I will collect you, and capture you...

I added my first "collection" a few days ago, which is just a list of stuff you are thinking about and want to write down somewhere. Presumably doing so will help you remember it. I made a collection of books I'm planning to read or buy.

I don't know how much sense this makes as a collection, but that's the point of the first one--just to see what works. I added symbols for books I plan to read (box), books I've read (checked box), books I've ordered (O), books I've loaned to others (L) and books I want to buy at some point (W).



My first collection - books to read!

I read a lot (I am a writer and editor by trade) and I've always got a big stack of books I want to read. I also have much bigger lists on Amazon and Goodreads. There's a lot of cross-over on those lists, and I'm not sure what I'll do about that.

So far, it's helpful to know which of the books I ordered have arrived, though I didn't write down the date they got here. Oh well.

I always have to explain to folks who loan me a book that it might be months or years before I get to it--my lists are that long. I don't really need the bullet journal to remind me to read more, I do that without prompting. The collection just helps me remember what books I've been thinking about. I think about books a lot.

Just got this, so it isn't on the list. D'oh!

I tend to alternate literature with something silly, like 1980s fantasy or post-apocalypse sci-fi. Then I'll stick in something like "Hood Struggle," a book my wife bought from the author in New Orleans. Books are always jumping ahead in line for various reasons. I'll see what effect, if any, a bullet journal has on that habit.

I haven't really thought of any other collections yet, but I have some hobbies, and work-related projects and articles that might work. I'll see how this first collection goes, then move on to something more ambitious.