Thought bullet journaling was just hipster nonsense until I tried it during my commute

I got stuck with a 45 minute train ride each day to downtown Denver and kept scrolling my phone. My coworker pushed me to try a bullet journal for tracking what I watch and play during that time. After 3 weeks I actually started remembering plot details and finishing games I'd started months ago. Has anyone else found a weird system that actually works for passing the commute time?

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the_james17d ago

...so I did basically the same thing last year. I keep a small notebook and I use it to sketch out little scenes I see from the train window. It sounds silly but it forces me to actually look at things instead of staring at my phone. I can name all the types of birds near the tracks now and I've filled up two notebooks. The key for me was keeping it super simple, no fancy layouts or colored pens. Just a date, a quick sketch, and maybe a sentence or two. That's all it takes to make the time go faster.

richard_dixon11d ago

@the_james, that sounds exhausting to me, I'd rather just stare out the window and do nothing.

skyler4316d ago

Nah sorry but I just don't get the appeal of adding more work to a commute. You're already spending 45 minutes trapped on a train, why make yourself do homework on top of it? I'd rather zone out to a podcast or a dumb game than feel like I gotta sketch birds or write down plot points every single day.