Hello my lovely readers! I had this blog ready last week however I forgot to post it. I will not be posting an extra blog this week because of my mental health but I will work on something for next week! So without further ado let's begin!
Have you ever heard of a bullet journal? It’s not a journal
shaped like a Bullet Bill (although that would be cool) it’s a system invented by a guy named Ryder Carroll to make the world’s most
Let’s start with the most basic stuff first. Get a notebook
and a pen, any notebook and any pen. My favorite notebooks have graph paper but
that is completely optional! This is meant to be for everybody and anybody to
use.
Next create a key. This is basically a set of symbols you use to show you
what the note is about. I’ll link to a video of Carroll’s key here but you don’t
have to use his, I’ve modified it to suit my needs. The big part is to STAY
SIMPLE. If you make it too complicated you won’t want to use it.
Then we have the annoying part, numbering your pages. You’ll
see why it’s super important later but for now just go ahead and number them. I
chose to number every other page and only do 20 or so at a time. That’s just me
though, you do you.
The first four or so pages are your index so label them
accordingly. Whenever you add something to your bujo you add it to the index,
more on that later. The next four are your future log which is basically a yearly
to-do list. You’re sister’s birthday is in June? Stick it in the future log.
Know you have a dentist appointment in august? Log it.
Now is where you’re free to organize this however you want.
If you wanted to stop and write down some plans for world domination in page 9,
do that! The only thing you have to remember is to log it in your index. If,
down the road you ran out of room on page nine and wanted to add some on page
53 you can do that too. Just add ‘,53’ to the ‘world domination’ log in your
index.
Wherever you feel like stopping at is where we’ll do the
next section, the monthly log. The monthly log is basically you’re to-do list
for that month. All of the tasks, events and gift planning you have to do this December
can be added here. The way the original creator set his up is a two page spread
with a monthly overview on one side and a more detailed list on the other. Mine
is slightly different as my Monthly log and future log have become kind of
blended together. That’s the cool thing about this system. It’s so
customizable!
Now comes my favorite part of this system, the daily log.
This is
where you put everything you have to do each day. Divide your page into sections large enough to put your list, for me it’s three as that’s how big my notebook is. Then write the day and its date on each section, this is the start of your daily log. Don’t forget to put it in your index and let’s move on to how to make the Bullet Journal system actually work.
Just having the setup doesn’t make it useable, you have to
have instructions right? The bujo system has a process called migration which
is what makes it so useful. Basically when you start a new day’s to-do list you
look back yesterday’s to-do’s and move them to where they need to go. If you’re
done with it, cross it out. If you need to do it today, put an > to show
that you’ve moved it to another day. If is doesn’t need to be done this month,
use < to show that it’s been moved to the monthly log. This way you never
miss a to-do. It either gets done, moved, or deleted.
And there’s the basics. Still confused? I had a hard time
making everything seem organised so I’m sorry if it’s hard to follow. Look at
this video which does a good job of using visuals to explain it. It's where I got my original inspiration to start using the system. I hope I
could help you get more organized along with me so tell me if you’re wanting to
start using the bullet journal down in the comments section and for now…
TTFN! That’s Ta Ta For Now!
