"How does it work? You start with a blank notebook and pencil – colored if you’re the creative type. You create a key section, an index section, a future log and the monthly and daily sections. Using symbols, you can organize your lists, goals, tasks and loftier life pursuits in a notebook that has no boundaries on space, unlike a traditional monthly planner with preset boxes...

Pinterest and Instagram pages exist devoted to it. Many of them have taken it one step further by incorporating artistic doodles and drawings on their pages good enough to be framed."