The Bullet Journal Method: The ultimate self-help manifesto and guide to productivity and mindful living

by Ryder Carroll

Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

We need to reduce the number of decisions we burden ourselves with so we can focus on what matters.

Studies suggest that your concentration suffers simply by having your smartphone in the room with you, even if it’s silent or powered off!14

“The long way is the short way.”

doom and gloom,

Productivity is about getting more done by working on fewer things.

We can do no great things; only small things with great love.

Curiosity points the needle of our inner compass toward the hopeful magnetism of possibility and meaning.

The seed of passion is curiosity. The seed of perseverance is patience.

“Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them.”

In your Daily Log (this page), during your PM Reflection (this page), write down more than one thing that you’re grateful for. Try to do this every day.

Create a “Gratitude” Collection (and remember to add it to your Index).

you can’t be grateful for everything, but you can be grateful in every moment.48

We can control how we respond to what happens to us.