Welcome to this week's episode of the Modern Mentor Podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Cook. And today, I'll be

inviting you to peek behind the curtain and into my personal secret to productivity,

creativity, and success,

my bullet journal. Five years ago, I started my own consulting business, cue the terror, stress,

exhaustion, and overwhelm. I wanted to succeed and I was willing to work for it, but professional success at the expense of my family or health wasn't worth it.

I struggled initially to juggle and sometimes even see all the balls in the air. I spent a lot of

time feeling like I was failing at something, be it working, mothering, friending, or exercising.

I tried all of the productivity and organizing apps, but nothing changed the game for me.

And then one day, be still my analog loving heart, I discovered the bullet journal, and it changed

everything. Let's talk about what bullet journaling is. Bullet journaling is hard to define,

because it's really whatever you need it to be.

Five years ago, I needed a solution that would help keep me productive, creative, organized, and balanced.

And the bullet journal became that for me.

A bullet journal is a means of planning, capturing, dreaming, organizing, tracking, and more. It's also literally

just a notebook, any notebook, and a pen. For me, the practice of handwriting ideas helps seal

them into my mind, in a way a technological capture just doesn't. Creator of the method,

writer Carol says, it's helpful to have one source of truth that's what

the bullet journal is for me personally i rely on this system to help me get everything out of my head

translate big ideas into bite-sized actions keep all of my priorities prioritized capture and

curate ideas across any arena I can imagine,

and tackle the big stuff before I get lost in the small. In the game of bullet journaling,

there are no rules. The key to doing it right is knowing what you want to achieve, be it productivity,

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