Bullet Journal

added steps, tips and warnings

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	# Start your "Daily Log" pages. Write down the tasks to do and events to attend that day. You could do this the night before or before you start your day -- '' "end that day": Write the next day's date wherever you stopped -- and continue the "new day log" from there, only leaving one or two blank lines.''		# Start your "Daily Log" pages. Write down the tasks to do and events to attend that day. You could do this the night before or before you start your day -- '' "end that day": Write the next day's date wherever you stopped -- and continue the "new day log" from there, only leaving one or two blank lines.''
	# "Migrate Tasks". At the end of the month, go through all the entries of the month and locate tasks you couldn't complete during the month. Assess whether these tasks are relevant anymore. If they are, then transfer them into the next month's task page. Otherwise, strike the whole point off.		# "Migrate Tasks". At the end of the month, go through all the entries of the month and locate tasks you couldn't complete during the month. Assess whether these tasks are relevant anymore. If they are, then transfer them into the next month's task page. Otherwise, strike the whole point off.
		+	#* Make a key on a post-it/sticky-note with a list of all Signifiers and what they mean -- and move it along in your journal for quick reference. It's like a bookmark, but stickiness holds it from so easily blowing/falling away from you.
	# Create "Collections". Write down any related tasks or notes into this sections. So if "read a book" is a task in your Monthly or Future Log, it is then sensible to make a list of books you would like to read. Think of examples of collections:'' "class assignments", "birthdays", "contacts", "work places" (if you move around)'', etc.  <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d04OOXE-V7k</ref>		# Create "Collections". Write down any related tasks or notes into this sections. So if "read a book" is a task in your Monthly or Future Log, it is then sensible to make a list of books you would like to read. Think of examples of collections:'' "class assignments", "birthdays", "contacts", "work places" (if you move around)'', etc.  <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d04OOXE-V7k</ref>
	#Create as many sections as need in your Bullet Journal. Search ''bullet journal'' online for inspiration.		#Create as many sections as need in your Bullet Journal. Search ''bullet journal'' online for inspiration.
	=== Streamlining a minimal journal ===		=== Streamlining a minimal journal ===
	#Limit your sections:<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/minimalistbulletjournals/ Here's a minimalist facebookd group #minimalistbulletjournals to see the discussion, post and comment]</ref> So, use the least number of parts that you need. It can be simple-journaling.		#Limit your sections:<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/minimalistbulletjournals/ Here's a minimalist facebookd group #minimalistbulletjournals to see the discussion, post and comment]</ref> So, use the least number of parts that you need. It can be simple-journaling.
		+	#Keep the style open and minimal. Do not have a bunch of forms or boxes to fill in. So, list day by day, month by month and migrate undone bits. Write what you did, are presently doing, and what you expect to do. Goals, like plans, are to do and also when to do them. Work through and organize the present, and prepare/apply for and toward the future. Assess the past; to know the results can help improve now and to decide what to do next and for the more distant future.
	#Make it similar to a planner with a calendar, bullets, various signifiers, daily chores, weekly stuff, month by month and migrate the undone things.		#Make it similar to a planner with a calendar, bullets, various signifiers, daily chores, weekly stuff, month by month and migrate the undone things.
	#*Keep up with diet and weight loss progress. List your foods; note diet techniques; record your exercising session/time and how many reps you did, etc.		#*Keep up with diet and weight loss progress. List your foods; note diet techniques; record your exercising session/time and how many reps you did, etc.
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	== Tips ==		== Tips ==
−	* Use facing pages for the Index, another pair for Future Log and again for Monthly Logs.	+	* Use two or more facing pages for the Index, another pair for Future Log and again for Monthly Logs.
−	* Use different colored pens to make your journal more attractive. Decorate your notebook in many ways.	+	* Later on start using different colored pens to make your journal more attractive. Decorate your notebook in many ways.
−	* Make a post-it with a list of all Signifiers and what they mean and move it along in your journal for quick reference.	+
	== Warnings ==		== Warnings ==
−	* Entries in the bullet journals must be short, to the point. Otherwise, it defeats the purpose of being quick and easy.	+	* Writing must be short, to the point. Otherwise, it defeats the purpose of being quick and easy.
	* Don't be too keen on decorating your notebook, if you are a beginner. It will take time from using the Bullet Journal. After a few months, you can experiment around with different styles/decor.		* Don't be too keen on decorating your notebook, if you are a beginner. It will take time from using the Bullet Journal. After a few months, you can experiment around with different styles/decor.