#bullet journals

[paperpersephone]

"...and if I lose you, then I've lost all."

I finally did it!! Been wanting to make a Bucky spread for a while now. 🥰 This was so fun to make.

— PaperPersephone

[oodling-and-doodling]

1-2-25//happy new month!!! it's taking a while for me to get used to it being 2025. january was just ok. started a calculus class and it's easier than i expected

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[stardustystudies]

spooky season is coming 👻

[notebookishbalderdash]

setting up august and decided we need more yellow. feat. my Lamy Safari

[sassblogsstuff]

Journal Entrie

I've found a bullet journal prompt that works for me. It's become easier to make a habit of doing it, though it can be hard at some points because my last journal had so much emotion and abuse from my past relationship. Writing is starting to feel normal again, and I am having fun now. It's not like it's a chore or making me feel worse after writing. 💌

[dailyrandomwriter]

Day 414

It's been almost a month since I started using a journal to keep track of things and I’ve discovered things about myself.

Or, maybe, I just realized the things that have always been an issue, but it’s always been written off as a vague failing of mine.

Let me explain.

I’ve always been unorganized (which makes my work life fascinating because I’m super organized with that shit). Ever since I was little my binders would be a mess, papers would be everywhere, and at one point in my life I had a daily planner that my parents had to sign off on because I wasn’t doing my homework. 

Part of these failings were shoved aside or excused due to the stupid amount of hospitalizations I had growing up, but the other reason, or so I’ve been told growing up, is that I’m lazy. And I accepted that, because it was, as far as I was concerned, true. I would prefer to play video games than to clean my place, and I just can’t seem to be bothered in organizing anything.

Yet, when I found my stride academically speaking, I never had this trouble. Same thing with work, and at the time I figured it was because academics and work had higher stakes. I would be wasting money if I didn’t graduate from university (and disappoint my parents), and work is how I can live on my own (and not disappoint my parents). 

I forgot (or maybe I ignored) the fact that I arrange my working life, very differently than my personal life. Like I had mentioned previously, I make lists for everything, and I live off of those lists. When I’m working, it’s fine that they’re all digital, I work at a computer for work, so to have those lists digital, makes sense. They’re in programs I have to have open all the time and work in anyways. I forgot that in university I was given a daily planner for free as part of being an accessible educated student, and I lived out of that planner in university.

I had, from the time I graduated from university to a month ago, never had any equivalent that I could live out of. 

The point I’m trying to make is, I’m learning that I’m not lazy, but I certainly have ways of thinking that make it difficult to function the same way my parents do. So I've been spending my week off setting up a new journal. The green one will get use as an art journal, but I wanted to set up my journal in the way I need it.

It may need adjusting as time goes on, as I figure out what works and what doesn't, but it's a start.

[maahiecore]

was feeling stressed, so we ordered two new journals ✨💌

[mental-bycatch]

I have a bullet journal somewhere that started out with the original system in the video, but I felt pressured to fill it with stickers and it rendered the whole thing useless.

What my neurodivergent ass has found helpful is applying the same principles to Google Keep.

1. Put the Google Keep widget on one of your homescreens. Personally I keep mine at half a screen.

2. Click the + sign and use "list"

3. Give it a title. I call mine "Ongoing".

4. Pin it so it's always showing on your homescreen.

5. Add everything to this one big list.

Because Google Keep doesn't have all of the artistic bells and whistles of a document program, it forces you to develop a similar system to a bullet journal.

For example:

I use bold on the most important things I must do that day.

I use CAPITALS after an item I need to purchase to remind me where I wanted to go shopping.

I nest tasks by indenting them under a heading if they should be grouped. I can check off each individual task as I clean the kitchen, and when I'm finished all of them I can check off "Clean kitchen." I find this helpful to break down large tasks and to remind me to finish the ones I wasn't able to complete in one go.

Each check box can be moved up and down the list by pressing on the six dots and dragging it, so you can keep the most important stuff at the top. Once you check the box it goes to the bottom of the page in grey with a line through it. It also remembers what you type so if you write "pick up drycleaning" every week it will help you auto fill.

You can also add letters at the start of the item:

o buy milk

z phone the dentist

If you want to use something closer to the original bullet journal system.

This has been an absolute game changer for me. I also put notes for things I promised to remind my partner of because I never remember them. Everything is in one spot so I don't have to remember to check multiple lists.

I hope this helps someone out there. Good luck!

Still reeling from the realization that bullet journaling was essentially created to be a disability aid and got legit fuckin gentrified

[lelair]

Notebook Stickers

I printed and re-edited some Arashi memes found on the internet. Now I can open my bullet journals with the members' silly faces.

[paperpersephone]

With love for a character comes another journal spread. 💚 Can't get enough of him.

— PaperPersephone

[oodling-and-doodling]

26-6-24//i have nothing to post today. please look at this spread i made in my first bullet journal from when i was 14

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[leuchtturm1917aus]

Weekly planners offer a structured framework to organise duties, appointments, and responsibilities. This helps people gain a clear overview of their week, controlling oversights and confirming that nothing essential is missed. Using a weekly planner enables a constant planning habit and makes it easier to stay on top of tasks and commitments.

[notebookishbalderdash]

i was setting up my bullet journal for June this afternoon and still thinking about previous posts I reblogged about the gentrification of journaling and what is 'necessary' to start journaling, so I decided to do something very unusual for me and share a few completed pages. The top two images are from my current bujo, and the bottom two are from my last one. I had no pictures of my first one, which is a shame. You'll notice I have completely dropped the trackers, rearranged the layout (no more monthly pages!), and started writing snippets about my day in the space leftover. For a year, I also wrote my readings for class in a different space than daily chores, which helped me distinguish between meetings and homework. In my first bujo, I also had a separate section for recording what I ate for dinner (which was sparingly used).

Bullet journaling may not seem worth doing anymore for me, since I have all but resorted to a common weekly planner layout without any bells or whistles, but I still find it works for me. It doesn't take me very long to set up a month (maybe 20 minutes?), nor do I have to stick to a layout if I choose to switch it up. For instance, the top right photo shows that I tried a-page-a-day set up to little success - I wanted to fill all that space with detailed journal entries as a new year's resolution, but by the time February rolled around, I was back to writing two or three bullet points, if anything. I reverted back to weekly spreads when planning the rest of February. I also fill pages from the back with notes from lectures, meetings, and brainstorming sessions, so I usually finish a journal in a year's time. All my supplies are from my undergrad days, and I'm not sure I'll rebuy things like the mildliners or the huge Stabilo pen pack when they dry up.

Does having the markers make it fun? Sure! Will I someday returned to printed planners? Maybe! Do you need this stuff to be a proper bullet journaler? Absolutely not.

[sassblogsstuff]

My little book journal ✨️ 💕

[tea-tuesday]

this is the first time using a hobonichi weeks and i'm really enjoying it!! many a thoughts below......

i bought my 2025 hobonichi weeks planner a few weeks before it started so i decided to experiment with layouts and styles in the back for the last few weeks of 2024. you can really see the evolution from the week of Oct 28 to the week of Nov 18, e.g., how i went from one highlighter color (purple) to a whole system that i'll be carrying into 2025 :))) the colors i chose for the week of Nov 11 were so ugly that no one will be seeing that lolol. one issue is that i still don't know what to do with the empty page on the right side. i did a reflection on nyc one week but i'm not always in a reflective mode (i also do reflections on my life in my vent journal). i tried the alastair method but it usually takes me multiple weeks to complete a task. it was still helpful to see what i eventually need to do so i think the right side will be a very fluid system that changes based on my needs week-to-week. for now, i've been keeping an ongoing "interest log" and writing down quotes and poems that speak to me that week. i might implement a mini habit tracker too since i'm not great at maintaining my daily habits

my "aesthetic" goal for 2025 is for my planner to look as used and loved as possible! i'm not much of an artist nor a memory keeper (i have my 5-year planner for memory keeping) and i don't like keeping receipts but i made a better effort at preserving cute stickers and things from cafés and bookstores and other places (but only if i think they look good hahah). i also want my stickers and washi tape to look cohesive but it's a little hard for me because i operate on vibes (both artistically and generally) and never took any art classes or anything so idk if anything will look as "aesthetically pleasing" as i want it to. the only thing that saves me is my neat handwriting. but! my ultimate goal is to not be so hard on myself about how my planner looks since it's meant to be a functional tool. i do think i'm doing a good job on keeping it true to myself and my life 😎

anyway that was my ted talk and thank you if you made it this far!! qs for anyone who wants to answer: what is your 2025 lineup? are there any things you're bringing into 2025? what's your planner philosophy? i'd love to know !