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The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
Ryder Carroll
3.96 AVERAGE
1.27k reviews for:
The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
Ryder Carroll
3.96 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
More than a guide to the method, it is a great reflection book.
The system is simple, interesting and very flexible. I love it. The book however describes the ideas in too many words and adding the stories that don’t bring too much too it. There are many good theories mentioned and squeezed into it. If you never heard about agile you may find it inspiring, for me it’s part of work, so it felt boring. To sum up - the book is great just to flick through without reading it back to back.
informative
medium-paced
Love the method, the advice is solid (but stale for anyone familiar with the self-help genre). What it needs much more of is practical examples. With the thousands and thousands of customizations out there, I had expected more of the best ones to make it into this book. Show me ideas from different fields—how does a musician use it? A writer? A scientist? For the number of times he mentioned the endless customizations, there were very few concrete examples in the book.
Of course, this rating might change if I can’t get the hang of this, but it sounds easy enough.
Firstly - I would give this a 3.5, not a 3, but there is no option.
This was a great way to start the new year, with a refresh on an old system I've been using for years now. It reminded me of how useful the original elements of the system were, and how trying to use them again might help me along with some of my goals this year.
Now the reason this is a 3.5 not a 5 star rated book, is how at times it is a bit too.......... preachy. So many inspirational quotes and 'if you dont live life fully now what are you doing' kind of jam.
I don't mind it, but to be honest, I would have preferred a pared down version of this book, with an intro, the system in its entirety in the middle (with no waffling or anecdotes or heart wrenching stories of children with epilepsy) and then some more elaborate uses of it at the end.
I understand why the author chose to write an 'inspirational' book, but I think he may have forgotten one of his own mantras, of keeping it simple, and remembering what its all about: keeping organised.
This was a great way to start the new year, with a refresh on an old system I've been using for years now. It reminded me of how useful the original elements of the system were, and how trying to use them again might help me along with some of my goals this year.
Now the reason this is a 3.5 not a 5 star rated book, is how at times it is a bit too.......... preachy. So many inspirational quotes and 'if you dont live life fully now what are you doing' kind of jam.
I don't mind it, but to be honest, I would have preferred a pared down version of this book, with an intro, the system in its entirety in the middle (with no waffling or anecdotes or heart wrenching stories of children with epilepsy) and then some more elaborate uses of it at the end.
I understand why the author chose to write an 'inspirational' book, but I think he may have forgotten one of his own mantras, of keeping it simple, and remembering what its all about: keeping organised.
While the basic tenants of bullet journaling are free on his website, the book does a good job of digging deeper into its use and benefits with anecdotal stories and other goal creation/tracking and problem solving methods.