The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future

There’s benefit and utility in failure. When actively embraced as a learning mechanism, it can help us grow.

Does it represent the life you want to live? If not, then leverage the lessons you’ve learned to change the narrative in the next volume.

Do you abandon notebooks when you make a mistake or get a false start? If so, try creating an “Imperfection Collection.” Somewhere in your notebook, dedicate space where you just. let. go. Maybe start by writing your name with your nondominant hand. Scribble, doodle, whatever you like. Do what you fear would make your notebook feel flawed. Does it

Your problem What’s not working Why it isn’t working What you’ve tried What you have not tried yet What you want to have happen

As any athlete will tell you, you need to tear muscle to build it, over and over again. Like building muscle, we need to train our intentions to make them resilient and strong.

here: Take the time estimate and triple it. Progress is more important than speed. If something gets done more quickly than anticipated, great! There’s nothing wrong with getting something done faster than expected (as long as you’re not focusing on speed). What we want to avoid is falling behind. That tips our pleasure/pain scale toward the pain s

log Events only after they happen. That way, the Monthly Log’s Calendar page acts like a timeline.

Not having to articulate the complexity of an experience makes it much more likely for us to write it down. That’s the most important part: to have a record.

Ask yourself the same question the next day. Find something, anything, that will make your life a little better.