It’s Autumn!!!! In this frosty season is the start to a new year of school and as a plan to get my life back on track this year I’ve created a bullet journal! I feel like they’re the perfect blend of organization and creativity that there is only a (slight) hint of procrastination.
To start off the basics, Ryder Carroll created bullet journaling to help organise daily life, it had then evolved into a studyspo art piece even still, if you want to learn about the fundamental elements of bullet journaling click here
I have really been loving this method because it gives you much more freedom than buying a printed planner and as you make it your own you can go as simple or crazy as you want! I love that I'm able to add my own style to the days and will (almost) always fit all my tasks and still not see this as a procrastination, rather a tool to help steer you in the right direction and keep you time managed.
At first I had seen sooo maaanyy posts on tumblr, instagram and even youtube videos on bullet journalling that even with my lack of art skills I was enticed to make one! However as amazing as it seemed I wasn't going to kill my savings on it so I bought a squared paper book from Wilkinson for an amazingly cheap price of 25p which is exactly what I needed for a practise book.
More creative people might like dotted pages for more freedom and if you want less effort and more structure lined paper would be good; I chose squared paper because it's in the middle so I can see how I feel with this.
So far it's been great I have been looking at it daily and seeing what tasks I need to get done, overall it has helped me feel less stressed and more organised cause I know what I have done and what I'm procrastinating from. The layout is pretty simple with dots for tasks, I got some dot stickers for larger or more urgent tasks. Before this I used to use post it notes, on busy days I would go back to this method and just stick them in the book in the evening.
The creative side is kind of failing me though :( I am so glad that I started with a practise because I can test out shapes and sizes, create new designs in the middle of the page and most importantly make mistakes without stressing. Because this is a personal planner I'd like to point out that there is no need to be perfect all the time and if you end up scribbling over a mistake just take a deep breath and focus on doing good now so you can look back and realise the scribble wasn't as big as you thought.
I really enjoy the trackers because I get to really reflect on my life and what I'm doing right and what I'm missing out on, because I just started I don't have a lot but I'm planning on adding more like a habit tracker and more creative pages. I WILL INVEST IN WASHI TAPE right now I'm using colourful labels and they're amazing because I can right on them and it's really handy for things later in the week because I can just stick it at the bottom of the page and then move it when the date arrives!
More creative people might like dotted pages for more freedom and if you want less effort and more structure lined paper would be good; I chose squared paper because it's in the middle so I can see how I feel with this.
So far it's been great I have been looking at it daily and seeing what tasks I need to get done, overall it has helped me feel less stressed and more organised cause I know what I have done and what I'm procrastinating from. The layout is pretty simple with dots for tasks, I got some dot stickers for larger or more urgent tasks. Before this I used to use post it notes, on busy days I would go back to this method and just stick them in the book in the evening.
The creative side is kind of failing me though :( I am so glad that I started with a practise because I can test out shapes and sizes, create new designs in the middle of the page and most importantly make mistakes without stressing. Because this is a personal planner I'd like to point out that there is no need to be perfect all the time and if you end up scribbling over a mistake just take a deep breath and focus on doing good now so you can look back and realise the scribble wasn't as big as you thought.
I really enjoy the trackers because I get to really reflect on my life and what I'm doing right and what I'm missing out on, because I just started I don't have a lot but I'm planning on adding more like a habit tracker and more creative pages. I WILL INVEST IN WASHI TAPE right now I'm using colourful labels and they're amazing because I can right on them and it's really handy for things later in the week because I can just stick it at the bottom of the page and then move it when the date arrives!
I really enjoy looking at #studyblogs for #studyinspo and #motivation and if you want, why not follow my #studyblr on Tumblr for my #studylife and how it's going or if you want more creative posts check out my Pinterest where I actually got a lot of help on designing my journal! Do you have a studyblr? Comment below your links and I'll be sure to check them out!
