Bullet Journal
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Back to the Basics – Bullet Journal
I thought I’d do a theme for this year’s NanoPoblano, and the theme I chose is journaling. It’s something that’s been on my mind for a long time. It’s something I used to do long, long ago, and something I know in my heart I need to get back to. Baby steps, right?
To begin, I started Bullet Journaling. It’s been rather haphazard for me. Not the Bullet Journal part, but the follow through. I realized I really have no idea how to set goals. I have spent so many years being a wife and mother that my goals basically consist of household chores and I kind of suck at those now. Laundry is not a goal.
When I started Bullet Journaling, I decided that there was no way I was going to include household chores or meals in mine. To be honest, that doesn’t leave me much else to bullet about. I track days and lunar cycles and the weather. I’ve started a few things I want to habit track.
I am trying to get better about this. I read Ryder Carroll’s book and that helped a lot. I am still a bit unsure about the goals part though.
I don’t do a lot of decorating in my Bullet Journal. I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler, lol. But, I have a color code system for the days and months, and even the rooms I plan on working in that day. I like to use different colors to do the layouts for different months. I have learned that at the very least, it gives me a sense of direction and grounding to my days. I like the structure. I keep hoping the follow-through will catch up with the planning-to. Eventually, I hope to get to that point of feeling like I finally have my sh!t together, lol.
What about you? Do you Bullet Journal? Do you have a planner system that you use? Does it help?
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Vanessence 
Nice to hear about your bullet journal adventure. I don’t know much about this, but I like little notebooks to write in. The thing is, I have nothing much to plan on any day, as they are all about the same around here. It will be interesting to hear how yours will be coming along. 🙂
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I love writing in notebooks, too. 😀 Sounds you have the same days I do, lol. I have a chore chart, everything has it’s schedule and doesn’t need to be written out every day or week. But I have found I like writing down things I did that weren’t part of my daily habit. Maybe a show my family watched, or noting that I spoke with a friend, or that I saw a rainbow that day – just little things to mark the days, and I have also found that it’s kind of grounding and soothing. 🙂
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That is a good idea, to jot down the odds & ends that happen during a day. 🙂
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It helps me remember things that happened. 🙂 Otherwise I’d forget!
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Oohh! I’ll have to study this a little bit more! I buy all these journals but never write in them. I might out too much pressure on myself 😬
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A fellow journal addict! lol I love the notebooks, and then my mind goes as blank as the page when I try to write.
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That’s hilarious! Why is that? It’s true!
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Isn’t it frustrating? lol I hate when that happens. 🙂
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I like your ideas about color-coding and what you do as themes here. Your calendar seems very organized to me. It seems like a great foundation for adding goals – like your goal to remember special aspects of your days and your ideas about habits. Laundry is a good goal.
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Thank you for your kind comment. 🙂 I guess laundry can be a decent goal. The alternative is pretty undesirable! lol 😀
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