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My neighbor called my bullet journal a 'glorified to-do list' over the fence yesterday.

He said it looked like a lot of work for something a phone could do, but for me, the act of writing down 'call about the water heater' in my Leuchtturm1917 is what actually makes me do it, so has anyone else had to defend the physical process to someone who just doesn't get it?
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tyler_hall9
Wait, he was looking at your journal over the fence? That's the weird part to me.
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spencer_west5
Tell your neighbor a phone is just a buzzing box of distractions. My bullet journal is a quiet space where my plans actually take shape. The physical act of writing it down makes it real in a way typing never does. It's not about being fancy, it's about what works to get things done. If a glorified to-do list gets the job done, then the label doesn't matter.
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