If things come up during the day that I want to remember but aren't specifically a task, I'll add them after a bullet point to represent a note. If I'm migrating it to the following day I don't bother to add a date, but if it's being moved further into the future I'll write a little date to the left of the signifier.
When I realize that an item won't be done that day, or decide not to do it until another time, I write in the migrated arrow. As the day progresses I add items as needed and fill them in as they are completed. I also like to write an hour by hour planner to the right of my bullet journal points to have a visual cue of tasks or events by time of day (this is not part of the bullet journal system, just something I like to use!). I start by writing the date, and under that start to write in tasks and events I have scheduled for the day.
It was created by Ryder Carroll and is a pretty cool system! I started my own trial and have absolutely loved it. I wanted to share my variation with all of you in case it works for you as well as it has been working for me! I did some research into how other people organize their daily planners and came across the " bullet journal" approach, which immediately intrigued me. While I like this format, and am now using something relatively similar, I had trouble distinguishing between different types of tasks and items and organizing tasks that didn't get done. Over the years my daily planner has taken many forms, but in recently it has been a small pocket notebook with each day's to do list and appointments. Everything in its place, and all that.Īll of this early school organization carried on into my adult life in the form of (surprise, surprise) a daily planner. As early as elementary school I used bullet points and headings, highlighted, and colour coded my notes.
I LOVED back to school shopping, not so much for the clothes, but for the trip to Staples where I could buy new notebooks, binders, dividers, pencils, pens, highlighters, scissors, staplers, and so, SO, much more. I have always enjoyed organization, since a very young age.