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danc1ng1nth3ra1n · 1 year

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the OG SIMPLE BULLET JOURNAL SETUP

I wrote a very long rant about the expectations most BuJo videos, tutorials and blogs set. Then I decided to share the basic setup instead, in hopes that those who need a starting point without fancy additions will find it. Here ya go:

Setup order

Home & Key

Index

Future Log

Monthly Log

Daily Log

1. Home & Key

The "This book belongs to" page and the key. Setup once per book.

Here's the classic key:

2. Index

Setup once / twice per book.

Take 2 pages, write index on top. That's it. You can add a vertical line in the middle of the page to save some space, but not even that is necessary.

As you go on journalling, planning and making lists, You'll write down pages & their content here so you can find what you're looking for easier in the future.

3. Future Log

Setup once per year.

This is where you put events, deadlines, appointments and the likes so you dont have to flip through multiple months to find what you're looking for.

For the whole year take 4 pages. Ideally 2x2. Title them "Future Log". Draw 2 lines on each to mark thirds. Put the names of the month in each third. That's it.

Fill it in by writing down "day: Event".

4. Monthly Log

The month as bird's-eye view. Take 2 pages. Left will be your calendar. Write the month at the top and then down the left 1-30 (or 28 or 31, depending on the month). Now check your phone or pc or another calendar to see on which day of the week this specific month starts. Put the initials of the weekdays next to the dates. That's it.

If you like to have the weeks during the month jumping out, add a horizontal line at each end/start of a week. Fill in events, due dates, tasks you want to do on a specific day.

The right page is for stuff you want to do this month, but don't want to schedule right now. Also intentions and a month's end summary have their place here if you want them.

5. Daily Log

Here's your day-to-day. Write down today's date and weekday if you like. Format it however you like. e.g. "Monday, January 16, 2023" or "M16" or "Monday 16" or "01/16". Doesn't matter. Put whatever you enjoy.

That's it. The daily setup. beneath that you can now write down your tasks, thoughts, events in any order and mixture you like. However it comes to mind, put it here (with it's assigned key).

Bonus: Weekly Log

If you'd like to have an on the nose weekly block to see throughout your day-to-day, you can put that here as well. No need to assign it a whole page in advance.

Simplest way is basically copy & pasting that bit from you calendar in the Monthly Log. Day numbers and initials then your event / scheduled stuff next to it.

Hope this was somewhat helpful =)

#bullet journal #bujo #minimalist #easy #quick #beginner #what am i doing here #have a nice day #dontgiveup #dontstress

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4ngel-girl · 1 year

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starting another week ✨

#my post #pink #beginner nail artist #nail art #nails #studyblr #internet marketing #saving money #bujo #my bujo #bujoinspo

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subtlesweetener · 7 months

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my bullet journal arrived! i can't wait to go pick it up! 📓

#finally i can organize my life #planning beginner #searching for bujo spreads

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studentbyday · 2 months

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it's only february but i already feel like i need a fresh start.

I made some super lofty goals this year and it's really quite overwhelming (and i basically gave up), so now we're starting small and taking things step by step rather than trying to go from zero to a hundred.

fitness plan 🐾

For every hour of sitting, do some combination of brisk walking, biking, or yoga (or a beginner bodyweight workout) with proper form (core!) for 10-15 mins.

Eat and sleep well (10h!) so I can recover.

Remember why I'm doing this: I want to heal. Physically (health problems be gone!) and mentally (I need to strike a better balance between school and...everything else.).

Track my progress somehow. Probably in my bujo or journal or some other place offline.

study plan 📖

Aim to study for at least 6 h / day, M-F. (Vibes: intense productivity)

Block out 1 day of every weekend to spend time with family. 0 studying.

Life admin + at least 2 h of self-study or getting ahead on schoolwork on the other day of the weekend. (Vibes: chill productivity)

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Aaaand that's all for now, lest I overwhelm myself again!

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celestiachan · 2 years

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bullet journalling tips for beginners

-start out as small and cheap as possible. get one of those 50¢ marble composition notebooks and write with any pen/pencil you have just lying around. if you really wanna colour it in, use crayons, coloured pencils, and markers you already have. if you find that you like it, then you can get a better notebook and pens (if you want)

-you will see a lot of cheap packs of double sided brush pens. do not buy these. they suck, no matter how good the reviews are. there's a reason why so many people recommend crayola supertips. (it's the amount of colours + the quality for such a low price)

-do not buy any crayola knock offs. you'll find yourself crying and sniffling and sobbing because your cra-z-art marker ran out of ink after the first time it touched paper and roseart markers have large bullet tips instead of broadline tips. why would you even buy a knockoff when crayola is so cheap

-if you don't have any drawing pens, use a ballpoint pen. make sure it's a ballpoint and not a gel or rollerball pen because ballpoint pens have oil-based ink, which is waterproof, and chances are the markers you use to colour stuff in have water-based ink and the last thing you want is one of your yellow markers turning that ugly shade of green

-prismacolour drawing pens leak like a baby's eyes after you tell them that they aren't allowed to eat dirt. use any other brand of drawing pen if you absolutely must use one

-also you don't have to use a black pen. use a glitter gel pen or a mechanical pencil. anything is fine as long as it doesn't muddy the colours you're using

-never ever use sharpies in your bujo. if it's a sharpie gel pen or creative marker or something like that then it's fine but if it's a permanent marker then the next 10 pages will be unusable. actually just don't use any permanent markers in your journal it'll bleed like it's just been stabbed

-alwaya draw your designs in pencil before going over them in pen. if you dive in penfirst you'll make a mistake and won't be able to erase it

-your designs don't have to be perfect. you're a beginner. even if you're already an artist, bullet journals don't have to look extravagant and beautiful with everything written in calligraphy. it's your bullet journal. you don't even have to add designs. do what you want with it

#xenon screams #bullet journalling #bullet journal #bujo #bujoblr #bujolife #bujo tips #bullet journal tips

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artmics · 3 months

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Full length Video with Special Topic.

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lessthingz · 3 months

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Warum Bullet Journaling mit einem Leporello-Buch Sinn macht

Bullet Journaling ist eine flexible Methode, um deine Gedanken und Aufgaben zu organisieren und zu planen. Dabei wird ein sogenanntes Bullet Journal angelegt, ein personalisiertes Notizbuch, das als Kombination aus Tagebuch, Kalender, To-Do-Liste und Notizbuch dient.

Ein Leporello-Buch ist ein Buch, das wie eine Ziehharmonika gefaltet ist und sich aufklappen lässt. Es kann eine gute Wahl für Bullet Journaling sein, da es eine lange, zusammenhängende Fläche bietet, auf der man seine Ideen und Pläne visualisieren kann. Es gibt viele verschiedene Möglichkeiten, wie man ein Leporello-Buch für Bullet Journaling nutzen kann. Man kann es zum Beispiel als Kalender oder als Tagebuch verwenden. Eine weitere Möglichkeit ist, es als Skizzenbuch zu nutzen, um Ideen und Entwürfe festzuhalten. Aber eine Anwendung macht es besonders praktisch gegenüber herkömmlichen Büchern.

Die Bullet-Journal Methode von Ryder Carroll ist ein gutes Buch, um mehr über diese Methode zu erfahren. Es gibt auch viele andere Bücher und Anleitungen zum Thema Journaling, die dir helfen können, deine Kreativität zu entfalten.

Wie lege ich ein Bullet Journal an?

Wähle das richtige Notizbuch aus: Du benötigst für ein Bullet Journal nicht viel. Wähle einfach ein Notizbuch aus, das sich problemlos überall mit hinnehmen lässt. Das Notizbuch muss weder dekorativ noch in vorgefertigte Abschnitte eingeteilt sein, da du die Einteilung deines Notizbuches bei einem BuJo selbst machst. Du kannst dein Notizbuch natürlich nach deinen persönlichen Vorlieben auswählen. Wenn du beispielsweise die Farbe Blau liebst, dann investiere in ein Notizbuch mit blauer Akzentfarbe. Dein Notizbuch muss nicht liniert sein. Du kannst ebenso eines mit dem für BuJos beleibten Punktraster, Karos oder Blanko-Seiten nehmen. Die Entscheidung liegt bei dir.

Erstelle ein Index: Du wirst die Seiten deines Bullet Journals nummerieren. Dein Index oder Inhaltsverzeichnis wird dir dabei helfen, den Überblick darüber zu behalten, was sich auf welcher Seite befindet. Die erste leere Doppelseite solltest du für deinen Index reservieren. Um damit anzufangen, schreibe einfach „Index“ oben auf die erste Seite der Doppelseite.

Lege deinen Future Log an: Blättere zur nächsten leeren Seite in deinem Notizbuch. Diese wird deiner langfristigen Planung – deinem Future Log – dienen. Der Future Log ist eine Methode, um einen Gesamtüberblick über die Aufgaben zu erhalten, die du in den nächsten sechs Monaten erledigen musst. Er enthält einen monatlichen Überblick mit den bevorstehenden Veranstaltungen, Aufgaben und Zielen. Beginne, indem du die Punkte (sofern du welche hast) auf der Seite zählst und durch drei teilst (bzw. die Seiten in drei Abschnitte einteilst). Wenn die Seite beispielsweise 24 Linien hat, dann teilst du sie in drei Abschnitte à acht Linien ein

Erstelle deine Monatsübersicht: Blättere zur nächsten leeren Seite in deinem Notizbuch. Diese wird deiner Monatsübersicht dienen. Hier kannst du alle Termine, Aufgaben und Ereignisse für den jeweiligen Monat notieren. Beginne, indem du das Datum und den Wochentag oben auf die Seite schreibst. Zeichne dann eine Tabelle mit genügend Platz für alle Tage des Monats.

Erstelle deine Tagesübersicht: Blättere zur nächsten leeren Seite in deinem Notizbuch. Diese wird deiner Tagesübersicht dienen. Hier kannst du alle Aufgaben, Termine und Ereignisse für den jeweiligen Tag notieren. Beginne, indem du das Datum und den Wochentag oben auf die Seite schreibst. Zeichne dann eine Tabelle mit genügend Platz für alle Aufgaben und Ereignisse des Tages

Wenn es um die Wahl des richtigen Notizbuchs für dein Bullet Journal geht, gibt es viele Faktoren zu berücksichtigen. Einige wichtige Faktoren sind die Größe, das Papier, die Bindung und das Layout. Einige der bekannteren Marken für Bullet Journaling sind Leuchtturm 1917, Nuuna und Moleskine. LESS THINGZ ist eine weitere großartige Marke, die sich auf personalisierte Notizbücher spezialisiert hat. Ihre Notizbücher sind in verschiedenen Ausführungen erhältlich und eignen sich perfekt für Bullet Journaling. Die Leporello-Falzbindung ermöglicht es, das Notizbuch flach zu öffnen, und das Punktraster oder die leeren Seiten bieten genügend Platz für kreative Ideen und Notizen.

Durch die Leporello-Bindung wird das Bullet Journaling noch effizienter, da sich verschiedene Seiten wie Monats- und Tagesübersicht direkt nebeneinander ansehen lassen. Durch die beiden Lesezeichen sind diese beiden meistgenutzten Seiten immer griffbereit.

Die NOTEZ Notizbücher von LESS THINGZ sind minimalistisch gestaltet, mit farbigen Gummibändern als Lesezeichen und Verschluss, haben 46 Innenseiten mit Punktraster oder blank, und haben ein praktisches Taschenformat, etwas größer als eine Postkarte. Das Extradicke Volumen-Papier mit 240g bietet einzigartige Haptik und garantiert lange Freude.

#notebook #lessthingz #bullet journal #leporello #bullet journaling #sketchbook #drawing #dot grid #blank #minimalism #organization

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genmakesmedia · 1 year

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keeping organised and on task at uni: bullet journaling and reducing phone usage (plus module thoughts)

While it’s fairly clear that this blog exists to reflect on projects I’ve completed, I realised there’s not much information on here about the course itself. Let’s change that!

Digital Media Foundations (or DMF, for short) is a largely practical module on the Media and Communications course at Kingston University. It has a focus on doing creative work and teaching students how to use industry-standard tools like the Adobe Suite.

One of the things I really enjoyed about DMF was the lectures in Term Block 1. In these lectures, we would learn a bit about the history of the practical things we were going to do in the workshop, and their importance, and even science - for example, learning that the reason animation works the way it does is because our eyesight lags ever so slightly when looking at images, which makes a quick series of images look like one continuous picture (Richardson, 2023). I love to learn and so being given access to a wealth of information in such an accessible and interesting way was very enjoyable for me.

Another thing which was very cool were the workshops. In these we were given instructions to work through to experiment with various softwares or techniques. In all honesty, while it was nice to have the freedom to work at our own pace, I do tend to struggle with self-guided work as I can easily get off-task and distracted, so the workshops could sometimes be quite hit-and-miss for me in terms of how much work I’d get done or how happy I’d be with the work I was doing. I’ve been working to find solutions to this, including using the app Forest to block my use of my phone whilst working, as this is my most common distraction.

Isn’t it literally the cutest thing?

Another struggle I’ve consistently had during this module - and you will see it in many of my posts about bigger projects - is planning and time management. With creative work, I think a lot of the time I can have almost too many ideas and get overwhelmed by them, unable to decide which ones will work best. And historically my time management issues have always been because I struggle to organise the information in my head. Although the planning thing is annoying, I’ve sort of accepted it as part of my process at this point and started working on projects earlier to give myself time to try out as many of my ideas as I can.

The main difference that I’ve made to my work routine is more about organisation and prioritisation: I started a bullet journal. Bullet journaling was invented by Ryder Carroll in 2013 as a way of keeping focused and productive in spite of his learning disabilities.

I’ve had several bullet journals in the past, but because I tried to make them elaborate and aesthetically pleasing like the examples I saw online (especially from ‘studytubers’ like Amandarachlee) they didn’t stick as I just didn’t have the time to keep up with them. This time, though, I did a lot of research into effective and minimalistic journal spreads and pages which I could use, mostly through Pinterest (I'll link my pinterest board here) and YouTube. I’ll pop a few videos that really helped me in a list:

Super-Useful YouTube Videos That Helped Me Figure Out A "BuJo" System That Works For Me:

claudia spaurel (2022) '10 Minimalist Bullet Journal Spread Ideas For Beginners | Helpful Tips For Starting Out' [YouTube] 31 December. Available at: https://youtu.be/Tfjhws8gKS8 (Accessed: 15 March 2023).

Journaling with Nadia (2021) '8 Minimalist Bullet Journal Weekly Spreads for Productivity' [YouTube] 14 October. Available at: https://youtu.be/XP_ETHIj_dg (Accessed: 3 March 2023).

Rylee Autumn (2022) '10 WEEKLY SPREADS FOR YOUR BULLET JOURNAL | Weekly Bullet Journal Weekly Setup Ideas' [YouTube] 9 August. Available at: https://youtu.be/eU1VOpGDs64 (Accessed: 26 February 2023).

Using these tools, I was able to set up my journal. I’ve been using it consistently for almost two months now and am hoping I’ll be able to keep going with it as it’s been immense to my productivity. Having all of my information, schedules and time planning has been incredibly useful. Here are a few sample pages from my personal planner!

Bibliography:

Bullet Journal (2023) Who, what and why. Available at: https://bulletjournal.com/pages/about (Accessed: 17 April 2023).

Kingston University London (2023) Media and Communication BA (Hons). Available at: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/media-communication/ (Accessed: 17 April 2023).

Richardson, P. (2022) 'Animation'. MD4004: Digital Media Foundations. Kingston University London. Unpublished.

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acaemia · 3 years

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listening to a podcast rn. I love hearing taglish so much <3

#sopher junior #studyblr #studyspo #100 days of productivity #studyblr ph #university #studying #bujo #tarot #student notes #aesthetic notes #handwriting #illustrations #study area #jeonchemstudy #tarot reading #beginner tarot #aesthetic studyblr

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iftke · 2 years

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Sketching while my baby sleeps, lol. It's been a minute since I drew anything. I have to keep reminding myself to do the things I love.

#iftke #art #diary #studyblr #drawing #sketch #quick sketch #bujo #cute #random #artists on facebook #artists on tumblr #artists on twitter #beginner artist #new artist

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the-theory-of-reylativity · 4 years

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🌹 i started a bujo !! 🌹

🌻🌛☀️•july spreads•☀️🌜🌻

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thylacine-studies · 3 years

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So I started bullet journaling! Here are my first two days. I cannot draw so I'm gonna be sticking a lot of things in here lmao. The number in the upper corner is the number of steps my pedometer says I walked those days!

I know spiral bound notebooks are not the norm but I already had this really cute notebook and I wanted to use it for something so here I am.

#bujo #beginner bullet journal #studyblr #i still am going to brush my teeth and wear my cpap tonight i just check those off in the morning #bullet journal

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lena-in-a-red-dress · 3 years

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Still practicing. Looking better tho.

#calligraphy for beginners #brush pens #the o's are still kicking my butt #but its fun #my headers are going to look nicer in my bujo

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apathycarestostudy · 4 years

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How to Journal: From one Beginner to Another

So you want to start journaling and have no idea (or patience) how to get into it to where it becomes a permanent habit. If you’ve failed to keep one going, if you’re just starting out, or you don’t know what to do with one — these tips are for you.

1. Define your goals

What exactly are you planning on gaining from this? Most commonly (to my knowledge), the top reasons why people journal is to manage their lives, and have a private outlet. There’s a million things you can do with your journal, and more often than not you can make a hybrid of sorts if you prefer, so don’t worry about mixing genres. This is your journal.

A side note though, if you’ve tried to keep a journal before with some goal in mind (ex: study journal) and failed, please don’t sink into aversion and say it’s not for you. Oftentimes it’s our mindset that’s blocking us from succeeding in anything, so hopefully with these tips (and the plethora online) you’d be able to keep going.

An accompanying note to the side note — if you really tried, quit wasting your time. Some things are not for everyone, and at this point in life, you know that. Don’t throw away your journal though. You’ll thank me later.

2. Name your journals!

Okay, so this is not a legit tip. It’s just something I do that helps me maintain this habit. I’ve got two journals: Dumpster and Shadow. Dumpster was my first ‘conscious’ journal. I bought it with the intentions of writing down college tips for my younger siblings first, and then my insane musings later. I stopped and occasionally felt guilty about it, and when I wanted to buy another one and start afresh, the guilt would keep from doing so. After I got over my stupidity and got a dual journal set, I started using one as an outlet of sorts and put away the other for when I finished this. Why these ridiculous names you ask?

About 75% of Shadow’s entries are of me ranting about people and my habits, 15% are declarations of doing better, and 10% are stuff I’m doing at the moment, new music I’ve discovered and stuff. My goal of keeping this is to freeze my thoughts at the moment and look back on them and reflect. Maybe get some advice, and most definitely see how stupid I was lol. So it’s shadowing my life so to speak — hence the name.

Dumpster is the first journal I was talking about, and the name is pretty self explanatory. The things I want to rave about and the stuff I don’t want ruining the sanctity of Shadow goes in there. Besides that, I put in a tracker for stuff I get fed up not doing, to-do lists for days I have no direction, and very recently, my wishes and goals, as well as a list of accomplishments I’ve made in the past for when I feel like I can’t do something. I don’t write in Dumpster as often, but it’s not seldom either.

This was pretty long for a non-legit tip. But here’s a good thing you can pull from this, besides the humour — when you don’t know what to write, start off with an opening tag (Dearest Dumpster, Yo Shadow...) and start talking to it about what’s going on or what’s on your mind. The whole dear diary thing is legit. And if you sit down with nothing in mind to talk about and you start off with that, you start to write a letter of how ridiculous this is and boom! - you’re writing.

3. Write the date, always!

I just thought of a situation where you don’t need to just before I started typing this part smh. So...you don’t really need to do this always. There are special cases, but I strongly suggest you do. When you get to look back at this later down the line, you can see how long it took you to get off a certain mindset, how much improvement your work has made — like a time capsule. You gotta have a date for that of course! Freezing your thoughts and being able to look back at them is one of the reasons I started journaling, and dating your entries help if you're forgetful. Some people take it a step further and include the time as well, so if you’d like, why not? Especially if you have a certain period of time you like to journal and then end up writing at a different time than your usual; did your temperament change at all? It would be an interesting thing to note in my opinion!

4. The area you pick is both meaningful and meaningless.

Here’s the thing. I tried writing in one spot everyday at the same time, and it didn’t work for me. I came to begrudge that spot and not being able to do anything else in it. Obviously, the mistake here was that I was too extreme with the whole ‘pick an area and stick to it’ here but after a bit of experimenting, I realized that the key here is your state of mind. If you are the type to have things in order and prefer to be set in your routine, I would suggest having that extreme approach. If you’re a bit moody like me and tend to suddenly want a shift, follow your gut. If you’re on a bus and thought of something you’d like to write, write it! If you’re in the middle of cooking, switch off the stove and jot some stuff done. The area you pick can be meaningful, but it also doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.

ALSO, STAY SAFE. DON’T LEAVE THE STOVE ON AND RUN TO GET YOUR PEN.

5. Privacy? Code names? Being careful in general.

If you don’t live alone, I suggest you protect your safe space, It’s not for any particular reason other than holding on to your flow, because if you misplace your trust in someone and they end up reading it and bring something up, it could really dampen your spirits. If you have some sensitive info in there, it would hurt and discourage you if you don’t be careful. It might seem like a chore, but it’s worth it in the long haul. I live with my siblings, and I trust them completely not to touch my stuff, but I still don’t refer to them or other people in my journal explicitly. They’re all under code names. It’s also a fun little thing you know, screaming about what tea tree oil did in class and nobody’ll ever figure out who you’re talking about.

Of course, if you’re keeping a digital journal, that’s a bit easier. Slap a lock on that -

That’s mainly all you need to push you forward or help you start. You may reach a couple more roadblocks. Here are a few suggestions and reminders I’d like to add so you can breeze through the tough parts a bit quicker:

Create a twist that you can look forward to. Switch up the pen colour after two weeks of writing, make a page full of stickers or quotes, make a list of new songs you discovered that week - anything!

Don’t be afraid of going off track. If you intended it to be one thing, and want to write something else, go for it. See it as more pages being filled.

Your journal, your rules.

Writing block isn’t the end. Try writing unsent letters, or pick a random prompt and try expounding on it, or maybe draw your interpretation of something and jot down your judgment at the end of it.

Re-reading is the icing on the cake!

Here’s to our collective success~

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bmoretea · 3 years

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A Busy Girl's Hack to Bullet Journaling

Featuring the adorably designed AmandaRachLee 2021 Doodle Planner! Whether you know it formally as a “bullet journal” or simply as a “bujo”, I’m sure you’ve seen this dot-grid phenomenon taking over the internet. Pinterest and IG are a treasure trove of planning and study inspo and the bullet journal craze has found itself the star…

A Busy Girl’s Hack to Bullet Journaling was originally published on brittny!

#Bujo #Bullet Journaling for Beginners #Planner #Planner Girl

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hopefullylaw · 4 years

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The last couple of days has been so busy I didn’t have time to post any original content on here. Got some new stationery in the meantime, which is always exciting! Featured above, my attempts at faux calligraphy and a calendar overview of Semester 1 in my bullet journal.

7 / 100 days of productivity

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