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Bullet Journal: Future or yearly log

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This is a series of short posts. Here you can find with links to all of them and and an introduction to this subject. The purpose of a future log In order to make sure you have enough space for everything, you create new sections as you go. This means that when at some point you have an event on a later month you need the future log to log it. Then, each new month, you check your future log for that month and copy its entry to that month's log. Recommended format: Start on a left-sided page and create 12, one for each month, equally spaced sections separated by lines and label them. Use 4 pages (3 months in each). Personalise: Add a task or/and goal section, for ideas that don't have a definite month associated with them.

Bullet Journal: the Index

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This is a series of short posts. Here you can find with links to all of them and and an introduction to this subject. Every bullet journal contains an index in its first pages. This is one of the features that make BJs so useful and easy to use. Recommended format: On the 1st page (right-sided): make a list of your shorthand symbols. On the following 4 pages: whatever you add to the journal, number every page as you go and then add entries here. Add in order of appearance. Personalise: use colour codes. create different sections, ex: reserve left page for standard logs and right page for collections.

Bullet Journal: Shorthand Symbols

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This is a series of short posts. Here you can find with links to all of them and and an introduction to this subject. Shorthand symbols are used for rapid logging. As the name implies, rapid logging is useful for the log sections of the BJ. They label each entry as described below. Tasks: • Events: O Notes (facts, observations): — Inspiration (insights and ideas): ! Additional symbols, to be used in front of other symbols: Priority: * Completed: ✕ Transferred to later date: › Transferred to unspecified date (mainly the future log): ‹ Cancelled: strike through Personalise: use a colour code instead of or in addition to symbols. For example, write priority entries in red. use □ for tasks and O for events, then half-fill for wips, fill for finished tasks; add other symbols inside, not in front. same as above, but use • for wip and ✕ for completed.

Bullet Journal: Organisation

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This is a series of short posts. Here you can find with links to all of them and and an introduction to this subject. A bullet journal has a standard organization that divides it in the following sections (also called spreads): Index : this is at the beginning of your notebook. It includes: a symbol key (that can be updated) and a table of contents. Standard: 5 pages. Future/Yearly Log : this spread is a year-at-a-glance calendar with future events, goals, and long-term tasks. Add birthdays, travel plans, etc. Standard: 4 pages. Monthly Log : this spread includes a calendar with a single line for each day of the month and a task page. In addition, add monthly collections, see below, like trackers. Standard: 2 pages, plus collections. Daily Log : this is your day-to-day task list. Collections : these are pages on anything you want. Use the index to keep track of everything. If you add much, make sure your index section has plenty of pages. Exs: ...