However, since reading the Bullet Journal Method, I've gotten better at compartmentalizing my notes in other ways.Īnd since I'm not switching between multiple locations, having one notebook or planner in each isn't necessary. Approach B: One Bullet Journal for EverythingĪpproach A is great for people who need to physically separate and compartmentalize things in order to mentally do the same. And having the open planner sitting besides me creates a physical reminder of where my priorities should be at any given point in the day. I’m not doing detailed planning since there’s not a ton of room (and we all know how I love detailed and actionable to-do lists!) and for me, that’s best done online.īut the task of writing down what I’m going to focus on sets intentions for the day. Prioritize my top few tasks of the day (that's right, I've changed my mind about MITs).Mark any deadlines, due dates, and meetings.Then I would also separate a planner from a notebook for note-taking. I wouldn’t see my day job tasks in the same planner, reminding me that I only had an hour left before I had to switch focus.Īnd then I'd leave that notebook at home when I left for the office, where my day job notebooks were waiting. It helps me focus and compartmentalize.įor example, take when I was working on my side hustle before work in the morning. While using multiple notebooks might make someone else feel scattered, I like using multiple planners and notebooks at a time. So it made the most sense at the time to just keep everything separate. This was the approach I took when I was juggling in-house work, freelance work, and entrepreneurship.Įach of those job had a completely different location, workflow, and more. There are multiple approaches I want to get into. So instead of just breaking down how I used to organize my work notebooks in 2015, I'm going to use my system evolution to demonstrate the different approaches to notebook organization. Mindset journal that I use for visualizations.Bullet journal that combines planning and in-the-moment journaling and rapid logging.A lot of what used to go in my supplementary notebooks now goes in there, and it's mostly just my daily journaling and planning going on paper. Plus, I use digital tools, primarily Notion, more than I used to.
Project planner notebook plus#
Originally, I had one bullet journal-eque notebook, plus a planner, for each job I had (so at least 3 of each at any given moment 😬).Īs my life and career simplified, so did my notebook stack. So this version contains my system as of 2021. That meant eventually, the original version of this post could use some improvements.
Plus I've gotten older and smarter with age. Obviously, my systems changed a ton when I left in-house work. I originally wrote this post back in January 2016 (when I was working full-time, freelance writing, and managing this blog as well as others) to explain how I keep track of multiple projects at work. How My Notebook System Has Changed With My Work Finally, my business coach, Amber McCue, has a business planning workbook I go through every year as part of annual and quarterly planning.Īnd while I don't have that workbook out and open every single week, there are planning and reflection exercises from it that I write out in my bullet journal every single week.
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