What have changed and what I learned It’s now been 2 years that I started to use the bullet journal as my main planning tool, and it was time for…
Bullet Journal
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Circle of the 4 Notebooks #2 I’m super happy to release this second post of the Circle of the 4 Notebooks about a topic I wanted to write about for…
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in my personal Bullet Journal After two years using the Bullet Journal system created by Ryder Carroll, my planning system is still evolving constantly. The layouts I use vary depending…
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Maison et Objet 2017 A few weeks ago, I was invited at Maison et Objet, an international design fair, to visit the stands of the stationery section. So I spent…
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I’ve always been struggling to keep a diary more than 3 days in a raw. Since I started to use a bullet journal for my personal life, I regularly tried to have some gratitude log or memory log in my monthly spreads and dailies. But these journaling sections didn’t work for me either. As there’s been a lot going on in my personal life the past few weeks, I decided to give the journaling fever an other go, creating memory cards. On one side, the date of the day, and on the other, some blank space to write or draw my mood or memories. These memory cards are available as free printables.
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A new journal has joined my planning team since the beginning of Q3 : my blog bullet journal. It’s a Habana notebook by QuoVadis. I’m using it to plan and manage about everything that is happening on the blog and social medias. I created quarterly and yearly collections (stats, weekly routine, quarterly review, goals, dynamic editorial calendar) and collection for my posts (one collection per post). This blog journal allows me to gather all the information needed in one place. All the blog related tasks and rutine trackers are managed with my personal bullet journal. There’s definitely a synegy between thoses two tools.
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The main reason I started to use the bullet journal system was that I wanted to better manage my personal projects and make them move forward faster. But it’s not always easy to plan things and set a strategy up to meet goals and complete projects. So I started to use the methods and tools I use at work as a project manager to better manage my personal projects in my bullet journal. I’m starting with the very beginning of the projects : how to get started with a new project, how to prioritize a list of projects and draw an action plan. I used a 3 steps process to sort things out.
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I’ve always focused on function in all areas of my life, and my approach of bullet journaling is no different. My bullet journal is minimal and super simple : I’m not really into lettering, my journal is monochromatic and I keep the supplies I use as minimal as possible. For me, the bullet journal is a great organization tool and I expect it to be easy to use and effective. That said, the simple ris the better regarding my bullet journal system : I keep my keys to a minimum, and I don’t need more than one pen and my notebook to make it actually work.
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The beginning of a new quarter calls the need of migrating my bullet journal in a new notebook! My whole planning system is based on quarters: three months is enough time to plan big projects, and yet short enough to keep my goals in mind. So here I am, starting a new bullet journal to welcome 2017 Q3, and I hope that it will help me to stay focused on my goals (just like my old bullet journal did) and bring my projects to reality. Here are the first pages of my bullet journal, and how I intend to get organized for the next 3 months (featuring a lot of quarterly and monthly collections, and trustfull weekly layouts).
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When I came across the bullet journal system about 2 years ago, I knew my set-up will include a weekly something, as it’s natural for me to work on a weekly basis. So as soon as I started my very first bullet journal, I started to use a weekly log to better visualize my task list… But it took me months, and a lot of attempts (and failures) to find the weekly layout that fits my needs. Here’s a retrospective of my experimentations trough 6 weekly layouts I’ve been using before coming to a weekly log that works for me.