How to Apply

Ideas from Great Books

These guides help you apply the key ideas from some of the most influential productivity books.

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Build a digital future log

Create a “Future Log” board with columns for each month. Rapid log bullets inside cards, then promote important entries into scheduled tasks or projects. Because Dotty links cards back to their source collection, you never lose the original context when something moves forward.

Keep monthly logs focused

Duplicate the template each month with sections for Goals, Tasks, and Events. Use dot, dash, and circle emoji prefixes to mimic the classic bullet syntax, then rely on inline filters to mark tasks as migrated or completed. Seeing the entire month at a glance makes it easy to decide what earns space in your daily log.

Treat collections as living references

Whenever a theme emerges—meal plans, habit trackers, reading lists—spin up a dedicated collection. Cross-link entries so you can jump from today’s daily log straight into the reference material that supports it. Dotty’s backlinks essentially become your index, recreating that analog BuJo magic with instant navigation.