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In an age of digital diaries and online assistants, bullet journaling is a refreshingly tech- free way to organise your business and personal life
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ullet journaling is the notebook organising system originally devised by an Austrian teenager that has since swept across over the world, and spawned an entire industry (boosting stationery sales no end in the process). Ryder Carroll came up with the bullet
journal system as way to organise his thoughts while at school, using meticulous lists and an index to record and track to-do tasks, goals and notes. Today, this anti-digital format has garnered a cult-like following of people. Carroll, the spider at the web of the bullet
journaling movement (now a digital product designer living in New York), is humble about what he’s started: “I’ve always found being able to focus a challenge, so I designed the system accordingly,” he says. “It’s allowed me to successfully run teams of people over long stretches and start multiple companies. I shared the system because it helped me.” Small business online magazine Inc.
recommends bullet journaling for every entrepreneur worth their salt. Journalists from
Vogue and Te New York Times have waxed lyrical about it, some parents tout it as being beneficial for home-schooling. Its uses are nearly as varied as the journals themselves. Key to its success is the flexibility of the
system. People can adapt the central method to fit their lives, and the basic formula is the same whether you’re writing a shopping list or launching a startup. Jotting down tasks in a structured way and moving them on or ticking them off, gives keen journal keepers a sense of achievement and helps people stay on track. Te bullet journaling method has inspired
hundreds of blogs (such as tinyrayofsunshine. com) comparing notebooks, stationery and time management ideas – although, spend too long decorating your “spreads” (the pages used for bullet journaling) and you might not actually tick off anything on your list. Tere are now “how-to” books devoted to bullet journaling (Carroll is in the process of writing his own, but also check out Te 365 Bullet Book: How to Organize Your Life Creatively, One Day at a Time by Zennor Compton).
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