Greetings!
Welcome to my reflection on the second week of
using the Bullet Journal.
In general, I am enjoying the ability to pick and
choose what I need for making the Bullet Journal concept work for me. The
versatility is wonderful and liberating. One of the challenges with the
neurological shift is that I tend to forget that I am in charge and I can use
whatever I want in my Bullet Journal. I thank my friends, particularly Patrick DeWind, for reminding me of my
power to make this tool what I need to be productive.
As I mentioned last week, I decided I needed a
weekly spread. I made one on facing pages, four blocks per page, giving me the
whole week in one place. I thought I
would use it frequently. I used it to
the exclusion of the Daily Pages! Therefore, the Daily Pages are going away –
at least for now. I found that the blocks were too small on the Weekly Spread –
this week I have two days on a page instead of four. I can’t see the entire week in one
glance. I believe having to turn only
one page to see the entire week is a reasonable trade-off for having enough
room to write what I need to each day.
I felt more on-track this week, though I am still
putting more tasks on a day than I can accomplish. I believe I was mindful of
that when I migrated my tasks. To combat that tendency, I am going to use a
Time Budget this week and fill in the things I do and the time required to
complete them. While I don’t think I
will have a definitive plan after one week of doing that, I may have an idea of
what I can actually fit into a day. Once
I have that sense, I may actually be able to only schedule the tasks that there
are enough minutes to complete in a day! I poked at some time budget pages and
links. I picked the first one below to use this week. However, I have a feeling that I will be
making my own at some point. When I do, I will share it. (Time budget links
below.)
I found the Monthly Calendar to be very annoying
this week. Since it is the last week of the current month, I will not implement
anything new until next week. I believe
I need to have a Full Year calendar page and a Monthly Calendar set up as a
grid. I will poke at that this week and
pick a layout to use next week.
Here’s to my adventures in Week Three! Have a great
week! Whatever you planned to accomplish this month, I hope you close out
strong!
Bright Blessings!
Links for Time Budget/Schedule
http://studywell.library.qut.edu.au/pdf_files/STUDYMANAGEMENT_WeeklyTimeBudget.pdf
http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/weekly-schedule.html
http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/weekly-schedule.html
I am also on Twitter:
@michelle owings-chri
@michelle owings-chri
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