The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future

by Ryder Carroll

SET UP YOUR BULLET JOURNAL 1: SET UP THE INDEX* Number pages 1–4 Title page “Index” – Only add things to the Index that have content! No empty Collections! 2: SET UP THE FUTURE LOG* Number pages 5–8 Divide page into 6 cells Label cells with next months Add Future Tasks and Events Add it to your Index 3: SET UP THE MONTHLY LOG Number pages 9–10 Title pages with current month List dates and monthly tasks Add “9–” to your Index 4: SET UP THE DAILY LOG Add page number Add today’s date as the Topic Write down today’s Tasks – Daily Logs don’t get Indexed USING YOUR MENTAL INVENTORY (OPTIONAL) 5: REVIEW MENTAL INVENTORY Cross out anything that isn’t vital or important. Identify related content (i.e., goals, projects, shopping lists, etc.) to create Custom Collections.** 6: MIGRATE MENTAL INVENTORY Move Future items into the Future Log Migrate Items into Monthly Log Prioritize Monthly Log Migrate Priorities into your Daily Log Migrate any additional items into Custom Collections ** **CUSTOM COLLECTIONS We’ll cover these at length in Part IV, but they’re used to store related content like goals, projects, or Focused lists. Set them up the same way (with topics and page numbers) to add them to your Index. Examples Include: