- **Site**: [[lazybea.rs]] - **By**: - **Date Published**: ZgotmplZ - **Date Read**: 2025-04-07T10:04:27+01:00 - **[Read Original](https://lazybea.rs/anlb-2025/)** - **Tags**: **Note:** Below is the text from an online article – none of the writing is by me. about 579 words 3 min Day 006/100 of Round 6 of the [#100DaysToOffload](https://100daystooffload.com/) challenge. A new year, a new *logbook*. I have been journaling for five years, since I started blogging again. During those years, I tried many notebooks brands: Moleskine, Leuchtturm1917, and Dingbats. This year, I finally found the perfect notebooks for my bullet journaling and logbook. My Bullet Journal (BuJo) typically lasts over a year because I don’t fill it. This year, I’m using only one for both tasks. I’m using the Leuchtturm1917 120 g edition. The paper is great: thick and smooth. It’s way better than their 80 g standard ones. Pages are numbered, you get the pocket at the end of the notebook, 2 page markers that I love. The small details are perfect. These are far superior to the Moleskine ones I used before. My child got one for Christmas and has started journaling too. ###### How I use it My BuJo starts with: - an index of topics and page numbers. This is included with the notebook. - On a separate page, I put all the days off for this year. - A page with my family, and friends birthdays. - Another one with the starting, and ending dates of books I read. - I also create a page for movies I want to see or track. Then, I have the current month spread over two pages:  January 2025 - How I track things On the left page, which is divided in two, I have my *calendar*. This has any important dates, meetings, or events. The right part shows what I want to track: - Sleep - K8S, I’ll prepare the exam - 5AM wake up time - OSINT articles / tools I want to try - Rust language - I’m learning Portuguese - The blog posts - Log for my journaling - Reading - Water 1L / day at least - Workout - Alcohol, to see how a couple of drinks can impact my mood, and sleep. - Weight When I’m done with one of the things above, I black out the box, or put a dot if I failed. On the right page, I write down my monthly goals. The next ten pages are dedicated to my tasks for the current month. Each two pages looks like this ▼  My week spread over two pages The left page has: - BOTW - Best of the week - WOTW - Worst of the week That’s where I write good/bad things of the week. - BDAYS - Any birthday I don’t want to miss. - Movies / TVshows that I saw for my monthly review I post on the blog. - Books I’m reading this week. The bottom half is for notes that I will review later, and add to my Zettelkasten if they are worth it. The right page is a standard BuJo page with tasks. Here’s how my system works: - X the task done - \> task reported to the next day - < task reported for later in my *calendar* - o an event - ? a question or idea - ~~I cross out a task not needed anymore~~ I will create those pages, and then I will have all the space I need for my journaling without affecting my tasks. The other benefit is that I only need to carry one notebook. The Leuchtturm1917 has two page markers. I use one for the current week, and one for the calendar page. It’s really useful. ###### Conclusion This setup is perfect. It’s easy to carry and it has all the features I need. Do you have multiple notebooks? Only one? How do you do bullet or non-bullet journaling? Tell me what your setup is. You can reply on [Mastodon](https://lazybear.social/@hyde/113767326058566663) or using a [webmention](https://indieweb.org/webmention)