Many clients with ADHD or procrastination challenges find a bullet journal to be helpful. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the information out there on bullet journals. I recommend focusing on just 3 things:
1) Leave the first 10 pages blank for your index,
2) Number the rest of the pages, and
3) Always start a new category on a new page.
After using your bullet journal for a while, you’ll become clear on what your own categories are. The two main point of the bullet journal are: to carry a single notebook for all your notes, and to be able to find where you wrote things down. The 3 things above are enough for that.
“Devotees of the Bullet Journal, a cultish notebook-organization system tagged in more than eight million posts on Instagram, will tell you that there are two kinds of notebook people: those who keep multiple notebooks and those who keep just one. Most of us are multiple-notebook people, living our lives haphazardly, writing things down as we go: a notebook for the office, another for groceries and appointments, one for dreams and doodles, one for furtive rants. The multiple-notebook person maintains a wall calendar, a desk calendar, and two calendar apps. She has scribbled a list of movies to watch on a sticky note that she will never find again. She has an app full of cryptic asides (‘Rice bowls,’ ‘Bat room’). She has no idea where her bank details are. The multiple-notebook person lives in a kind of organizational purgatory. Her intentions are good, her approach delinquent.”
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/can-bullet-journaling-save-you
Counseling with Elaine Korngold
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a Certified Brainspotting Therapist and an Approved Consultant, a Certified IFS Therapist, and Certified in Trauma, ADHD and Autism Counseling.
In my private practice work with individual adults, I integrate Brainspotting therapy with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, with a strong foundation in Neuroscience to affirm neurodiversity. People with ADHD find a simplified bullet journal can help with getting things done.
In my work with couples I integrate Gottman Method Couples Therapy with Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO) therapy (based on Parts/IFS Therapy). I also specialize in supporting Neurodiverse or mixed neurology couples (where at least one partner has ADHD or is on the Autistic Spectrum, or both). Relationships require work and are bound to face challenges large and small. Simple, everyday stressors can strain an intimate monogamous relationship, and major sources of stress often threaten the stability of the relationship. Chronic relationship conflicts and ADHD or Autism can contribute to mental health conditions, like depression or anxiety. Conflicts affect physical health or lead to feelings of guilt, shame, or anger. Sometimes people resort to addictive behaviors to avoid confronting the source of the conflict.
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