I realize im late to the party here, but looking at options orher than my happy planner! On a side note: i use those nesh pouches for everything! I have the coun purse size on my lanyard for lip balms and my inhaler. Makeup bag keeping lip products from getting lost at bottom, as well as eye pencils, tools, etc! In my Go bag to keep like items/essentials organized!
because of mcdonald's here in America we've been spoiled ,, I died that was too funny! just ordered my first a6 journal! I think its gong to help me with the fear of not filling a page lol
I write in broken cursive too and I can't claim to understand why my brain chooses certain letters. i always loop my F like a cursive but i dont always loop my Ls haha. never really heard anyone else talk about it
Oo I liked the MD memo blocks you used I think it was called. I'm always on the lookout on how to use my large sticky notes I accidentally bought, too, so if you have any ideas on how to use those really big ones, I'm all ears. As an aside, I am so happy to be writerly friends with you too. I wouldn't have been writing half as much if you didn't hold me accountable lol.
never occurred to me that I should try placing my pocket notebook on it's side for a larger "page." Simple, genius, and a great gimmick for Bullet Journal to adopt.
Great video Sylvia :) I really like the column for signifiers and more. I am going back to your videos explaining your setup, because I'm starting my next bujo (new Leuchtturm woot!) for Monday.
This video was such an Aha! moment for me. I don't think I could use this system for daily planning (tasks, meetings, etc.) but definitely vibes with me for project planning.
Oooooh interesting (also I just had to put that Nolty in my shopping cart, I had it once before and it is such a beautiful planner❤). I like this idea of splitting a month into three sections! Will watch the video that inspired this and also v excited to see sll your following videos too x
Consider me confused. Do those really have 46 (A6) *pages* (= 23 sheets), or do they have 46 A5 "pages" (= two-A6-page spreads)? Leuchtturm seems to call the latter "pages" in this case (which would result in 92 A6 pages). At least that's what some information on their website seems to indicate (there seems to be a mention of a whole month of two-page spreads in one journal). Honestly, 23 A6 sheets would be a bit ridiculous.
@@tommie5956 I think Amazon. I use to have to hunt it down. The pocket notebook by BJ is from Amazon, but you can buy them from the Bullet Journal official website.
If you draw additional horizontal lines and use a darker pen, you can use the 'International Holidays' page spread as a habit tracker (or similar). Extra bonus: The months are already there. In this planner, you already have the 'Project Plan' pages which work that way, but an additional tracker might still come handy. Oh, and UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) is basically the same as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), so the times are for England/UK (disregarding summer time). But that shouldn't affect moon phases in the same hemisphere.
honestly when it comes to writing goals I don't even count words, I mark how much time I want to spend on the project and track how many hours i spent on it. Thats how I'm gonna finish the book anyway, spending the hours working on it!
This was fun to watch. It's always facinating seeing how people talk out their plans on how they are implementing a system. Using google calender doesn't mean you are cheating on your analog systems. I also have that and my paper planner's monthy calender syncked just in case I need to know the plans but the paper calender is not at hand. They also work as backups for each other in case the paper planner is lost or google is shot down. I do appreciate you didn't have any background music going on this time. It's so much easier to consentrate when it's just talking. Thanks again for a lovely episode.
I am wondering if you track the amount of time needed for you to complete certain repetitive tasks, since you mark them by when you start and end. Also a lot of your tasks look to be procedural. How do you quickly identify which are the ongoing tasks? I know you use asterisks to make them completed which is good. I just use asterisks in general to mark them as tasks since I was in middle school. A few years back, I learned the circle-slash method used by the Navy nuke folks I work with, and I think it’s an excellent way to not lose track. I only do that when things get serious though. Google calendar is amazing :D I started using them when they came out years ago, and first thing I did was put in the birthdays of all the important people in my life, and make them recurring. Finally, love your pens! We have a lot of those, I bought a multicolor pack for coloring, but the 0.7mm Zento limited edition(found them at Target) is really nice! Sorry, I am a big pen geek.
I picked purple for August too! I am a month into my first bujo in over a year and I'm feeling refreshed and grounded. Always glad to watch a new upload from you Sylvia:)
I'm so stoked that this approach is still working for you! I've really enjoyed watching how you've taken it and have made it your own. Team Google Calendar for the win! I'll always have an analog calendar because I love the paper record, but for day/time specific stuff, there are just so many things that digital calendars offer. My school district uses Google for Education, so my entire life is synced up and I just find it so practical and functional. Since you mentioned it, the sticky notes I use are the MD grid. I also have the Traveler's Company sticky note insert. Lastly, I love that you have said, "and then and then and then!!!" in more than one video recently. Such a great movie. 😂
What movie is it from? Also could you briefly explain how some of your pages are horizontal and some are vertical please? I also watch Amidst the Gray!!
It’s also A6 but not as wide” - then it’s not A6. The system works like this: A0 is the largest, A1 is half of an A0, A2 is half an A1, and so forth. An A6 has to be half the size of an A5, if it’s narrower then it’s a different system. Now, is this a gimmick? Yes, the same way the A5 BuJo-specific notebook also is. I do bullet journaling and don’t have to buy the specific Leuchturm 1917 notebook to practice it, all I need is paper!
Currently, I use Field Notes and have a wonderful leather cover that allows me to easily carry my Field Notes along with my cards, money and pen in my back pocket. It's essentially my wallet with a pocket notebook! I ordered these BuJo Pocket notebooks and they are SO nice. I like everything about them. The quality, the smart grid, the size for writing and the covers. Only problem, I cannot find leather cover that will fit these as they are wider than a Field Notes and other pocket notebooks. I've tried several. The BuJo pocket notebook by itself easily fits in my back pocket, but any cover that comes close to fitting this notebook makes it too large for the back pocket. As much as I love these BuJo pocket notebooks, not having a cover to use as a wallet it a deal breaker. Great review though. I may still use these as small dedicated pocket notebooks, just not as my EDC.
I should add, I have started using my Field Notes in vertical mode after trying these BuJo pocket notebooks. For me vertical mode makes for a better writing experience!
@@kevinjames6231 There are a lot of custom shops that can make a leather cover to fit these notes. Planning with John, John Rush, might have so names for you to get started.
You might need a large fry if you are sharing with someone, you might buy an extra large drink and split it with someone - or maybe you just want an extra large drink You might need more pages if you incorporate more items in your planners - like reading log, motivational pages, notes - so the “super big gulp” journal may be better Our own personal ideas of what is needed isn’t someone else’s need or want
What does it mean to "activate" a task? Is that different than the day you wrote it down? Or is it the day you were hoping to get it done? Sorry if you said that in the video and I missed it...
Hopefully Sylvia will come back and answer this one for herself, but I'll tell you how I do it. For me, activating a task means that I have set an intention to make that task a priority. I may not finish that day, but the dot is a visual cue for me that the item is one that I want in my awareness. I'll add the first date once I activate it and the second date when I actually finish or resolve the item. I find adding both dates to be extremely helpful because sometimes I have an intention to make something a priority, but don't actually finish until days later. Sometimes that's just because stuff comes up, but other times it's because I'm feeling some resistance; I know it's important to me, but I'm still putting it off. When that happens, I find it useful to take some time to sift through my feelings and get to the root of the issue. This process has really contributed to my mental well-being because I end up working through things I may not have otherwise considered. Hope that helps.
Love this! I think I’m going to use this 10 day planning method for like cleaning tasks and maybe fitness, my regular day to day just isn’t busy enough for me to feel the need to group it in this method. Maybe in the future.
I like the idea of splitting the month into 3 like that. It feels less overwhelming than planning a whole month at a time. I also have been using frixion pens too for planning, because I am absolutely a smudger 😂
Uni-Ball ONE is awesome!!! :D I need to get those Mildliners with brush tips now since I've been drawing with the chisel tips.... brush is always better :D Is it weird that I only care about the writing instruments?
I am a fan of A6 and B6 notebooks - especially with a lot of pages, so Nanami Seven Seas and Stalogy are the type of books I prefer. Fieldnotes are amazing, and I like the softcover Moleskine. The Pocket looks nice, but I was taken aback by the approach to the marketing for this one, and my view on it is rather negative. The BulletJournal Pocket just stood out as very gimmicky to me because of the hype around the size. Yes, it’s A6… it’s supposed to be half of an A5 that’s what it is. It honestly only has the specific dotted indicators and numbered pages going for it. Yet page numbers on a 45-page book seems illogical to me. Numbering those pages yourself takes less than 5 min, and doesn’t seem worth it, compared to their other notebooks that have more numbered pages. And it is very expensive for what it offers, with inferior paper compared to the the books in the LT line or even the A5 bullet journal. It doesn’t really feel like a competitor, it seems like another book that’s meant for a specific target audience and it succeeds at that.
I’m actually in awe of the Leuchtturm marketing team because they’ve managed to make a big deal of a common reality of standardised paper sizing. All ISO A6 paper is literally half of an A5 turned sideways. All they’ve done is ensured aligned grid dot.
I tried planning 2 weeks at a time but it felt too long and I couldn't make it work. This feels good and makes sense to my brain. Thank you for bringing this to light. I have already watched the original video.❤
Really interesting. I wish the music wasn't playing though since I had a hard time understanding you at times. Looking forward to seeing how this new method works for you.
This is awesome! The thing I love most about Alastair is how incredibly adaptive it is. I love how you've taken this and made it your own. I'm still using the 10-ish day approach. I haven't done the sticky note for a while because I've downsized into a pocket TN with Field Notes for planning, so it's really nothing just open it up. I intend to do a video sometime soon showing what I'm doing for planning now. Thanks so much for sharing my content! 💜
