It lets you capture all your notes, to-do lists, calendars and sketches and organize them into a single system.It uses a practice called “Rapid Logging,” which involves quickly jotting down tasks, thoughts and ideas as they come to you, categorizing those items with bullets, and creating an Index to make each item easy to find.

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<ul><li>Grab a notebook and a pen;</li><li>Format your journal: Index page->Future Log-> Monthly Log-> Daily Log;</li><li>Flip to your Daily Log, and start writing. Keep your items as brief as possible. </li><li>Categorize each entry into one of three groups: Tasks, Events or Notes;</li><li>Log future events and tasks: schedule events or tasks or that you would like to address at a later date;</li><li>Organize your Month: Use this page to schedule events or tasks throughout the month.</li></ul>

How to Bullet Journal

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* (a solid dot) for Tasks o (an open bullet) for Events - (a dash) for Notes
Your journal will look something like this: 
* Do Laundry o Dentist Appointment - La Feria is closed on Sunday 
You may also add "Signifiers" to give each task more context: 
* signifies Priority ! signifies Inspiration (great ideas, personal mantras, insights) An outline of an eye signifies Explore (requires further research, information or discovery) 
<h2>Step 5: Log Future Events and Tasks</h2>
Turn to your Future Log and divide it into sections. The most common way to do this is to draw two horizontal lines across each page, dividing each one into thirds. You should end up with six boxes on each two-page spread.
Place the name of each month into each box. You may now use this log to schedule events, tasks or other items that you would like to address at a later date.
<h2>Step 6: Organize Your Month</h2>
Turn to your Monthly Log and add the name of the current month to the top of the left page. This will be your Calendar Page.
List all the dates of the month vertically along the left margin, with the letter of the corresponding day next to it. Leave room for signifiers.
Use this page to schedule events or tasks throughout the month.
Example: *1. M - Jeff's Birthday
The right page will be your Task Page, where you may record any tasks that you intend to do in the current month. 
<h2>Step 7: Migrate Unfinished Tasks</h2>
This is where you will reflect upon your first month of journaling and assess if any open tasks are still relevant.
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Add an "X" to any completed tasks. 
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Cross out any irrelevant tasks. 
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If an incomplete task is still relevant, add a "&gt;" to signify "migration" and add it to your next Monthly Log. 
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The purpose of migration is to abandon tasks that are no longer worth the effort, to help you identify what is important and to shed some light on your patterns. 
<h2>Additional Tips:</h2>
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Add a "Collections" page to organize entries on one specific topic.
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For recurring tasks, add tags, such as "Y" for "Yoga."
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Use a new journal at the start of a new year.
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<h2>Is the Bullet Journal Ridiculously Efficient?</h2>
Verdict: Undecided We know that the Bullet Journal is a time-efficient way to capture notes, to-dos, scheduling items and otherwise transform noise into useful action. But is it Ridiculously Efficient? 
We'll soon find out: following this month's theme of Continuous Improvement, we've embarked on our own internal Bullet Journal testing for September, and will follow up with an official report of our experience with the methodology. 
Do you Bullet Journal? We'd love to hear more about your experience -- leave us a comment below. </div>

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