Bullet Journaling

[Watery Star]

I found a journal I had stashed away. It's Christmassy, which is why I haven't used it for something else yet. I stuck patterned paper I had leftover from a craft project on the front cover. I took some picture of it and the kind of layout I'm going to be using. I based it off of the number of pages in the journal verses months in the year. Actually it the post-it notes I used for the index that factored in to it too.

Here's the back cover that I decided to leave alone. The front looked the same.


I thought about taking pictures too late and already started to cover it up so I don't have one of what it looked like originally.


Index on left is post-it notes. There are only so many lines that it factored in how many sections I'd have.
I decided to have a few pages at the beginning to write my yearly aspirations and any long-term goals.


I'm leaving 4 pages per month and 5 lines per day. It just seemed to fit well that way.


I had four extra pages left so I'm going to use that for seasonal goals. Probably good for later seasons for what still needs to be done.

[Q-tea]

I started a planner earlier this year around April and it slowly turned into a bullet journal. Although I've created a variation of my own and eventually want to create a simpler system.

Honestly, the "original" bullet journal system is just a suggestion. There are no rules and there is no such thing as a perfect journal. A lot of people go through a lot of trials and errors in their first journals. It's normal, don't let that stop you, after a couple of fails you might discover something that will change your life and make things so much more achievable or organized. o u o

[Watery Star]

That's great advice Q-tea.
Yeah when I looked up bullet journaling what I say was more suggestions on how to go about it. I have mine organized a bit differently because I was limited on the number of pages.

[MonkeyGirl18]

I still need to set mine up.

Though I'm not going to put any laying out of things in my journal for each day like you did, I'm kinda worried about running out of space. Though, I think next time I'm using those custom journal things, like the Staples Arc system thing where I can add more pages.

I'm adding a calendar to each month, tracking pages, like, where you keep track of things, and the regular logging pages. Though I should keep it simple for my first time, I wanted to see if tracking my progress on my resolutions and such actually helps me.

[Mousy]

It's almost time!! I'm so excited to read everyone's experiences with it!

I would love for it to be a multipurpose bullet journal for work and personal, but there isn't a journal out there that has enough pages for that. teachering is so much paper. T_T

[Of the Stars]

I like the idea of being adding pages. There was a youtuber who had a journal like that.

[Mousy]

okay. I'm cheating.

I bought this planner and I think I got the last in this design because all of a sudden it's unavailable. XD https://www.amazon.com/bloom-daily-plan ... NDAF3XEKK9

It's completely out on their actual website too.

Anyway- i think i really liked the creative side and tracking side of bullet journaling, but i don't have all that much time to create the pages weekly. I have a journal i bought for the bullet journal, but I was also afraid that I would use it up much too fast.

I'm going to use that journal for my trackers.
I want to do a mood tracker
PMS tracker
Book tracker
Movie tracker...
workout tracker..

TRACK ALL THE THINGS.


P.S. Tracker looks weird if you type it too many times.

[Of the Stars]

Hey whatever works for you Mousy,
Any word written or said too many times starts to look or sound weird.

[MonkeyGirl18]

I'm going to try to show pictures of mine some time this week.

[Bassy]

BUllet Journals seem interesting but I'm not a planner person. I will write an event down but I will never look at it again because I will remember. I might use it as a different things... bucket lists, inspirational quotes, A-Z about me, year in pixels, ect.

Here are visuals:

[+] SPOILER

A-Z About me:



Year in pixels:

[Watery Star]

I haven't seen a "year in pixels" before, that's interesting.

So far I'm doing good with my journal. 4 spots seems like enough for me each day but I think next year I'll just get a daily planner.

[MonkeyGirl18]

How's everyone's journal coming along?

[Of the Stars]

I'm keeping up with mine. I seem to be doing better with chores than I am with making phone calls. I have to renew my dental insurance but I keep putting it off.

I left myself extra space at the front and added some lists. Things I need to get done sometime in this year, things need to buy and things I want to buy, and wishlist for the collectibles I want. I have a couple pages free for whatever else I might need to add.

How's everyone else doing?

[MonkeyGirl18]

I didnt do yesterday, but I didn't have anything to write in there yesterday. I need to write in it today, though. Other than yesterday, I've been keeping up. I also been drawing a picture a day (except I forgot to yesterday) to get better with writing. I originally planned to do a pic a day in the bullet journal. But I think I'm going to draw in another journal and draw a single picture at the end of the month in my bullet journal to see my progress.

[Watery Star]

Sounds good. I'd like to draw everyday but I really want to work on my comic so I'm focusing on my comic for now.