The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future

The thought of beginning something new can be alluring, especially if what you’re currently working on is dragging out. Resist! Living intentionally is about focusing on what’s most important now. Keep this in mind when picking your goals: What do you want to put into your life now—and, more importantly, why?

That’s what Daily Reflection is designed for. It allows you to bookend each day with two dedicated times of active introspection.

log Events only after they happen. That way, the Monthly Log’s Calendar page acts like a timeline.

CUSTOM COLLECTIONS We’ll cover these at length in Part IV, but they’re used to store related content like goals, projects, or Focused lists. Set them up the same way (with topics and page numbers) to add them

Your pen is not a wand, it’s just a tool. It’s you who brings the magic to the page.

What small step can I take now to move this forward?

Have a fixed, relatively short time frame for completion (should take less than a month to complete, ideally a week or two).

Holding on to thoughts is like trying to catch fish with your bare hands: They easily slip from your grasp and disappear back into the muddy depths of your mind.

For everything we say yes to, we’re saying no to something else.