers!
Happy birthday! Enjoy and stay safe!
Happy Birthday, Matt. Thank you so very much for all your work and inspiration!
Thank you Thomas!
I love this! And you don't look 37 at all!
Glad you like it Oscar! Thanks for the kind words man 🙌
Congrats on the 50K subs Matt. Love the channel, Its a constant go to for me.
Happy birthday from across the pond!
Thanks Cris!
This is awesome Idea, thanks!
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy birthday Matt!
Yay happy birthday from Germany! How cool that your channel has so many followers! 🤓 I stumbled upon your videos when I was looking for some simple, minimalist and functional time managing ideas to get me a bit more motivated 😁 I never, until now, used exactly your designs but they inspired me SO much and I would end up adjusting your design for my needs 👍 keep up the great work!
Thanks Alexandra!
Happy birthday, Matt!
Thanks!
Happy Birthday Matt!! This video was very helpful, I will have to try it.
Thank you! Let me know how it goes!
This is a great tip! Thank you for sharing
Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday buddy!!!!!!
Wow just was thinking about the 10 block
Love your videos and good energy!
Thanks Martin!
I didn’t know that I needed this video. I’m starting to suspect that UA-cam knows me more than I know myself.
Happy belated birthday!
Happy Birthday! I also turned 37 at the end of September. Your 10 Block Method seems like a great intro to the Pomodoro Technique. Im going to work on this.
Happy belated birthda!
thanks for your video ! And Happy birthday to u. !
Amazing technique
Happy birthday 🎉
New ish subscriber, I love it tho because Im used to "creative bullet journal videos" which are also amazing, but I love to listen to the practical side of the BuJo. Never heard of this method but definitely trying this. I would be using this with my collage classes, and side projects. Btw happy birthday!
Thanks Lucia!
Happy birthday 🎉🎂
I'm going to try the blocks method this week, but my style ;)
What I've done is I've divided 7 blocks of 4 hours each between all my clients depending on the amount I get paid. The other 3 I've left for extra work or not included in the contract (so paid separately), admin work and my own brand. Let's see how it works!
I just got my staedtler 10 set fineliner and a dot grid notebook
This is brilliant! I’m gonna give this a go. Btw, what brand is your notebook? I love the color!
Happy belated birthday!! :)
Thank you!
@@MattRagland happy belated birthday Matt!
What is your method of recording when you go over a planned block? You mention that this will happen often, especially in the beginning, so I would be interested to see how you document it to better plan your blocks for the next week. Thank you in advance!
Congrat for bd.
So when we are doing one hour blocks that is 4 squares of time not 1. Correct? 😆
Ten blocks is ok if it divides up for you ok. 4 hrs x 10 blocks... Yes can structure less but what if your item only totals eg 2 hours? I feel this system only really works for Matt... Needed more examples for different situations. And yes I did watch the whole video including where this was mentioned at 2:50
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Great video but it wouldn’t apply to me because my job hours change daily. One day I work 1hr and other days 6hrs
No I work with a cleaning company and not knowing my schedule except the night before sucks so I can’t plan a week at a time. Even if I plan for the next day idk what time I’ll be home. Frustrating
40 hour work week? Does that exist anymore?
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Happy Birthday!!