Hey guys, I recently read 'The Bullet Journal Method' by Ryder Carroll and it wasn't what I expected at all, so I thought I'd share my favourite parts! I thought it would be more visual and picture based, and although there were some parts like that, I took away from it a lot more on how a bullet journal habit in your daily life can improve the quality of your choices and your overall wellbeing.
(The things I talk about are my interpretations of what was written though, so to know what was *actually* said the best thing would be to read the book yourself and draw your own conclusions!)
In particular though, some ideas that stood out to me as putting into words thoughts and feelings I have were:
- the section on decision fatigue, and how your ability to make quality decisions is impacted by the number of decisions you make
- the idea that thinking about *why* you do something impacts *how* you go about doing it
- the idea of 'happiness as a by-product of doing things you care about rather than (or maybe as well as?) an end goal'
Some practices that I'd like to include in my bullet journal habit or have already started using are:
- the 54321 exercise about evaluating and prioritising goals in the context of time
- marking tasks as 'complete' in my bullet journal slightly differently to give them more weight
- focusing on thoughtful reflection and intentionality
If you've read the book, I'd be interested to hear what your favourite parts were, or any ideas you took away from it!
Hope you're doing okay (:
