JANUARY BULLET JOURNAL TRIAL
The versions of set-up are infinite, but trial and error have taught me to keep my Bullet Journal as mind-numbingly simple as possible. It oftentakes a little time to realize that, but don't skip or ignore the Index. your Index makes your Bullet Journal a magical device no matter what form you use. You can use whatever kind of fat you want - olive oil, bacon, butter - but it's hard to grasp the beauty of the simple boiled potato without a little liquid cholesterol. If the Bullet Journal is a potato, the Index is fat. (I'm the president of Journal Hoarders of America, so I do not judge.) Now let's take a few minutes to do a quick set-up so you can see everything in action.
If you're hesitant to buy a new journal before you know if you'll use it (valid decision by the way), grab an old steno notebook or one of the dozens of barely-used journals on your shelf. The Bullet Journal can be set up in the next five minutes. Once a Bullet Journal is full, it lives on your shelf with what will eventually become a lifetime of others, and you'll have the best bird's eye view of your life that no technology can match. And you can't save the information on your phone in the same way you can within a book spine. I might die without immediate access to podcasts, but phones can't contain everything, not in one visual place anyway. Your Bullet Journal will not replace your smartphone. If it's not important enough to write down any number of times, it's not important enough to keep in your life. Which seems dumb and anti-genius, so why do it? Because the Bullet Journal, by design, helps you decide what matters and what doesn't. Still, even though the act of writing is romantic and gratifying, it does take longer. It engages your brain and encourages more thorough thought processes. Our brains behave differently when we go analog, and that's why the Bullet Journal is a great system. The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: the Science of Paper vs. "Whether they realize it or not, many people approach computers and tablets with a state of mind less conducive to learning than the one they bring to paper." Have you ever edited a term paper or manuscript on your computer? You always end up printing the whole thing and flipping pages with pen in hand because for some reason it works better. But there is something different about going analog. I'm not here to tell you to stop you or your kids from using screens that would be ridiculous and mean hallelujah TV. Toddlers navigate iPads better than their degree-toting older relatives, so all the smart people have become increasingly interested in what damage (if any) this is doing to the brain. Our brains approach analog methods differently than digital ones. The Bullet Journal is better than your online system. It starts with a blank journal and a pen which is deceptively simple and almost boring, but it's also the lazy genius organizer you've been waiting for. It's just couscous trying to turn into a French fry. The market is saturated with every planner you could dream up, but somehow not one - no matter how fancy - perfectly serves your needs. That's what makes the Bullet Journal so special. Until then, the potato is king simply because it can be whatever you want it to be. Tell couscous to turn into a French fry, and we'll talk. It seems boring and bland and easily replaced by flashier starches like couscous and black forbidden rice, but the potato is special not for what it is but it what it can become.
I wish this post had existed when I first started, so here's to you having better luck with the learning curve than I did. You might even be using the method yourself, but I want to share my take on the ins and outs, pitfalls and beauties of the best way to organize your life I've ever found. You might have seen the video or been on the website. I want to tell you about the Bullet Journal. You can't fight it, so let's lean into it with lazy genius attitude.
The January air smells like organization.
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