The Minimal Yet Liberating Zen-Journal Elements

THE MORE MINDFUL PLANNING SYSTEM FOR PEN AND PAPER

Zen-Journal’s primary elements are few, but powerful. This post will explain how each function within the mindfulness-based life-and time-management system.

Index

The index can be thought of as a table of contents, but with a catch. The index is only used for logging those items that you feel are relevant enough to revisit. That means you don’t have to index each day’s work in the Daily Work Area (DWA), just those that are worth referring back to.

Example: I might take notes of a chapter of a book I’m reading that I found very impactful. I’ll probably want to refer back to it in the future, so I enter it into the Index.

Likewise, if one day’s pages are cryptic, scattered notes on work, tasks, and maybe a journal entry or two, I’d probably place not log it in the index.

Discipline Task Lists (DTL)

Instead of a long master task list, Zen-Journal breaks it into 4-6 life disciplines of your choosing, i.e., Work, Family, Creative, Spiritual, Hobby, etc. This is the first place that task relevancy