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     10 2023-05-27 00:00
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     12 The nerdy pen bits
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     14 I use Leuchtturm1917 A5 dot grid notebooks for it at the moment. Sometimes the
     15 Bullet Journal versions sometimes the regular. It all depends on what is in
     16 stock and if I find a color that is cooler than the dull crap they have for the
     17 Bullet Journal versions.
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     19 Most of the time I use fountain pens. Usually a finer nibbed one for writing
     20 and broad stub to underline headings.
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     22 How I use it
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     24 I usually re-collect things when the number of pages from first to last go
     25 beyond 20-30 pages, mostly because I find it easier to deal with. Plus that I
     26 often need to replace at least some of the goals every 3-5 days anyways.
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     28 On the first two pages I write down my current “yearly” theme, and then I write
     29 down some goals I have on some areas of my life. Usually weight and fitness
     30 goals are there. Plus some things I focus on improving.
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     32 Then I put a marker there. Then I turn the page and make a daily page. I make
     33 one every day. And move over whatever was left on the day before.
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     35 I just write down the day of the week and the date. And start adding stuff. I
     36 usually start by adding auto generated check lists from things that kind of
     37 keep my life together.
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     39 Usually first work stuff, then my personal daily stuff. I often start with the
     40 most important stuff. And then things I have to carry over from the day before.
     41 And then I put a marker on the start of the daily page and one marker at the
     42 first page with free space to write things.
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     44 The first marker is always on the “status / goal page” the second is always at
     45 the first page with tasks I haven’t checked off and the last one is always at
     46 the first page with available space.
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     48 As I complete things and run out of tasks I start refilling it. Usually start
     49 with Daily tasks, move over to weekly and monthly if there are anything there I
     50 need to do. And after that over to projects that are in focus. First the ones
     51 outlined in the Hobonichi and then later anything not hidden in my task
     52 manager.
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     54 Formatting
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     56 I don’t use the official Bullet Journal formatting, I’ve tried a few times but
     57 after many years of using [12]Dash/Plus as my task management on paper
     58 formatting system I’ve never been able to change it.
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     60 The way I do things is that I use one pen and color for writing and another pen
     61 and color for underlining things.
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     63 I usually only have two levels of headings. One is the day, and then one for
     64 the “collection”, when things go deeper than that I typically will do it as
     65 sub-tasks and sub-sub-tasks etc. Anything that has tasks under it will be
     66 underlined. To make it easy to spot.
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     68 In addition to this I also often will write a + between different areas. Like
     69 when I move from “Work” related tasks to “Daily” tasks etc.
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     71 Page layout
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     73 My page layout is usually that I align the top level heading (the day and date)
     74 to the left written larger than the rest.
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     76 The collection I typically center.
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     78 I also try to use as much of the page as possible. So, if a collection only
     79 takes up half the width or a third of the width of the page, I often will add
     80 another section next to it. Other times I write the tasks two or three per
     81 line. It all depends on what works and how mindful I am of not wasting page
     82 while doing it.
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     84 Made with ❤️ in Bergen, Norway by Eivind Hjertnes
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     87 References:
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     89 [1] https://stationery.pizza/
     90 [2] https://stationery.pizza/
     91 [3] https://stationery.pizza/favourites
     92 [4] https://stationery.pizza/philosophy
     93 [5] https://stationery.pizza/pen-inks
     94 [6] https://stationery.pizza/about
     95 [7] https://stationery.pizza/contact
     96 [8] https://stationery.pizza/colophon
     97 [9] https://stationery.pizza/feed.rss
     98 [10] https://stationery.pizza/archives
     99 [11] https://stationery.pizza/2023/05/27/bullet-journal
    100 [12] https://patrickrhone.com/dashplus/