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Bullet Journaling: Why It’s Better than Just a TO-DO List

Published: Apr 2, 2016 · Modified: Jan 3, 2022 by nicole · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

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Bullet Journaling Better than TO DO

I have been a list maker for as long as I can remember. Before I entered the world of planner obsession, I was simply a list maker.

I made grocery lists, to-do lists, organizing lists, lists of things I wanted to get rid of, lists of cute things my kids did, lists of upcoming projects, lists of dates I needed to remember.

Then one day, I stumbled across the Bullet Journal a concept designed and created by Ryder Carroll. I was a bit mesmorized. It was like… a place I could keep everything.

A place where all my stuff could be in one place, I could create a table of contents, a daily to-do lists and a place to keep all of the hundreds of lists I create a month. While I had notebooks devoted to lists in the past, this was very different.

This was “home”.

Bullet Journal Sample

Each week, I create a weekly spread in my bullet journal, like the one you see pictured above. Yes, I realize it isn’t all pretty like many that you see, but that’s because mine is functional, and functional-only. I need it to keep me on task.

Using the checkbox system, I can fill in the boxes as I complete the tasks. This helps keep me much more organized than before.

I also love the fact that I can flip back a few weeks and see which da certain things occurred, what days I started a project or ended a project or even what days a significant event occurred.

It all starts with this:

Bullet Journaling Better than TO DO

In the front of the journal, I created a Key, which I used from several different sources but honestly began with Ryder and took on some things that apply just to me.

There is an index page where I record what page certain things are on, which makes it easy to find what I’m looking for….

  • Lists of birthdays in April
  • Lists of items I need for upcoming organizational projects
  • Lists of things I need to take to the donation center
  • Lists of things I need to dig out of my storage unit when the weather improves
  • Lists of books to read
  • Lits of netflix shows I want to watch
  • Lists of season premieres
  • Lists of recipes to try
  • Lists of recipe ideas I want to create
  • Lists of website and blogging goals
  • Lists of things I want to buy
  • and far more than I could list…

I include each weekly spread there, so flipping to that page is very easy. I don’t do my bullet journal exactly like Ryder, but it took some time to figure out what works for me.

Bullet journaling is better than a simple to-do list in that it keeps me organized, helps keep everything together and overall, is a much more time management friendly method for me.

Do you bullet journal? Or anything similar?

Today is day 2 in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. This is the letter B post, because well duh… B is for Bullet Journal!

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