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Write it down. Then breathe.

Shizuten is a bullet journal that runs in your browser. Log tasks, events and notes as fast as you think of them, carry forward what still matters, and see the months ahead.

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Saturday

Daily log

  • •Call Mom back
  • ○Dentist, Thursday 3pm
  • *•Finish the Q4 budget
  • •Take over Tuesday dinners
  • ○Sam’s birthday, the 14th
  • •Fix the back gate
  • •Reply to Dana
  • !–Monthly game night?
  • ○Pickleball with Lee, 9am
  • •Book the campsite

Why I keep a bullet journal

A note from Matt, who makes Shizuten

When I don’t write things down, my days feel like they’re spinning. There is always too much to do, and all of it feels urgent at once.

A bullet journal fixes that for me. Every task, plan and loose thought gets a place on the page. Once it’s written down, I stop carrying it around in my head. I can breathe. I can see today, and I can see the months ahead.

Some of what changed surprised me. I keep up with friends and family more. I help my wife more around the house. I make more time for fun, and I get more done at work. Having a place to process everything changes how the rest of the day goes.

I built Shizuten so I could keep that system in the browser I already have open all day.

Matt

How bullet journaling works

A bullet journal is one notebook for your tasks, plans and notes. Ryder Carroll, a designer, created the method to organize his own days. Many people now keep one on paper.

You write short lines and mark each one with a symbol: a dot for a task, a circle for an event, a dash for a note. At the end of the day, you look back. Finished tasks get an ×. Unfinished tasks move to a new day, or you cross them out because they no longer matter.

That short review each evening is what keeps your head clear. Shizuten keeps the method the way it works on paper, and it builds the index and copies tasks forward for you.

Index

Every page, by title

  • Books to read
  • Future log2 pages
  • Gift ideas
  • Habit tracker
  • October2 pages
  • Saturday
  • Sunday

Watch a day come together

Thirty-six seconds of Shizuten, from the first line of the morning to the index. Choose a chapter to jump to it.

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    Try it here

    Type a line and press Enter. Tap a dot to finish it.

    MarkTypeMeans
    •.Task
    ○oEvent
    –-Note
    ×xDone
    >>Moved to another day
    <<Scheduled for a later month
    **Priority
    !!Idea

    Today

    Daily log

      •

      Tomorrow

      Daily log

        Unfinished tasks land here when you move them.

        What a clear page makes room for

        A list you trust frees your attention. Calls get made, chores get done, plans happen, and work still gets finished.

        People

        Collection

        • ×Call Dad on Sunday
        • ○Sam’s birthday dinner, Oct 14
        • •Send Grandma the lake photos
        • *•Check in with Priya after her move
        • –Lee is back from Denver on the 20th

        Home

        Collection

        • ×Take over Tuesday dinners
        • •Fix the back gate
        • •Grocery run before Friday
        • <Repaint the porch in April
        • –Gutter quote came in at $340

        Fun

        Collection

        • ○Pickleball with Lee, Sat 9am
        • *•Get tickets for the Nov 8 concert
        • •Book the campsite
        • !–Monthly game night, rotate hosts
        • ×Finish the 1,000-piece puzzle

        Work

        Collection

        • *•Ship the Q4 plan
        • ○1:1 with Rae, 2pm
        • ×Inbox to zero
        • >Reply to Dana about the budget
        • –Launch moves to Oct 20

        Make it yours

        Pick a template, then choose the cover, paper, colors, stickers and fonts.

        Template
        Cover
        Paper
        Highlighter
        Stickers and washi tape
        Fonts

        Drag stickers to move them.

        Index

        Everything in Shizuten

        Rapid logging
        Tasks, events and notes, with priority and idea marks and status flags.
        Migration
        Move unfinished tasks to tomorrow or next month, or schedule them for later.
        Index
        Every page listed by title, with pages that share a title grouped together.
        Page types
        Daily, monthly and future logs, habit trackers, collections and blank pages.
        Blocks
        Schedules, counters, ratings, week trackers, lists and quotes, in any order.
        Notebooks
        Separate notebooks, such as Personal and Work, each with its own cover.
        Decoration
        Stickers, washi tape, paper styles and marker colors.
        Keyboard
        Arrow keys to move and single letters for common actions.

        Open your first page

        Shizuten runs in your browser, so there is nothing to install. Open it, look at today’s page, and write down the first thing on your mind.

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