The Bullet Journal Method Collector’s Set: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future Hardcover – 23 Oct. 2018

I have always wished I could have just one notebook for everything but never thought this would be possible. I had a notebook for work stuff, another for my writing, another for favourite quotes, yet another for my reading list, a diary, & more besides! Everything had always felt disconnected & all the notebooks took up quite a lot of space on my shelves & in my drawers!Now, here at last, I have a way to keep everything in one notebook. Not only that, but the simple system connects everything, not only on the page, but in the way I think. I find the journaling practice of simplifying tasks is now something I do automatically when faced with a complicated challenge.The author’s advice to read through the whole book before beginning my own bullet journal proved a valuable one. There’s a lot to take in, but Carroll has a gift for conveying his ideas & system in a way that seems to seep into you. Really it just makes a whole lot of sense.I would heartily recommend this book to anyone looking to organise their life a little better, & more importantly, to anyone who wants to find greater clarity of thought.

A dear friend recently showed me their bullet journal and explained how they thought the method would work for me, so I nabbed this the original book for my Kindle, to get my head round it. It isn't all cutesy washi tape and crafting which had put me off, but a solid way to get organised and use the journal to plan goals. I now feel armed to give it a solid crack with some surprising gems of psychology to get me going.

It's a book. It arrived om time and is good.

I am new to bullet journaling and embarking on my first one. The system was recommended to me by a friend, and whilst researching it and becoming more and more convinced it was the system for me, I discovered that the creators book was due for release. Brilliant timing thinks I; I can get the book AND a notebook all at the same time.I wish I had just bought the book for a fraction of the cost and bought the notebook elsewhere.The book is brilliant. I like Ryder's writing style. It made the book captivating, and very easy to read; I consumed it in just 3 evenings. It thoroughly explains the system, both for novice users, and for those that want to take their bullet journaling to the next level. There are lots of personal, and real life examples within from contributors, which illustrate beautifully just how flexible and useful this system is; not just as a tool for organising and planning your life, but also as a tool for reflection and personal growth. It really is what you make of it, and it can be as simple or as complex as you need. Anything can be incorporated it. I'm really quite blown away by it's scope and have an enormous sense of 'finally, a system that works like my brain!'The big draw back, is the Leuchtturm1917 notebook that came with it. It is the recommended notebook on the official bullet journal website and one that comes highly rated by many bullet journallers. It is a beautiful looking notebook. So beautiful it almost feels criminal to deface it with ink! Yet I'm struggling to understand why it has got such a good reputation. I can only assume that at some point in the last couple of years, the paper quality has changed enormously. The pages are very thin. When I say thin, I mean you can see a page with writing on it, through at least two pages. Therefore the ghosting on each page is terrible. I honestly can't remember the time I used any notebook where it was this bad. It makes the notebook completely unfit for purpose as a bullet journal. I've tried a few pens on a test page (see photo, showing the reverse of that page). All the pens I've tried were recommended highly by experience bullet journallers as pens suitable for bullet journaling in the Leuchtturm1917, with either minimal or no bleed through or ghosting. Wondering whether the issue was perhaps just the notebook that came in this set, I checked the Leuchtturm1917 reviews, but it would appear to be a very widely experienced issue. That being the case I'm really struggling to understand why this hasn't been addressed, and why Ryder Carroll would include the Leuchtturm1917 in this set.Very disappointing. With a great notebook, this review for the The Bullet Journal Method Collector’s Set would easily have been a five star, but with that notebook, I feel I'm being generous to give it a 3. Buy the book, but look elsewhere for a notebook that is up to the job!

I remembered this being mentioned in another book(Atomic Habits) and investigated it initially but dismissed it ( either because it wasn’t digital or maybe I thought it was too complicated) Returned to it and can’t recommend it enough:)

I almost didn't buy this book, because of the other reviews suggesting that all the information is available for free online, especially on the author's webpage. It's true that all the basics are on the author's page and Youtube channel, and I went through it all before deciding to buy the book.You can start by yourself without buying the book, but you'll get so much more from the process if you read the book. The free resources tell you about that "what" but the book adds the all-important "why".i've tried lots of productivity approaches, like GTD and the Pomodoro method, and I feel much more enthusiastic about this method, partly because of its flexibility, partly because it forces you to think about why you're doing what you're doing. I would say half the book is a literature survey of various self-organisation and motivational methods, which doesn't aim to be a universal theory, but it covers a lot of familiar territory about collecting ideas into one place and regularly reviewing lists that will be familiar to anyone who has read "Getting Things Done"For me, the advantage over GTD is the flexibility of the approach, and the ability to make your system into an artefact, which is what your bullet journal becomes. The bullet journal generates a physical record of your life, while GTD is more forward looking. I'm not saying that bullet journals are better than GTD, but they may well resonate better with some people.In any case, yes, you can get a fair way with the free resources, but you'll get a lot more out of it if you read and re-read the book.