Dot Journal Your Way to Productivity

Dot-journaling is not just hipster slang for to-do list, it’s a different way of looking at lists altogether.

Here’s what it is and how you can use it (in official dot-journal form aka bullet points):

Dot-journaling consists of making many bullet-point lists, and can also be referred to as bullet-journaling
All lists are kept within one shared notebook
Lists include both long and short term goals, daily tasks, unique codes to distinguish between priorities, other items to remember
Example of goals/modules include:
- Future: the year ahead
- Ongoing: daily tasks, reading lists, budget plans
- Big Picture: month ahead
Use any notebook of your choosing
Use colored pens to help categorize if that inspires you
Keep items super short
Number journal pages
Keep an index with a directory at the front
Use symbols to help prioritize (make your own key). Here’s a sample:

• to-do

✗ done

< scheduled

> migrated

– note

○ event

Check things off as you complete them
This task should not take up much time, unless you want it to
- Initial set-up can take less than an hour, and then about 10-20 minutes each day