Can a Diary Change Your Life?

Bullet Journalling

THE METHOD:

art planner, part diary and part reflection journal, this system – made famous by New York-based designer Ryder Carroll – has gone on to inspire an entire ‘bullet’ method. Fans rave about its mind-clearing and productivity-boosting powers via visually pleasing notes and doodles (see: the 8.3m #bulletjournal Insta posts). In either a ready-made bullet journal or a blank pad, you map out grids for each day in both months and weeks. These are filled with daily tasks, events and financial goals, plus reflections on your emotional state. Here, you use a key to denote what category each item falls into. This might vary, but, loosely, tasks (do HIIT workout) are marked with a bullet point, which can then be covered with a cross to mark completion, or an arrow to move it to the future. Events (Evie’s birthday) are circles and a dash is for things you don’t want to forget (no post-midday caffeine). You