Automating a Bullet Journal with Evernote and IFTTT

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“A bullet journal is an analog system for the digital age.” This is fantastic but for knowledge workers sometimes we just need a digital system for a digital age. I had carried a moleskin for over 6 years, these notebooks were great at being able to jot things down and get the ideas out of my head. Then, I began depending heavily on Evernote and stopped writing things down and using the moleskin. Evernote was also awesome because I spend the vast majority of my life in front of a computer and being able to copy paste and append to my notes is great. Also, their web clipper extension is an astounding tool. Then, I came across this method called bullet journaling where it took my idea of tossing all the ideas out of my head and into a list of sorts. <a href="http://bulletjournal.com/" target="_blank">http://bulletjournal.com/</a> It gave me guidelines to help it keep the chaotic good, organized. The downfall for me was the analog limitations. The idea behind analog and writing things down is that the comprehension of the notes is better, and the entire process intends to be an exercise in mindfulness. This is proven out by many research articles and blog posts. <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/" target="_blank">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/</a>