Learning about Bullet Journal (part 2)

Hello there,

let's start with a quick recap as the first part about learning about the Bullet Journal was written two weeks ago. 

We covered the following ideas: 

• the first spread is the index, which usually has about 2 pages (one spread)
• the next spread after will be the future log, which can take 2 pages (one spread) and can store 6 months. Just in case it's necessary, I'd jump one spread and leave 2 pages reserved in case the bullet journal lasts you a whole year, and you'd need 6 more months.
• after the future log, the next spread goes the first monthly log, this will take a single spread and gets assigned the upcoming month. On the
• left side, we have the monthly calendar, each day can have an important event
• right side, we have the monthly task list
• the next spread is where we start rapid logging our daily logs, which I covered briefly in the previous entry
• all pages (other than the index) have a number.

So, what's next? Rapid Logging, Migration and we'll finish with Collections.

I'd like to clarify and be a bit more detailed about Rapid Logging. After the index, future log, monthly log we begin recording our daily logs. A daily log doesn't take the space of an entire spread or even an entire page, or, at the very least, it doesn't have to. It can have as little as three lines. There are three main types of entries that go into the daily log:

• tasks, which have a bullet '•' in front of the entry. Important ones will have a star ⁕ in front.
• events, which have a circle '∘' in front of the entry
• notes, which have a dash '-' in front of the entry

When we finish a task, we can simply convert it's '•' to a '×' to mark it completed. We can simply follow this pattern, known as Rapid Logging, and keep going until the end of the month.

At the end of the month, we do something called Migration. 

1. we first create a new monthly log on the next available and provide a quick link to it in the index. 
2. we now scan the daily logs and look out at the listed tasks since the beginning of the month that is currently ending. We mark with '×' all the tasks that have been completed. 
3. The tasks that are not completed and are no longer important get crossed out.
4. The tasks that are still important... well we can do two things with them
1. if they are to be postponed to next month.
   ∘ add them to the new monthly log (left or right side as per your discretion)
   ∘ on the place where you found the task, mark it with a '>' to signify that they have been moved ahead
2. if they aren't due next month, but rather they are due far in the future,
   ∘ go to the future log ( at beginning of our BuJo), and write them in the desired month's log
   ∘ on the place where you found the task, mark it with a '<' to signify that the task has been moved to the front of the BuJo.
5. Make sure to review this months' future log and transfer to the new month's log any tasks that have been scheduled ahead in the past, but are due this month.

Once you've finished the above process, you can begin Rapid Logging on the next available spread.

This is starting to look good, doesn't it... we can start writing things we are getting done, things that we want to do. It's starting to get busy. What you will notice however is that you need to start grouping certain items together (i.e. things you need to buy, books you want to read). We will call these "collections" Just go to the next available page or spread and write the number of the page in the index. Title it appropriately and start writing things down.

I hope this is helpful to you as I wish I could have found such an article online, but one did not exist, or I could not find one. I hope this helps you with a productive 2022. 

Until we "meet" again, I wish you a successful and productive future.