Setup guide
Second Brain Setup: Bullet Journal for Geeks
The Bullet Journal method is analog by design. Here's how a digital second brain can capture its best ideas while adding intelligent connections.
Rapid logging goes digital
The Bullet Journal's rapid logging — signifiers for tasks, events, and notes — maps naturally to a digital inbox. AI recognizes item types and surfaces the migration thread.
Monthly and weekly migrations
BuJo migration — reviewing last month's open items and moving them forward — happens automatically in a digital system. Unfinished items carry forward with their full context.
Collections that grow themselves
BuJo collections (lists of related items) are manual by nature. AI can detect running collections — books to read, projects to start — and maintain them as you capture.
The future log as a knowledge graph
BuJo's future log holds long-term plans. In a digital second brain, those plans connect to research, notes, and decisions that inform them. The future log becomes a planning surface, not just a list.
Set it up with tentus
tentus makes this methodology practical. Lumi handles the linking and surfacing so you focus on the thinking.
Other setup methods
Second Brain Setup: Zettelkasten
The Zettelkasten method is the gold standard for networked thought. Here's how to set it up with AI so the linking happens automatically.
Second Brain Setup: PARA Method
Tiago Forte's PARA method organizes everything into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. Here's how to make it work with AI.
Second Brain Setup: GTD Workflow
David Allen's Getting Things Done is the original productivity workflow. Here's how AI keeps the capture-clarify-organize-review cycle running without the upkeep.