![]() I will check off the items that I have done or started, and then try to make a plan for the rest of the day. Afternoon:Īfter lunch, while I’m enjoying my midday break, I will take a moment to check out my bullet journal page for the day. It feels great to check things off of my list, even if I’ve already done them. Yes, I will write down the things I’ve done already, just to check them off. I’ll go back and write out my daily page, and then go and check the items off I’ve already done. I’ll stop, and realize that I’m not doing anything productive! It’s then I usually realize that I forgot to set up my bullet journal page for the day. Or, I’ll begin scrolling through Facebook and lose half an hour in the feed. I’ll walk around the house without a sense of purpose, doing random tasks, but not really sure why I’m doing them. My morning routine is done, the dishes are done, and I don’t know what to do with myself. ![]() But then what happens is that I get to about 10 AM. Sometimes I don’t get to it before I eat breakfast. That way I have a clear plan for the day before it starts. I like to get my daily page done in the morning after my coffee and before breakfast. Once you have written down your tasks and ideas for the day, it’s time to go ahead and start working. Here are some things that you could put on your daily page: The goal is to sit down in the morning and get everything in your head down onto paper. This task batching can help me be more efficient as I move through the day.ĭon’t get too wrapped up in the order of the items. This helps me see which tasks I can do together. Sometimes these items get sorted into sections on my daily page. These could be blog tasks, homemaking chores, laundry, or appointments that I have for the day. They are part of my daily routine and I want to acknowledge and recognize their importance.Īfter those standard items, I then begin to write out the other things that are on my plate for the day. So, I take a few moments each day to start my list with the same items. When my hand writes the word, I make a commitment to myself to do that each morning. When I write Exercise down in my journal, I am reinforcing the importance of that task in my life each day. By handwriting, we are engaging our brain and acknowledging that the task is important enough to be written down. Here is a sample of one of my daily bullet journal pagesīullet journaling is about writing out your tasks by hand. But, then I remember why I bullet journal in the first place. I have thought about changing my templates to have those items on the daily pages all the time so that I don’t need to write them out every day. ![]() I start with Exercise, Morning Routine, and Hand Wash Dishes. If you were to look through all of my daily pages you would notice that the first few items on my list don’t change. Once I have my page for the day, I write down the date and then begin notating my tasks. With GoodNotes, you can add any PDF to your Template library, and then it will be a page you can choose for your digital bullet journal. I have lots of these available in my resource library for free! I have a collection of seasonal templates that I choose from. Daily Page:Įach morning I sit down and pick a new daily page. I don’t find it too cumbersome to have a notebook that long, but I also focus on daily pages more than weekly or monthly pages. My digital bullet journals end up being over 400 pages each year. The notebooks for the year can get long, so you might choose to create a new notebook every few months or so if you’d like it to be easier to flip through. GoodNotes provides a lot of digital papers that you can switch between depending on what you need for a given day. I create a Notebook and then set the default page to dotted paper. Setting up the Journal:Įach year I create a new bullet journal in the GoodNotes app. Here is exactly how I use the GoodNotes App as my Digital Bullet Journal. If you click on one of these I may make a small commission. Digital bullet journaling has been my planning tool of choice for many years now!Īffiliate Disclosure: I use affiliate links in my posts. I made the switch to a digital bullet journal when I got an iPad with an Apple Pencil in late 2018. ![]() I didn’t know if the system would stick for me, but I was ready to try something besides a digital checklist. I began by reading a few books, such as (Affiliate Link) Dot Journaling and then later The Bullet Journal Book (Affiliate Link). I began bullet journaling spring of 2018 with a paper journal. I start the morning with a blank page on my iPad, a fresh start to the new day, and then take a few minutes to write things down. I use my digital bullet journal each day to help me plan my to dos and keep track of my projects.
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