Being busy can be likened to tumbling down an existential staircase: stimulus, reaction, stimulus, reaction. This frenetic cycle of reactivity holds our attention hostage, limiting our ability to recognize opportunities for love, growth, and purpose. These are the things that add value to our lives, yet they’re easily obscured by the rush of our

Productivity is about getting more done by working on fewer things.

There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all. —PETER DRUCKER

KEY CONCEPTS INDEX Used to locate your content in your Bullet Journal using Topics and page numbers. FUTURE LOG Used to store Future Tasks and Events that fall outside the current month. MONTHLY LOG Provides an overview of time and tasks for the current month. Also functions as your monthly mental inventory. DAILY LOG Serves as your catchall for

The palest ink is better than the best memory. —CHINESE PROVERB

Our notebook serves as a mental sanctuary where we are free to think, reflect, process, and focus.

The Test This Mental Inventory you just created provides a clear picture of how you’re currently investing your time and energy. It’s a map of your choices. The next step is to figure out which ones are worth making. We’re so busy with all the things we’re doing (or should be doing) that we forget to ask ourselves why we’re doing these things. We

We need to reduce the number of decisions we burden ourselves with so we can focus on what matters.

To begin, sit down with that sheet of paper I mentioned you’d be needing. Orient it horizontally and divide it into three columns (you can either fold it twice or draw the lines like in the Mental Inventory on this page). In the first column, list all the things you are presently working on. In the second, list all the things you should be working