The open space is a great place for habit-tracking, too, something I want to venture into more next year, along with some BuJo-inspired symbols and washi tape. My planner has plenty of space at the bottom of each page where I can brain dump or take random notes, and it also has blank pages at the end of the book, as well as at least one every month (plus some goal-planning templates).īlank pages are a non-negotiable for me, and these are where I go to town with lists like books read (I use GoodReads but want to get better at tracking on paper, too), house projects, gift ideas, and big-picture planning. To-Do ListĮach week’s spread has three main items or goals, and I use those for bigger-ticket items, like a writing deadline or important errands. This way, I input appointments and times where they fit for me visually in the day. I like the days to have only open lines on my planner, no set times pre-printed. I always write my meals in pencil, because life happens and I often have to shift days and meals. I personally use those for the day’s meals. My planner has three shaded spots on each day that could be for the most important things on your to-do list. As a reference, I use the Get to Work Book, but there are plenty of journal options you could adapt. Here’s how I combine bullet journaling practices using a simple planner. And why was this one such a fave? It’s minimal, useful, and leaves me lots of room to apply a bit of bullet journaling flair (and add my own color with fun pens) right in my planner. I then tried another beautiful planner via Etsy that I was able to customize a bit, but it was still not quite right for me (apparently I was the Goldilocks of planners).Īnd then finally last year, I landed on my favorite planner yet. My return to a love for paper planners began several years ago with a certain brightly colored cookie-cutter planner, but it didn’t quite fit my needs. I’m a creative person, but sometimes the blank page intimidates me. Over the last couple of years though, I realized that while I really love the idea of bullet journaling, I also really love planners, with their one-week spreads already sketched out, one-month calendars laid out with no work required. Years ago, before I knew the term existed, I was using a Moleskine journal to plan and keep track of my days, in a simplified BuJo style. It’s something tactile that I can see at a glance. I’m no Luddite my husband and I have a very well-synced Google Calendar that I reference daily, but my planner is where I get down to the nitty-gritty on paper. The common thread, of course, is that BuJo users can tailor their notebooks to their own needs.Īs a visual person, checking my trusty paper planner is one of the first things I do in the morning. Some are flat-out works of art (but really practical, useful works-of-art!). I’m in a Facebook group for those who love to bullet journal (affectionately known to devotees as “BuJo”) and some of the photos people share of the journals amaze me.
I love seeing how people use their bullet journals ( check out Tsh’s posts here & here she also gives some background information on what exactly a bullet journal is if you’re new to this phenomenon). And seeing as I now do this hybrid form of journaling myself, it’s a good reminder of how we all evolve in what works best for us at any given time. I love that it’s written by Nicole, one of our longest-running contributors (and former Simple Homemade editor, if you remember those days!).
Like last month’s, this one’s a surprise to me as well! It was first published in early 2017.
USING A BULLET JOURNAL FOR WORK SERIES
Continuing our series during this final year of AoS of the top 12 published posts of all time (measured in simple traffic numbers), here’s number 11.
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