From the good intentions department
Bullet journaling has taken off as a kind of mindfulness-meets-productivity trend that equates organized journaling with an ordered interior life. (Photograph by Natalie Emerson)
I'm not a big one for new year's resolutions, but I do want to commit to integrating the art of Bullet Journaling into my note keeping this year. I was first inspired by a New Yorker article last September: Can Bullet Journaling Save You? In it Anna Russell describes the practice as "a set of organizational instructions: Marie Kondo for the notebook. Basically, you take a journal, number the pages, and create an index so you can find everything. From there, you can list tasks, write diary entries, and build out a minimalist calendar." Then last week Matthew Kent published an idiot's guide to the practice on Medium: Getting Your Life Back on Track: the Benefits of Bullet Journaling. His summary makes the practice seem simple enough to actually do.
And I've ordered the how-to book that the practice's creator, Ryder Carroll, a digital designer who was simply looking for a way to gather his myriad ideas, thoughts and notes, published last year..
Book: The Bullet Journal Method