Oh wow… lol good catch. Next year it will apply to Feb, May, Aug, Nov. crazy 😜

Or you can think of the extra weeks as buffer. There are 13 weeks to a quarter but it’s safe to think of the month as 4 weeks

I REALLY want to be better about this kind of thing. But I can never motivate myself to journal at the end of the day. And then the next day my brain is on to other things.

@@TonyBullard That's okay. I just journal when I like to. My notebook is always waiting patiently 😄 And I don't journal to document my days, but to think things through that occupy my mind. So I don't have to write about the past days if my mind is on other things right then. And sometimes I take time to reflect about the past month using my calender to remind me what was. Just think about why you whant to journal.

great idea!

some people really like to attach the BuJo practice to an existing habit, like morning tea or coffee, or set alarms, etc in case that can be helpful!

Yes absolutely @ennasus5964. Especially the meeting people one. The older I get, and the busier our lives are (3 teenagers!), I find that I have lost what little concept of the passage of time that my AuDHD brain had. So the events and people pop, but not the when. Thank you!

Omg that is brilliant! I often go back and forth checking my monthly calendar and forgetting “oh when did we go there?” or “why the heck did I do absolutely NOTHING in April?… oh right we were moving and had to pack, fix, clean, etc. So really, I did HEAPS!” 🤣 Thank you for the reframe!

Haha😂 Exactly! Tampons, thermometer and pills. Really weird in this context😂

When I saw these comments, I went back to look. Actually, it looked to me like using the yearly overview as a fertility tracker/planner. Which is actually a pretty good use for one of those type of year at a glance, so it makes sense, just a little surprising.

that's a clever idea!!

would love to see that!

I wish I could double love this!

this is exactly what i was hoping to be able to see when I created this spread, Ruth!

let us know how it goes for you!

Glad it was helpful!

thank you for your kind words

what a great application of the spread!

it means a lot that it can be helpful

Yes! Whether it's to compare what actually happened or see how things aligned with your intentions... absolutely

Yes, it is not *exact* - but it's designed mostly to get a general overview of the year rather than anything too specific. Monthly views can be helpful there, but I just wanted to get a broad stroke. Hopefully it can be adjusted for your purposes as well

that's certainly not the first time that's been said 😆

you never know!

yes! definitely make it yours - color can be very satisfying and helpful

let us know how it goes!

would love to see that, Virginia! Feel free to share in BuJo U :)

I am retired now, but remember those times. I had always done something similar I just called important dates where I listed birthdays anniversaries and the big bills like taxes,car registration, things like that. It helped me plan my priorities as well as my money! Then I did a page for each month divided into sections horizontally , one per week. I then added things like your piano practice, or a reminder to start working on a project that would be due in six weeks. It wasn’t really a monthly in my mind because I didn’t put in dates unless it was critical. If it has a specific due date I usually just wrote the number and put a circle around it. I used it mostly to remind myself to decide on a date for the specific tasks. I had a habit of letting things get away from me until it became an emergency. I tried to use it as a way to visualize all the things I needed to do that month and roughly when I needed to do them more than specific dates. It helped me plan both time and money which were always tight. I did not put them all at the front of the journal like I do my future log. I usually put them at the front of every month and then I could just keep adding and moving things around. I worried less about specific dates and more about all “the stuff” that needed doing. I don’t know if it would help you or not but it sounds like you have a lot of important things but some are more urgent than others. The more urgent or more high priority is what I would put on his at a glance and then I would probably fill in the rest on a page dedicated to that month. Yes it means you have to copy things but I *have to* see 👀 everything at one time. So from then I would do a weekly so that I remembered that on Wednesday I had an important meeting with the higher ups and I had to dress accordingly! It took time and a couple extra pages but it kept me on track and was immensely helpful after I got in the habit of it. Good luck on your piano performance!

@@janetdw Thank you for taking the time to answer my comment! I like your ideas, but they don't address my pain point. I don't have difficulties to PLAN my important events or processes or priorities. What I would like to address is KNOWING how I spent the year. Where did my time go? What were the key themes in my life this year? Which important things / processes started this year? And all of this in one view.

Julia, I would consider this spread to plan your year in a birds-eye overview, but still also do a future log to lock in your specific dates. Closer study from month to month would then be highlighted in your monthly logs, weekly logs and then you have your day to day in the daily logs.

this is a great question and there are subtle differences. A future log and dailies are more specific, whereas the Year at a Glance is more for reminder/reference and intention planning. The Year at a Glance is more for understanding "Okay I need to focus heavily on Project X these 3 weeks" or "I'll need to wait til May to do Project S because I'll be out of town in April" or "Wow we have a big launch in August so that means our focus is there for the weeks leading up, so we shouldn't do this other project or travel until after." In your case with the Year at a Glance, you might mark your Vacation, "Competition" in June, "New car" in March -- which will then inform your more granular plans-- Then in Weeklies or Dailies you'd be able to identify more specific deadlines and tasks that support those larger intentions such as your clearing the old car, practice piano, increasing frequency of working out... does that help?

@bulletjournal I love your answer to this, helped clarify the purpose of the spread. Excited to try this out in 2024 and maybe make a version for my team at work. This spread can really help me with prioritizing. Thanks a lot! ❤

I’m a novice to BuJo, not quite a newb, but very practiced in planning and journaling due to years of coaching and being coached, and having a “why” is something practiced somewhat universally, so I can assist here, I hope. Revisiting your why is a fluid process, and dependent on you and your needs. It might be that you need that inspiration on a weekly basis to spur you into motion, or monthly or quarterly might be sufficient. One of the biggest things that I’ve taken out of 20 years of coaching and being coached is that no one path will work for everyone - which my autistic/OCD brain HATES, because just give me the system!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 But, my ADHD brain understands that sometimes, the stars watch us making plans and laugh… 😜 #NeuroDivergentProblems What I find works best for me is starting with a framework, like BuJo, and then adding in those items that the framework has left ambiguous, so that I have a clearer, more concrete picture. In this case, I would revisit my why on a monthly basis, because Criminy the weeks fly. But if I get to the first monthly and find that it’s too soon or too late, I adjust. Take the framework and make it yours. What is easiest to integrate into how you currently pass your days? It’s harder to start something from scratch and completely new… it’s easier to piggyback it onto existing habits and routines to make it stick. Good luck! 💕

Yes, as mentioned, a fluid process that is iterative. these rituals are great moments to help me check in with myself on my Why at minimum Monthly. Doing it regularly can mean my adjustments are small rather than going a year without checking in and having to do a large reset

we will do a video to clarify this more, but really generally the future log would be for specific tasks and events, whereas the Year at a Glance is more for setting intentions with projects and time. For example, the Year at a Glance would identify that focus is going toward "Develop X Course" whereas the Future Log would have something like "Create list of Beta testers" or "Set up platform" - does that make sense?

I am thinking hard about this.. maybe it doesn't matter on this level of abstraction. But it bugs me! Haven't tried it yet though.

Yep, I thought the same.

I was scrolling through all these "great idea" comments hoping that someone else noticed the same. every other month has 5 weeks, how do you deal with those?

Just tried to make it fit in 4 segments per month. It feels a bit weird.. looks good though

@@noatomics8466 Cool! How did you do it? I drew the spread and my brain short-circuits every time I look at it, lol.

I think he sees it more like quarters of the month and not specifically seven days. Because his meeting might start on Monday and not until the following Wednesday but he would still block out maybe the second week.

like Janet was saying, it's meant to be a general overview, rather than something more precise - apologies for not stating that more explicitly in the video

it is a great time to pause and check in!

Exactly. Now I know to state this more explicitly in the future so it is clear about the design and distinction

@@bulletjournal I think you did say it. 😬 I get that there are lots of different ways we absorb info; part of why the BuJo concept is so sweet. Supremely customizable! I really, really like this spread. It’s simple and it works!

As I understand it, pen on paper is important because it forces you to slow down, and thus gives you more time for your brain to catch up and to think about what you want to do and why. Ideally errors shouldn't be a problem, you strike it and move on, but if your inner critic / perfectionist is too hard on you you can always use pencil and an eraser. Plus with a connected digital device there's always a high risk of being distracted, though maybe it's not so bad on an eInk device. WheezyWaiter did 2 videos about that : one where he tried bullet journaling on a tablet, and one where he tried again but with a notebook, with snippets of an interview with Ryder Carroll where he speaks of that subject, including the fear or errors.

I have the same question

In my opinion are 2 different things: future log is for general scheduling every month with all schedules in no order, while here you can record a short entry for each week (ex. goals to reach or body measurements to record, etc)

yes, as @sinosabesnotemetas said, the future log is more specific while the Year at a Glance is meant to help design your time around your intentions and major commitments. That might mean you have "Trip to Michigan" blocked off in August in your Year at a Glance. Then you might put "Book hotel for Michigan" task in your Future Log for May. Then in your monthlies, weeklies, and dailies you can get more specific based on that, does that make sense?

my take, it's the same but now it's over a year instead of 6 months, across two pages - depends how quickly you fill up the book or need a year at a glance, all up to the user

The future log is for every small detail, this is about the big picture. So less detail, more overview

I have the same question

This isn't intended to be an exact week by week - it's more to get a general shape of the year and where his attention is mainly going

there should be a UK link on our website, www.bulletjournal.com, if you hover over Shop on the right, the UK link should appear. Does that work?

I won't share what age I am then 🤣

This is different - it's more of a year from a super high level view so you can get an impression. Future logs are more specific

@@bulletjournal Oh gotcha. Thank you!

Driving a bus, consistently and safely, with people everyday, is not an easy task! We all have different contexts and it's great that you can enjoy the writing process :)

🤣 mileage may vary

it's more to get a general idea, rather than anything too specific. the specifics are great for spreads like the Future Log, Monthlies, Dailies, etc!

yes and no - I do use only one notebook at a time. And, I also use tools for log other things. For example, to manage the projects I share with members of my team, I use a project app called Clarity. For notes from books or other media I consume, I store those in an app called Roam Research. My events and plans go into my digital calendar. Over the years I've experimented with what tools are best for the job I have for them and funnel a lot of it through my BuJo. Hope this helps some

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It's not designed to be exact, it's designed to give a bird's eye view of your time. The more zoomed-in spreads like Monthly Views can be more specific.

Hope you find something that works for you