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[11]Bullet Journal

   2023-05-27 00:00

The nerdy pen bits

   I use Leuchtturm1917 A5 dot grid notebooks for it at the moment.
   Sometimes the Bullet Journal versions sometimes the regular. It all
   depends on what is in stock and if I find a color that is cooler than
   the dull crap they have for the Bullet Journal versions.

   Most of the time I use fountain pens. Usually a finer nibbed one for
   writing and broad stub to underline headings.

How I use it

   I usually re-collect things when the number of pages from first to last
   go beyond 20-30 pages, mostly because I find it easier to deal with.
   Plus that I often need to replace at least some of the goals every 3-5
   days anyways.

   On the first two pages I write down my current “yearly” theme, and then
   I write down some goals I have on some areas of my life. Usually weight
   and fitness goals are there. Plus some things I focus on improving.

   Then I put a marker there. Then I turn the page and make a daily page.
   I make one every day. And move over whatever was left on the day
   before.

   I just write down the day of the week and the date. And start adding
   stuff. I usually start by adding auto generated check lists from things
   that kind of keep my life together.

   Usually first work stuff, then my personal daily stuff. I often start
   with the most important stuff. And then things I have to carry over
   from the day before. And then I put a marker on the start of the daily
   page and one marker at the first page with free space to write things.

   The first marker is always on the “status / goal page” the second is
   always at the first page with tasks I haven’t checked off and the last
   one is always at the first page with available space.

   As I complete things and run out of tasks I start refilling it. Usually
   start with Daily tasks, move over to weekly and monthly if there are
   anything there I need to do. And after that over to projects that are
   in focus. First the ones outlined in the Hobonichi and then later
   anything not hidden in my task manager.

Formatting

   I don’t use the official Bullet Journal formatting, I’ve tried a few
   times but after many years of using [12]Dash/Plus as my task management
   on paper formatting system I’ve never been able to change it.

   The way I do things is that I use one pen and color for writing and
   another pen and color for underlining things.

   I usually only have two levels of headings. One is the day, and then
   one for the “collection”, when things go deeper than that I typically
   will do it as sub-tasks and sub-sub-tasks etc. Anything that has tasks
   under it will be underlined. To make it easy to spot.

   In addition to this I also often will write a + between different
   areas. Like when I move from “Work” related tasks to “Daily” tasks etc.

Page layout

   My page layout is usually that I align the top level heading (the day
   and date) to the left written larger than the rest.

   The collection I typically center.

   I also try to use as much of the page as possible. So, if a collection
   only takes up half the width or a third of the width of the page, I
   often will add another section next to it. Other times I write the
   tasks two or three per line. It all depends on what works and how
   mindful I am of not wasting page while doing it.

   Made with ❤️ in Bergen, Norway by Eivind Hjertnes

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