Tag: bullet journal

  • Why it is hard to start a new Bullet Journal

    Why it is hard to start a new Bullet Journal

    It’s hard to start a new bullet journal. You don’t want to mess up! Which is why you need to start anyway. You’re going to mess up. Opening the pristine pages of a new journal is like unwrapping a new present: you’re excited to open it and feel what’s inside. And scared of ruining it…

  • OK, now the new year can start

    OK, now the new year can start

    The real challenge of New Year’s is not just that we write the wrong year on documents. It’s our living the wrong life again. I finally started my Bullet Journal for 2019. It isn’t pretty and I’m not showing off all my beautiful pages. But the fact that we are nearly a week into 2019…

  • Choosing to Bullet Journal

    Choosing to Bullet Journal

    As a disorganized, aloof leader, the bullet journal gives me something no productivity system can: the freedom to make it mine. I’m not what you would call organized. I make piles. Books, papers, emails: literal and virtual. While I’ve always known this about myself, I rarely accept it. I push myself to be a person…