I use a mix of bullet journaling and GTD, and it has worked quite well for me (though not perfectly, of course). The physical bullet journal (notebooks from Leuchtturm) is a log of sorts, a place where I can take notes from calls etc. and write down anything that comes to mind, in the spirit of capturing every idea. Pen and paper just works better for me.
My GTD context lists with next steps for all ongoing projects are physical index cards that I just keep in there, I re-write them whenever they get full (one side only).
For my projects list, I use Notion, where I have one page that holds the list of projects, and each project having its own page which, most of the time, is just a simple list of TODOs, but can be more elaborate, with kanban boards for more involved stuff or simply a loose collection of documentation, screenshots, drafts, etc..
And of course, Google Calendar.
I was never super disciplined with the weekly review stuff, but it really worked well for holding stuff that my brain would shed in the blink of an eye. I was always very slow, but it's rare that I forget anything I need to get done.
I’m not sure if it’s appropriate to ask, but what kind of layout / system do you use with your bullet journal?
What I understand is that bullet journals are typically most effective when you adapt it to your own work / domain, but most examples of what others use (including the subreddit community) are almost art projects.
I would be very curious what a more “HN-approved” bullet journal would look like.
I put together a YouTube playlist with the best videos I've found [1], exactly because it's so hard to find any that treat it as a tool and not an art project. It's roughly in the order I recommend watching.
The main bullet Journal reddit has also been taken over by the art crowd, but there are two others that are specifically about journaling and productivity. [2][3]
I keep it very simple, just a black pen and very little decoration. I draw a horizontal line to mark the beginning of a new day and skip all the other "logs". I mostly use the symbols (note, Todo, migrated Todo, etc.)
The only fancy thing I do is my weekly plan, which also includes some KPI tracking. For this, I have a template slide that I print out on an A5 sized sticker, slap it in there and fill it out.
My GTD context lists with next steps for all ongoing projects are physical index cards that I just keep in there, I re-write them whenever they get full (one side only).
For my projects list, I use Notion, where I have one page that holds the list of projects, and each project having its own page which, most of the time, is just a simple list of TODOs, but can be more elaborate, with kanban boards for more involved stuff or simply a loose collection of documentation, screenshots, drafts, etc..
And of course, Google Calendar.
I was never super disciplined with the weekly review stuff, but it really worked well for holding stuff that my brain would shed in the blink of an eye. I was always very slow, but it's rare that I forget anything I need to get done.