Hi. I'm Scott

I struggled with collections from the very beginning; I understood the idea of rapid logging, but how do you decide on a collection? I watched the Youtube channel and I read the bullet journal collections pages, but it just didn't sink in.  According to the authoritative sources (linked above), collections should be related to a project or theme. <snark>Um, thanks. Super helpful there. </snark> My blocker with collections was, how do I know if the work I'm doing it related to a project or theme? Especially when starting out, I could have a journal full of loose sprouts  on pages that could be related or that I might want to connect later. I was paralyzed.  As a professional, when I'm stuck thinking about how to work or how to organize something, I often think back to what I did (or should have done) in my academic career. What would I do for a college class? The professional equivalent to a college class is a recurring meeting: it's functionally the same.

I've had an on-again off-again relationship with bullet journaling. As the pandemic started to ebb, and hybrid work became the new normal , I needed a better method to capture my thoughts and todos.  Why bullet journaling? This is a good question, but I should have started with a better question: what do I hope to accomplish with a bullet journal. Without a stated purpose (or a system), I wasn't going to be successful. This is my strongest suggestion for anyone trying to start a bullet journal practice: decide what you want to accomplish.  My journal journey started because I kept losing track of tasks and was unable to effectively keep notes on all the meeting threads. Bullet journal has helped me in this immensely.  I also wanted to reinforce some good practices (like working out, drinking water, and blogging) so I incorporated some tracking pages to help with that too.  So this is the beginning. I'll show you what I've done and how I've incorporated bullet journa