Reply To: If it isn't written down, it doesn't exist — my phone calendar is essential

[youresohumerus]

I keep both a bullet journal and a phone calendar.
They tend to stay mostly synced together but they do serve different functions.

My bullet journal tends to be smaller to-dos or long-term goals as well as helping me to record and keep an eye on my emotions or record events that may lead to a crash later on so I can be better prepared. Having a habit tracker works wonders when there’s no such thing as divided days according to your brain and everything blends into one hazy recollection of the past. I know there’s research out there that says writing something down rather than typing it makes you more likely to remember it but I don’t know how applicable that research is when your handwriting goes a million miles an hour to keep pace with your brain.

My phone calendar is for quickly getting appointments or reminders down while I’m away from my journal and also for giving me a tangible reminder an x amount of hours or days before an event.

I’ve only used my bullet journal for about 2 months now but I’ve found that the combination of the two works best for me 🙂

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