Note: Near the end of this blog, I announce monthly Bullet Journal workshops. Register now, and bring a notebook!
I’ve been giving training and advice recently about Bullet Journaling, as it relates to mental health and professional development. One piece of advice: you can’t do it wrong, so let that worry go.
Since I started blogging, approximately a million years ago, I’ve read all kinds of outstanding advice on consistency, SEO, wording, keywords, searchability, etc etc etc. And it is excellent advice, but I’ve let it paralyze me.
No more.
I’m going to try the same advice I gave above, here. I can’t do this wrong, so let the worry go.
And regarding Bullet Journal advice, the whole list of “it’s okay, don’t worry, just go” was:
- No judgment.
- No rules.
- No guilt.
- No feeling less-than.
- No worrying about waste.
- My journal loves me.
Maybe my blog loves me, too.
Bullet Journaling with ADHD…at least, for today
I’ve come to accept – embrace, even – that my methods will change from one week to the next. Sometimes, from one day to the next. That’s how my brain works, and I’ve stopped fighting with it.
So when I tell you that “this is what I’m doing with my Bullet Journal today” (or, in fact, with anything today), that’s exactly what it means….this is what I’m doing today. Tomorrow I may change it all around.
Today I’m back on the rapid logging train, which is quite nice. In fact, I just stopped to write down quick notes about sleep, the morning (including this writing session), and a couple of tasks.
I’ve got a weekly spread (like a monthly spread) this week, which is good…it turns out I’m pretty busy, and it’s nice to see the week’s summary.
Last week, my monthly spread got too chaotic for me, so I made a half-month spread to replace it. That’s just what it sounds like: a monthly spread, but starting around the 15th of the month.
As for organizing thoughts and tasks, I sometimes use an Eisenhower Matrix, sometimes lists…this month I’ve divided everything into:
- Projects (multiple steps, with an end goal),
- Recurring (no end game), and
- One-off tasks
BuJo workshops
I’m starting up a monthly Bullet Journal workshop: A recurring meetup to talk organization, productivity, and tools to support mental health. All centered around Bullet Journals, of course.
Each workshop will be on the last Monday of each month, at 12:30pm CDT / 5:30pm GMT:
- Mar 29 2021
- Apr 26 2021
- May 31 2021
- Jun 28 2021
- Jul 26 2021
- Aug 30 2021
- Sep 27 2021
- Oct 25 2021
- Nov 29 2021
- Dec 27 2021
- Jan 31 2022
- Feb 28 2022
Register in advance here, and bring your notebook and pen!