{"id":706,"date":"2021-07-21T13:46:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T05:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aldrictinker.com\/?p=706"},"modified":"2021-07-21T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T05:49:25","slug":"returning-to-bullet-journaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aldrictinker.com\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"Returning to Bullet Journaling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s been ages since I seriously used Bullet Journals. I incorporated it in life sometime in 2015 until around 2018. I&#8217;m trying to look back to remember why I stopped. Was it because I was deep in sorrow and worry that the whole process seemed daunting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">It could also be associated with my reliance on mobile devices to organise my life. There&#8217;s Google Calendars, Google Tasks, Google Keep among others that made the BuJo feel redundant. Why carry a physical book when Cloud technology is helping me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">After some videos on Stoicism, it dawned upon me: journalling isn&#8217;t just about staying on top of tasks and to-dos, it&#8217;s also an act of debriefing after a long day. It&#8217;s also the ability to meditate, reflect, and discern. Something that I clearly stopped doing in recent years &#8211; minus the occasional #Musings on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Return to Journaling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Taking a leaf out of Marcus Aurelius&#8217; book, I thought that I should start penning down thoughts. I am doing so occasionally on my physical journal. Then the question came: how do I make sense of the online-offline dual system so as to not create redundancies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The answer came in a form of a whisper: organise my time and schedule using Calendar. But organise my thoughts, feelings, experience, and learnings through journals. If I want, I can incorporate blogging as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bullet Journal Set-Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Today I took out one of the unused dotted A5 notebooks and incorporated the core Bullet Journal modules. I didn&#8217;t do it out of memory. Rather I used Ryder Carroll&#8217;s video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to Bullet Journal\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fm15cmYU0IM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">After incorporating the core modules, I started three different collections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-list\"><li>Thoughts on Career<\/li><li>Thoughts on Practitioner-Philosopher-Perpetual Learner<\/li><li>Thoughts on Consultancy\/Advert Writer<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">These are some things that occupied my mind in the past couple of weeks. During different moments of the day, different thoughts and ideas pop up. Since I don&#8217;t write them down, often these thoughts disappear into obscurity. Others, it returned repeatedly until it&#8217;s stuck in my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collection: Thoughts on Practitioner-Philosopher-Perpetual Learner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a little sneak peek into one of those collections. I captured today&#8217;s thoughts on Practitioner-Philosopher-Perpetual Learner. For now, the thoughts revolve around introductory Stoicism as opposed to philosophy as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aldrictinker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AldricTinker.com-Bullet-Journal-Throughts-on-Practitioner-Philosopher-Perpetual-Learner.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/aldrictinker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AldricTinker.com-Bullet-Journal-Throughts-on-Practitioner-Philosopher-Perpetual-Learner.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aldrictinker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AldricTinker.com-Bullet-Journal-Throughts-on-Practitioner-Philosopher-Perpetual-Learner.jpeg 715w, https:\/\/aldrictinker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AldricTinker.com-Bullet-Journal-Throughts-on-Practitioner-Philosopher-Perpetual-Learner-209x300.jpeg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Extract from my Bullet Journal.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This particular collection was only named so just before noon. It embodies the three identities which I aspire to attain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Practitioner<\/strong>: Someone who can be called upon to solve operational and strategic problems;<\/li><li><strong>Philosopher<\/strong>: Someone who is constantly seeking wisdom and different insights based on finite knowledge and information. The insights and wisdom can be accepted at a personal level, or be used to empathise with others who do not share similar viewpoints;<\/li><li><strong>Perpetual Learner<\/strong>: This term was introduced to me by The Rev&#8217;d. Canon Fr. Michael Woods, then Warden of the House of the Epiphany, Diocese of Kuching, during the 2012 Enquirers&#8217; Weekend. Thre&#8217;s something about the pursuit of knowledge in selected fields that fascinates me. Often it&#8217;s very organic. Sometimes it&#8217;s practical. Other times it&#8217;s very metaphysical or whimsical.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to these identities, in itself here is what I gather:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Identity<\/th><th>Pro<\/th><th>Con<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Practitioner<\/td><td>&#8211; Ability to solve problems pragmatically<br>&#8211; Practically in demand<br>&#8211; Gathering practical experiences<\/td><td>&#8211; Becomes routine with no new insights.<br>&#8211; Boxed in specialisation or silos.<br>&#8211; Loses sight of the big picture. <br>&#8211; Becoming too comfortable with the desk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Philosopher<\/td><td>&#8211; Constantly developing wisdom and insights <\/td><td>&#8211; Detached from reality and practicalities.<br>&#8211; Becoming to attached to the ivory tower.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Perpetual Learner<\/td><td>&#8211; Gathering of new knowledge<\/td><td>&#8211; Purely theoretical with no practical application.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>My interpretation of the three identities on its own<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">By bringing the three identities together, it allows different roles to counter-check each other within one individual (in this case me.) The con comes from a place of fear. When drawing up the pros, I was in a place of hope and aspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m jumping straight into stoicism as the &#8220;trunk&#8221; of my philosophical knowledge and understanding in this entry. The idea of stoicism fascinated me over the past couple of months. I&#8217;ve just never gotten around to really understanding it. I&#8217;m departing from the usual reverse pyramid approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">What are the key takeaways from this? Here are some things you could consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-list\"><li>Consider Bullet Journalling to track your tasks and thoughts;<\/li><li>Stoicism as a philosophy of life is fascinating for me as I struggle with anxiety;<\/li><li>Consider investigating stoicism to help you find meaning. It stipulates that we can harness ourr will power to fill our lives with meaning &#8211; even in the bleakest situation.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been ages since I seriously used Bullet Journals. I incorporated it in life sometime in 2015 until around 2018. I&#8217;m trying to look back to remember why I stopped. Was it because I was deep in sorrow and worry that the whole process seemed daunting? 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