Autodidact: Journaling System

Bullet Journal

  • The Bullet Journal is your space for getting organized, tracking habits, and taking action.
  • The Bullet Journal is the most actionable journal you have. The whole purpose of the BuJo is to give yourself clear directives each day.
  • Also the Bullet Journal adds a little motivation by giving you a checklist that wants checking.

Symbols

image

Task

Task Completed

Task Migrated

Task Scheduled

Task Irrelevant

Note

Event

Priority

Sections

Index

the rules of index in bujo

Future Log

calendar

Monthly Log

this replaces a habit tracker and

Daily Log

this replaces a to do list, and a pocket notebook

Miscellaneous

Other Relevant Information

how I carry it. How I could put eveything in this one indespensible journal.. put book and his videos… even has replaced my wallet at moments

Workbook

  • The Workbook is your space for creativity and thinking through decisions, concepts, and ideas.
  • The elegance of my Workbook system is found in its simple structure of indexes within indexes.
  • The Workbook has almost no rules or systems other than this, which makes it very freeing.
  • The purpose of the Workbook is to bring projects to completion, not by outlining task (as in BuJo), but by giving you the space to work your ideas through.
    • It is the second most actionable journal, but its the place where a lot of your Tasks will be done.

Index

Writing Index

Video Index

Art Index

Knowledge Management (Journaling System) Index

Endeavors Index

Diary Index

Journal Index

Dream Journal Index

Big Project Index

do picture of my index.=

Commonplace Book

  • This is the least actionable of the journals.

Index

the rules of indexes in journal

Here are some interesting journals I’ve included with my Index:

Literature Index

Art Index

Cinema Index

Travel Index

Lecture Index

Drama Index

YouTube Index

Podcast Index

Reading Index

Commonplaces Index

Reading Index

Resources

Notebooks

Bullet Journal

  • If you want to get an actual BuJo edition, go for this one:
  • But it isn’t completely necessary (unless it’s you first time), so I like this blue better:

Workbook

Commonplace Book

Content

  • The best video explaining the BuJo method. It was made by the creator himself Ryder Carroll:
  • My favorite video on the variety of journaling methods, but I think his analysis is lacking in one sense, he does not assign “Creation” as a use of notebooks. Either way, worth the watch:
  • ParkNotes’ entire channel is worth going through if your are interested in this sort of thing:
  • This is the book on the Bullet Journal Method. It is definitely not necessary unless you seriously want to “geek-out.” I pirated it off off of Anna’s Archive and then skimmed it, focusing on the graphics. Then, my local library had the audio for free, so I listened to it. Like I said, not necessary, but it is good if you are interested:
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Created time
May 20, 2025 10:17 PM