I’ve mentioned David Allen and his book “Getting Things Done” a few times throughout my blog, particularly regarding his advice on organizing. I’m good at organizing as I mentioned in my last blog post… I also mentioned that I’m not quite as good as maintaining, which is what I will be discussing in this blog post about life skills I haven’t quite mastered yet.
Bullet Journalling is a current popular trend that has caught my attention, primarily for its combination of function and aesthetic; something that speaks poetry to my minimalist heart. Bullet journalling encompasses Allen’s method of maintaining: the weekly review. His three steps are
1. Collect: this is taking everything from the week and accounting for what’s there.
2. Current: this is simply getting current. Did I write that paper? Yes I did, but did I submit it? No, that is my Next Step.
3. Create: this is hard to accomplish when I’m tired and it is frankly my biggest struggle in accomplishing this model.
I have lists and I sometimes do review those lists as a way of resetting myself for the day, but I don’t practice it consistently and I don’t include every step that it would probably take to help myself declutter from my day. I’m not done yet. Until then, I can only admire the beauty that can come with organization and in the mean time, refrain from buying glittery pens as a form of motivation. In practice of true Minimalism, function comes first, beauty comes second. If I’m not clean, I can’t cover up what is in disarray.
More to come, thanks for reading!
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