# The Bullet Journal Method ## Metadata * Author: [Ryder Carroll](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B07B7C4F9C * ISBN: 0525540180 * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B7C4F9C * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07B7C4F9C) ## Highlights If the journey is the destination, then we must learn how to become better travelers. To become better travelers, we must first learn to orient ourselves. Where are you now? Do you want to be here? If not, why do you want to move on? — location: [243](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07B7C4F9C&location=243) ^ref-54184 --- Mindfulness is the process of waking up to see what’s right in front of us. It helps you become more aware of where you are, who you are, and what you want. This is where BuJo comes into play. The act of writing by hand draws our mind into the present moment on a neurological level unlike any other capturing mechanism. — location: [247](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07B7C4F9C&location=247) ^ref-563 --- “We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were. . . . It is a good idea, then, to keep in touch, and I suppose that keeping in touch is what notebooks are all about. And we are all on our own when it comes to keeping those lines open to ourselves: your notebook will never help me, nor mine you.” — location: [251](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07B7C4F9C&location=251) ^ref-9580 --- If intentionality means acting according to your beliefs, then the opposite would be operating on autopilot. In other words, do you know why you’re doing what you’re doing? — location: [355](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07B7C4F9C&location=355) ^ref-61041 --- Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. — location: [402](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07B7C4F9C&location=402) ^ref-4898 --- Though it can be helpful to set an intention for the day, like Today I will not complain, it’s important to remember not to set an — location: [1051](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07B7C4F9C&location=1051) ^ref-63438 --- expectation for your day, because that’s out of your control. — location: [1052](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B07B7C4F9C&location=1052) ^ref-57726 ---