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Get on the Bullet Journaling Train

Ryan Palo on March 26, 2018

In early February, I learned about bullet journaling. After trying it for a couple of months and loving it, I wanted to share an introduction and ...
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Sergey Abakumoff

AMAZING post! The world slowly but steadily moves to the dystopian future where we can't trust any digital medium anymore because they spy on us and using good-old-fashioned paper for journaling is the most effective way to fight the greedy tech corporations...Amazingly it has been already described in "1984" where Winston Smith purchased an old journal in an antiques shop in a proletarian neighborhood of London and in a place beside his flat's telescreen where he believes he cannot be seen, he began writing a journal criticizing the Party and its enigmatic leader, Big Brother
5 stars, dude!!!

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Ethan

This is an amazingly written post! I'm going to try doing this your way :D
For anyone looking for a way you can do this digitally, I highly recommend using Taskade! (Web / Desktop / Mobile apps).
Obviously some things would be a bit different (eg. highlighting for important stuff instead of an asterisk, and no need for an index page) but it's another option to try.

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Ryan Palo

I’m really glad you liked it! Let me know how it goes! I’ve been doing it for about 3 months now, and I’ve got about 75 pages, and it’s really cool to see all of that information neat and ordered and together! 😁

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cameronapak

Thanks for helping me get set up on the bullet journal!

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Ryan Palo

Glad you are getting into it! Share some of your pages, if you’re ok with it. :)

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cameronapak

So far just got it set up. It's a disc-bound journal that you can add and remove pages to it. I think it'll help me be mindful and more intentional using it, instead of doing everything digitally, especially since I spend 40+ hours each week behind a screen.

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Sven

Your post inspired me to get on the bullet journaling train, and I started my first journal today. I'm excited how it'll work for me!

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Ryan Palo

That’s awesome! Happy journaling!