GTD With The Bullet Journal: Using your favorite journaling tool with the world’s best productivity method

Good Info, Need 2nd Edition
This book covers two of my favorite organizing tools: GTD & BuJo. There are a lot of good ideas in here and it was short enough to read in only a few hours. There are a few downsides, the biggest is reliance on photos. I’m reading this on the Kindle app on my phone. It would be much easier to keep up if there were illustrations instead of photos of open notebooks. The other downside is formatting. I found the sections a bit hard to follow, particularly in the chapter about setting up the notebook. A traditional outline format is used and when I reach some “subtopic c” I have to flip back for context. I’d rather read a slightly longer, more explanatory version with some repetitive reinforcement. But all-in-all, the content is very good.

Poor Quality photographs
The text is OK, but the photographs that are an important part of the book are absolutely terrible. There are multiple “refer to my next photo…” statements, but it is almost impossible to make any sense of those photos.

Short and Sweet
I set up GTD in Outlook some time back and recently started writing in a daily log which I can carry around easily and use quietly without PC, tablet, or phone. Just having something to write a quick note or reminder is great, and I like the Bullet Journal approach.

Good advice without a lot of philosophizing
The author’s style is very friendly. He does add a few personal anecdotes here and there, but it does not bog down the nuts and bolts. The book goes step by step and the physical process of setting up a bullet journal to accommodate the GTD philosophy and methods. The author does a terrific job of explaining how to meld the bullet journal method with GTD, but he does so in a friendly and understandable manner. I did drop one star because the step by step instructions must be read two to three times to be fully understood.Personally, I did skip the weekly collection that the author suggests, simply because I review my daily logs and move my rapid logged next actions and projects immediately into lists. For me a weekly review is an action and does not require placeholder pages.For those who find the bullet journal too chaotic to stay on top of new inputs and difficult to organize, this book’s advice give structure. For those who find that GTD can expand into too many collection inboxes, having one place to find needed and necessary materials in order to, pardon the pun get things done, this book provides a nice plan to keep the GTD method compact while still adhering to its tenets.I do recommend reading through the setup instructions 2 to 3 times before actually starting it. Some parts don’t make sense at first, but the pieces do fall into place as one progresses through the instructions. More illustrations or page setup photos would have been very helpful.

Really shows you how to turn your Bullet Journal into a lean, mean analog productivity machine! Easy to read, with clear instructions. (Note: some prior familiarity with both systems is required for this book to make sense!)

Finally a book that helped me to join both of the best worlds. I love using bullet journal but also GTD method was very appealing. I got really confused not sure which is best to go with. I tried to join the both systems and just made myself confused. I set up a digital bullet journal while reading this book and finally feel at peace. Thank you to the author for sharing his system.