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    <title>BuJo</title>
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            <id>https://links.rknight.me/links/1785</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[How I use my Bullet Journal]]></title>
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                <![CDATA[Free your brain. Hack your time. Reach enlightenment I guess.]]>
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            <updated>2025-07-30T09:14:19+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://links.rknight.me/links/1619</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Obsidian Bullet Journal Tasks Migration in Daily Note]]></title>
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            <updated>2025-02-20T17:06:46+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://links.rknight.me/links/1511</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[WTF Is A Bullet Journal And Why Should You Start One? An Explainer]]></title>
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                <![CDATA[I'm low-key obsessed.]]>
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            <updated>2025-01-05T21:58:23+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://links.rknight.me/links/1510</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[My Bullet Journal Trial - Lisa L. Spangenberg]]></title>
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                <![CDATA[Heartstone Farm: High quality Maine Beef, Chicken, and Pork Direct to You. I’ve been using a Bullet Journal for a month now (I started on January 9th, 2017). General Impressions My bullet journal trial has been successful. I’m going to continue using it, at least while I have limited ’net access. The portability factor of my bullet journal, and the ease of planning and tracking my time without access to the ’net has really helped. My access to the Internet has been particularly spotty due to weather problems, so I started using the bullet journal just in time. While I’m still using my digital tools, I can work without them, thanks to the bullet journal. I am not one of the many artistic people using a BuJo, nor am I one with beautiful handwriting and perfect spelling. I use mine to track deadlines, keep lists of projects and due dates, and to track blog posts and writing-for-hire work. My BuJo isn’t pretty, but it is functional and it doesn’t require a lot of effort to maintain, leaving me more to write (and read!). I’ve essentiall decided on my format. I got some super advice from this post. How I Use A Bullet Journal As A Writer I have three broad stages of writing (not counting intermittent stages of pacing, self-directed hair-pulling and long walks): * Research and brainstorming * Drafting * Revising I track all of them in my bullet journal. I brain storm ideas via lists of possible topics for various venues, with short notes about the venue and about points for research. I track research tasks—locating a particular book, obtaining and reading the book, potential interview subjects, etc. (These are lists, but in official BuJo parlance they’re called *Collections*). I also track pitches, submissions, due dates and publication dates. My Bullet Journal Set Up I use colored ink (red for deadlines, due dates and holidays, green for other kinds of emphasis) to highlight and differentiate information. I don’t use the standard Bullet Journal “key,” symbols to identify information by type that Carroll created; I use some derived from the lazy genius post I linked to earlier. I use reduced-size monthly calendars, three months to a page through January 2018, for long-range planning. Ryder Carroll calls these pages the “Future log.” His is a list of days/dates; mine is a miniature calendar. I use these for visualizing blocks of time as I plan what I need to do when. The visual indication of blocks of time in a calendar helps me “see” my time. Month-by-month spreads for each individual month, pretty much as described by Ryder Carroll; a list of days and dates on the left page, with a blank page on the right for memos etc. I’ve not yet needed the right hand page much, but I suspect I will, eventually. Individual month pages; a list of days and dates, divided into weeks via a separator line. I list projects due dates, and bills, and tasks that are repeated weekly on the appropriate dates. Daily pages include appointments, tasks, and occasional notes. I usually create the daily pages (or really, portions of pages; a day’s entry doesn’t take an entire page for me) the night before the day in question. I list appointments or items due on that day, and tasks I want to complete. I fill in the box (or diamond in my case) as I complete a task, or partially fill in those that require more than one day to complete. During the course of the day I make brief notes about things I might want to know later; people I’ve met, birds I’ve seen or heard, sometimes the weather or what I’m reading (Mostly though, I’m all about the birds) Collections “Collections” in Carroll’s terms describe data that is not primarily task or appointment related. Mine include: Books to read Books I’ve read Things to write & pitch that are not yet contracted Potential blog posts—I move these to specific days as needed in terms of drafting and then publishing them. A list of long term projects in the research phase A list of birds for the year Recipes that I need to use fairly often but don’t know by heart (I prefer paper in the kitchen) Future Plans: I Need a Notebook I’ll use the current no-name blank book I have through March, I expect, but I’m going to need a replacement soon,  since I’ll have run out of pages. While there is an official trademarked Bullet Journal, available from Leuchtturm.us and BulletJournal.com, most of its extra features (three ribbon markers, designated Index pages, a printed key code and guide to Bullet Journals) don’t matter to me. And I’m not thrilled with the paper. What I Want in a Bullet Journal Notebook I want something around 5 inches by about 8 inches. (A5) I want better quality paper. By that I mean paper that I can use pencil on and erase, and that I can use fountain pens on with minimal bleed-through. I think I want dot grid paper. Dot grid paper has faint dots marking a grid. The dots help me keep my handwriting legible, and they’re useful in creating the occasional charts or diagrams I sometimes use in planning writing. That said, dot grid paper is not a deal breaker for me, and paper quality is. Other features that are common—elastic bands that keep the notebook closes, ribbon markers, pockets, pre-printed pages—are less important to me. Possible Notebooks I’m currently considering the accepted standard notebook for bullet journals, the Leuchtturm1917 Medium Hardcover, or a Rhodia Webnotebook. Both come in dot grid (as well as graph, lined, and blank). The question of Leuchtturm vs Rhodia is apparently a bit of a quandary for others, too. The Leuchtturm1917 Medium Hardcover is an  A5 size hardcover bound journal, available with dotted, grid (“squared”) or lined pages. It’s 5.7 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches, and has 249 pre-numbered pages (125 sheets), a reserved set of pages for an index in the front of the notebook, two ribbon markers, and a pocket for notes inside the back cover, and an elastic band to keep it closed. The Rhodia Webnotebook with dot grid paper. It’s roughly the same size as the Leuchtturm A4 at 5.6 x 8.3. The paper is 90gsm, versus the Leuchtturm1917 which uses 80 gsm paper. But the Rhodia, while it has heavier weight paper, also only has fewer pages; 192 pages (96 sheets). There are other minor differences (the Leuchhturm1917 has pre-numbered pages, a reserved area for an index, and two ribbon markers, where the Rhodia has one, etc.), but essentially, for me it comes down to a question of more pages (Leuchtturm1917) vs higher quality paper and less bleed- through (Rhodia). The popularity of bullet journaling has made the Leuchtturm1917 Medium Hardcover scarce, especially some covers in the dot grid paper. But if you venture outside of Amazon, you can find various covers and sizes at JetPens.com (where you can also find the softcover black A5 Medium journal/notebook) and The Goulet Pen Co. Or at Leuchtturm.us where you can find a wide variety of Medium Leuchtturm1917 hardcovers in various colors. Having just drafted this post and link-checked it, I’ve discovered a third possibility via Amazon. A newcomer called Scribbles that Matter — Dotted Journal Notebook Diary. There are four colors of cover, all with icons, but with black, gray, pink or teal backgrounds. The icons on the cover don’t thrill me, but I like the 100GSM ivory dotted paper with 185 numbered pages (plus a key page, 3 index pages and 2 pen test pages, two ribbon, markers, a pocket, and a pen loop). List price is $24.99, but right now, it’s $19.99, and I confess, that paper is really tempting. There’s a Scribbles that Matter lined paper journal as well as the dot grid version. I see from the Scribbles That Matter Facebook page that they’re planning on new covers in different colors (possibly including a really nice blue, and contrasting elastics), and they’re at least discussing covers without icons. I haven’t had a chance to do any local shopping yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me to find something locally. I quite like the blank book I’ve been using, which has high quality paper with minimal bleed. I’d use it again, honestly, but I do think dot grid paper will be helpful. Referral link: Scrivener: The Writer’s Software Toolkit Research, Plan, Organize, Draft]]>
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            <updated>2025-01-05T21:58:12+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://links.rknight.me/links/1509</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Bullet Journaling - Lisa L. Spangenberg]]></title>
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                <![CDATA[I started noticing references to bullet journals from people in various writer-related communities and on Twitter about six months ago. I’m not one for journaling so I didn’t pay much attention. This fall I saw a serous discussion about bullet journaling and quality paper notebooks on one of the writing and stationary pr0n sites I keep an eye on. Intrigued, I thought I’d maybe take a closer look later. Later arrived with a bang this month. For the foreseeable future, I’m working remotely, away from home, without reliable access to the ’net, and without a lot of anything else, either. No standing desk here; in fact, no desk. Just me and my ancient laptop, iPad and iPhone (with a tiny data plan), and intermittent WiFi. Most of my time and project management tools tools are digital and cloud based; at home I use Wunderlist, Evernote, and email, a lot, for managing time and tasks. They’re great tools but they’re not really viable without reliable Internet. All you need is a notebook and a pen I generally travel with a cheap spiral bound notebook, a mechanical pencil or two, a couple of gel pens, and a highlighter in my laptop bag. This time, planning on sending postcards, I also brought a Lamy Vista fountain pen. My plan was to do what I used to do, back in the day, and use the notebook to make lists and track projects. Then I remembered the bullet journal, and did a little reading. The Bullet Journal® (sometimes shortened to BuJo® for short) was invented by Ryder Carroll. A video about bullet journaling he created and posted to YouTube is frequently identified as the way devotees first discovered bullet journaling. Carroll developed his system over time, and via use. He wanted an analog way to track time, to keep track of what needs to be done today, what was done yesterday, and planning for the future, that didn’t require a great deal of time to manage. He wanted it to be analog because of the way our brains work when we use pen and paper. The online tutorial Carroll created claims “All you need is a notebook and a pen . . . ” I scrounged an old blank book that was a giveaway from a bookclub; my mother had kept it thinking it would be useful. I numbered the pages, created an Index, twelve months of month-at-a-glance calendars, a set of calendar spread pages for known scheduled events, a few lists (“Collections” in BuJo parlance”) of books I needed to read, and posts I needed to write, and my first daily list.  The basic sections (“modules” in Carroll’s terminology) are: Numbered pages with topic headers An Index that tracks where various items are in terms of the numbered pages.  Rapid logging: a method of quick memos using a basic set of codes that are customizable. Symbols indicate whether  a task was completed, migrated to a later date or scheduled, other symbols denote ideas, notes, and priority.  A calendar for the year’s events; Carroll calls this the Future Log Monthly calendars in a list form; Carroll call this the Monthly Log Daily lists of what you plan to do on that day, created the night before or in the morning of the day in question. Carroll calls this the Daily Log. These are very easy to set up in the minimalist style Carroll advocates; the calendars are essentially lists, with days identified by short codes: M 23 is Monday the 23rd. Set up doesn’t have to make than an hour, beginning with a blank book.  An important technique inherent in Bullet Journals is migration. You migrate a task or event to another date if you don’t complete it. Eventually, if you keep migrating the same task, you either recognize the procrastination and complete the task, or you realize that it’s not really important.  As Carroll notes: The purpose of migration is to distill the things that are truly worth the effort, to become aware of our own patterns and habits, and to separate the signal from the noise.  The key concepts about why bullet journaling works for so many people are, according to Carroll: Putting pen to paper helps retain things significantly better and there’s a lot of science to back that up. At the same time, technology allows you to share that information, parse the information, and compartmentalize it to work with it in new ways. There’s a built-in time-management curb in Bullet Journaling in that You can reduce the amount of things you have to do by transferring things by hand. If a task isn’t worth the time to rewrite it, it’s probably not important. Spend time with things that are important and be mindful of how you spend your time. In my case, the analog aspect means I can track my time offline with ease. I’ll post an update in February, after using a BuJo for a few weeks, but in the meantime, if you’re curious, here are some of the links that helped me: WTF is a Bullet Journal and Why Should You Start One? An Explainer. The Bullet Journal, Minus the Hype, is Actually a Really Good Planner How To Bullet Journal: The Absolute Ultimate Guide     Heartstone Farm: High quality Maine Beef, Chicken, and Pork Direct to You.]]>
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            <updated>2025-01-05T21:57:17+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://links.rknight.me/links/1508</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[I See Reflections of You and Me | dansinker.com]]></title>
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            <updated>2025-01-05T21:57:05+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://links.rknight.me/links/1507</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Bullet Journal - YouTube]]></title>
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                <![CDATA[Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.]]>
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            <updated>2025-01-05T21:56:42+00:00</updated>
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