Book Byte #111 "The Bullet Journal Method" by Ryder Carroll
Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
📣 Curious Quotes from the Author
“Inevitably we find ourselves tackling too many things at the same time, spreading our focus so thin that nothing gets the attention it deserves. This is commonly referred to as "being busy." Being busy, however, is not the same thing as being productive.”
“In the most connected time in history, we're quickly losing touch with ourselves.”
“Each Bullet Journal becomes another volume in the story of your life. Does it represent the life you want to live? If not, then leverage the lessons you've learned to change the narrative in the next volume.”
“Like building muscle, we need to train our intentions to make them resilient and strong.”
“Cultivating this self-awareness is a lifelong process, but it starts by simply checking in with yourself.”
“It's part organization, part soul-searching, part dream-weaving.”
“Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the painter who dares and who has broken the spell of “you can’t” once and for all. —VINCENT VAN GOGH”
“Mark Twain once wrote, “I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”49 Worry has a way of holding our attention hostage. This is especially true for things we can’t control due to the elevated level of uncertainty. We burn through a lot of resources obsessing over possible outcomes and forming contingency plans, but in reality we’re just fueling our anxiety. Trying to think our way out of situations beyond our control may feel productive, but it’s nothing more than a powerful distraction. Worry baits us with the promise of a solution but usually offers none.”
“I was so caught up in my own misery that I forgot a simple truth: As long as our hearts are beating, there is always opportunity.”
“The more content you try to capture during a lecture or a meeting, the less you're thinking about what's being said. You burn through most of your attention parroting the source.”
“We burn through a lot of resources obsessing over possible outcomes and forming contingency plans, but in reality we’re just fueling our anxiety.”
“We rewrite things until we get them done or they become irrelevant.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea:
Using a bullet journal is a simple, efficient, and extremely successful way to track your life and organize your time. Furthermore, the bujo philosophy incorporates moments of conscious reflection to ensure that your production is purposeful rather than meaningless.
Keep at it!
Some people begin bullet journaling immediately. Others struggle to develop a bujo habit and lose motivation after a few days of journaling. Don't give up until you've journaled for a month. Many bujo users say that their first monthly migration was when the method really clicked for them.
🛠️Fixing the Tech Industry
Journaling is definitely something more of us should do and we just forget too. It helps a lot with making our thoughts coherent enough at the end of the day to actually learn from them and our experiences.
There are many ways to Journal, but the main takeaway here is to do it with a reason, and it’s ok to take awhile to discover that reason.
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What is your favorite or easiest way to be consistent at Journaling?
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