New and Improved Trello Bullet Journal Workflow
Tags: remoteworking, workflowautomation, trello, productivity
Published: 2019-09-11 19:03:19

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Previously on “[Trello bullet journal workflow](https://dev.to/egf/trello-bullet-journal-workflow-4doh)” …

I had a process going using Trello to handle my weeklies when I decided it was just too much to do the paper bullet journal any more.

Well, I’ve been using that process for a while now and have made a few tweaks. The biggest addition being automations with the Power-ups.

I sprung for a Trello Gold subscription and it’s well worth it to be able to use more than one Power-up on a board. I’m currently using two on my personal boards: Calendar and Butler.

Building on my weeklies from my previous workflow post I found that I was doing a lot of repetitive actions that were just tedious. In comes Butler.

### **Board Buttons**

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/692/1*R6Ie4gOHjK5neh9vgNvP4Q.png)<figcaption>Board Buttons</figcaption>

Board buttons are buttons that are displayed at the top of your board and can be clicked any time to complete a task. One of the first ones I have set up is “ **Archive Completed** ”. On Monday’s when I set up my week I can archive all my completed cards with just a single button click.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/761/1*et0IDRdE1qNvufxKBDdVyw.png)<figcaption>Archive Completed Cards with one Board Button</figcaption>

A couple other buttons I have set up will create a few different cards that have my Monday tasks and some other tasks that I complete nearly every week. I have a “master card” set up for each of these tasks that contains a checklist of tasks. On Monday I can click my “ **Monday Tasks** ” button and Butler will copy that master card and place it in the appropriate list for the week. I just keep these master cards in my “Information List.”

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/766/1*ymHU88ouid-kqDUBx3FfHQ.png)<figcaption>Set up Monday Tasks</figcaption>

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/435/1*CQIuIiARIKrwvq_wfTs4Nw.png)<figcaption>Master card for “Monday Tasks”</figcaption>

### Automations

Additionally I have Butler marking tasks as “complete” and applying a certain label when the due date is complete. Then those cards are easily archived with my Archive button.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/765/1*ENIDd12XTcN8qU-23SURyw.png)<figcaption>Butler automation for completed tasks</figcaption>

And because Google doesn’t seem to be importing tasks with actual due dates assigned I have anything that doesn’t have a due date marked with a specific label to make them easier to find and edit.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/761/1*6Py3D2c-ZCZr2Pqz8iOs7A.png)<figcaption>For items that don’t have due dates, add a label</figcaption>

### Card Buttons

Another type of button is a card button. These are buttons that appear right on your cards.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/292/1*GptiC9qlv2Nf86vo_PKXRg.png)<figcaption>Card button example</figcaption>

Right now I only have one card button and it’s for setting the card’s due date to “today.” That way I can set a due date to “today” easily without having to go through the calendar picker dialog.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/782/1*EDDUmOzbCnIym3KinwyFsQ.png)<figcaption>Card button for due date</figcaption>

So just these few automations are enough to make my Monday set up a lot easier.