I started bullet journaling before I knew what #bulletjournal was. My dad keeps a pocket journal to write lists and reminders, and in college he encouraged me to do the same.
I’d always failed at using an agenda but as a young adult I needed some way to stay organized; I took his method and made it my own. Instead of using a small pocket journal I chose A5 as my preferred size. Instead of filling it with only lists and reminders, I included memories, doodles, and taped in scraps.
A couple years later I stumbled across a friend’s blog post about her “bullet journal”. It was much more artistic, but still resembled what I had been doing. I’d never seen anyone else use a notebook as a planner, but after searching the term I was face to screen with a whole community! I jumped into the rabbit hole - I watched all the videos, tried different styles, modified some and discarded others.
That was 8 years ago. Now in my 30’s I’m pretty secure in my style of journaling, but I still like to try new things. That means this month I’m trying a health tracker. I’ve learned that monthly layouts don’t work for me, so I’ve planned it out as weekly. Lets see how long I can keep this up … {Update: One week if I don’t draw them all out ahead of time.}
Happy Journaling!!
