Bullet journaling?

[Jonesy]

I've been testing out different mediums in my Leuchtturm1917.

 

I did watercolor a while ago and it made the page wavy(of course) and if you write too hard on a page before it, it leaves a mark on the page behind the watercolor page. I tried a design with colored pencils and it is easy to use pen over it but boy do I hate drawing in colored pencil. I also used acrylic paint on my most recent NF Challenge page and it didn't bleed or make the pages wavy. 

[TMedina]

I know, right?  Just the concept of the index and collections is enough to make me a happy (and somewhat more organized) soul.

[Jord]

Not sure if you are here already or not, but calling out @RedStone for her magical BuJo. 

[Thrillho]

Planning to buy a notebook today to try this, and I forwarded this to my son who is... uh... rather structurally challenged in this regard. 

[zeroh13]

I totally forgot to post in this thread. Oops. Anyways, I started a bullet journal very recently. Here's how I handled putting my current challenge in there.

 

I think I'm going to try something more interesting next challenge. I just need to figure out what that something is...

[Bookish Badger]

@Severine introduced me to the Hobonichi which I use as a bullet/planner hybrid - or as I like to call it, a BuJoNichi.  

[Thrillho]

My son has very deliberately ignored me on this. Heh. 

[spezzy]

I tried this and I spent so much time trying to get the organization / layout / pages right that I completely lost my journaling habit and all of the good things that went along with it, so I went back to just a normal journal where I just write and dgaf how it looks

 

I vaguely still use the daily system with the bullets and arrows and circles but that's it.

[TMedina]

1 hour ago, Thrillho said:

My son has very deliberately ignored me on this. Heh. 

 

Sometimes a horse can be led to water; sometimes the horse has to find it himself.

[TMedina]

42 minutes ago, spezzy said:

I tried this and I spent so much time trying to get the organization / layout / pages right that I completely lost my journaling habit and all of the good things that went along with it, so I went back to just a normal journal where I just write and dgaf how it looks

 

I vaguely still use the daily system with the bullets and arrows and circles but that's it.

 

Yeah, the bullet journal system should come with a warning and a disclaimer about all the prettiness.  I just love the indexing.

[Severine]

I was summoned here by @Bookish Badger's mention of me. And yeah, I'm in love with the Hobonichi Planner. I use bujo-esque ideas about bullet symbols, carrying forward tasks and such, but I didn't like having to make my own layouts or day pages because it felt like too much of a time sink for something that never looked as nice as the premade templates in commercial planners.

 

The Hobonichi has a page per day, plus spreads for monthly calendars and a year-at-a-glance section. And it's functional and compact and it's on tomoe river paper, which is my favourite. Don't get a stationery nerd started on paper...

 

In addition to using the daily pages for appointments and tasks, I treat it as a kind of artsy microjournal where I make note of the day's events and how I felt. Really useful for unpacking the day and calming myself as part of my newly instituted evening routine. And when looking back on previous days I get a lot of insight into my patterns.

 

Here's how I'm using the monthly calendar pages to track my NF challenges:

[Jonesy]

On 2/27/2017 at 8:54 AM, spezzy said:

I tried this and I spent so much time trying to get the organization / layout / pages right that I completely lost my journaling habit and all of the good things that went along with it, so I went back to just a normal journal where I just write and dgaf how it looks

 

I vaguely still use the daily system with the bullets and arrows and circles but that's it.

 

I'm sort of doing the same. If I have time to sit down, come up with a layout, figure out what colors to use, etc then I'll do a pretty page. Lately though it's been a quick daily log so I can stay semi organized. Lol

 

On 2/27/2017 at 9:37 AM, TMedina said:

 

Yeah, the bullet journal system should come with a warning and a disclaimer about all the prettiness.  I just love the indexing.

 

It's really helped me relax on my need for everything to be perfect. 

[RevQu]

I started one since finding this thread and LOVE IT. So much. Mine isn't pretty, really, it's just the basic system.

 

Something about the index, page numbers, and having all the lists in one place just makes it all come together.

 

Love it.

 

 

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[Kimnaran]

Hi! So this is the tracker/spread for my challenge, but have since made adjustments to it (like, vegetables and meal prep are not counted, and became Y/N boxes). Found it really helpful to stay on.. track.

 

.....

 

Anyway. 

 

 

Oh, I use a A5 traveler's notebook insert as fitness bullet journal. 

[Severine]

19 hours ago, Kimnara said:

Hi! So this is the tracker/spread for my challenge, but have since made adjustments to it (like, vegetables and meal prep are not counted, and became Y/N boxes). Found it really helpful to stay on.. track.

 

.....

 

Anyway. 

 

 

Oh, I use a A5 traveler's notebook insert as fitness bullet journal. 

 

That is absolutely beautiful.

[TheJaysFlight]

I'm a bullet journaler! I've been doing it for about two months and I swear to god it has changed my life.

[Jord]

I stopped by to report that I'm starting a garden BuJo this weekend! I'll report back when it starts to take shape. 

 

gonna be like: 

- garden plans and layout

- what varieties I planted on what dates

- what did well and what bombed

- garden /yard to-do items

- etc 

[cracked_belle]

how do you some of you have just the prettiest handwriting?!

 

I do most of my tracking via apps and websites, and Google tools (calendar, tasks, spreadsheets, etc.).

[Jonesy]

I love @Kimnara's headers in that last post! The whole page is so neat and tidy.

 

14 minutes ago, cracked_belle said:

how do you some of you have just the prettiest handwriting?!

 

Practice? My normal handwriting is pretty neat but some of the fancier fonts take a lot of practice, at least for me.  

 

So I'm testing out a new layout for my weeklies and I'm not loving it. Have you guys tried a layout or page that you just hated?

 

 

[zeroh13]

On 5/3/2017 at 1:14 PM, Jonesy said:

I love @Kimnara's headers in that last post! The whole page is so neat and tidy.

 

 

Practice? My normal handwriting is pretty neat but some of the fancier fonts take a lot of practice, at least for me.  

 

So I'm testing out a new layout for my weeklies and I'm not loving it. Have you guys tried a layout or page that you just hated?

 

 

Not exactly hate... But doing a weekly/daily layout at the beginning of the week does not work for me. It takes too much time. So I just have a simple layout(?) that I do every morning. I can take a picture later if anyone wants to see it.

 

On 5/3/2017 at 1:04 PM, cracked_belle said:

how do you some of you have just the prettiest handwriting?!

Practice. I think there's also tutorials for the fancier stuff. And some people use stamps. 

 

For my non daily stuff, I'll write it in pencil first, and keep erasing and trying again until I get something I like. And hope I don't mess up when I trace over it in pen!

[Mallorey]

OOOOH I'm a bullet journaler of a year and a half!
I'm pretty disorganised by nature, but I'm also a creature of habit so once I got into it it really stuck

[Jord]

Here is a bullet journal PvP we are starting, for those who may be interested: 

 

[Jonesy]

I finally broke down and bought some Staedtler Triplus fineliners and boy do I love them for my bullet journal. 

[PettyMort]

This is my minimalist set up for a 4 week challenge I'm starting today (I just respawned in the middle of a board challenge, oh well). Quite happy with how it turned out, and the minimal effort of set-up. My goals could be a little clearer; I'll expand on them in my battle log but there is enough for me to know what I'm doing here. I added in a 50 squat per day challenge from Darebee. Under measurements I'm going to draw a little line graph of inches gained and lost overall during this time. I'm trying to worry less about relationship to gravity and more about my relationship to the clothing I own.  N= Nutrition, F= Fitness, M= Mental, L= Life