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An Update to 'The Zen Journal Sutra'

An Update to 'The Zen Journal Sutra'

A Free 12-Page PDF Set-Up Guide - for 'Zen Journal' users with reference photos

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Barry Baz Morris
Nov 01, 2023
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Hello, Beautiful Beings- 😊

Yesterday, I updated the PDF for ‘The Zen Journal Sutra - A Set-Up Guide’ that explains how to set up your Zen Journal, a time and life-management system for pen and notebook. And guess what - it works with your favorite blank notebook and dovetails with your digital device for things like reminders, appointments, etc.

I created Zen Journal a decade ago, and it’s been my go-to time management planner ever since. You can read about how it came to be in this rather dramatic post when the creator of Bullet Journal®️ threatened to sue me over a course I created to help others use his system. 😳

Over the intervening years, I’ve updated the set-up guide only twice. I think that’s a testament to the validity and usefulness of the system.

  • In this update, there is one change to the minimal nomenclature (I changed Discipline Task Lists - DTLs to Life Task Lists - LTLs. I know, HUGE… right? 🤭

  • I also included several reference photos from my Zen Journals (past and presen…

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