@daviddyer26077 years agoFor me the biggest mistake when using a journal is forgetting that it is a tool to make your life easier, the aesthetics are of secondary importance. 2053
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@m__69306 years agoBiggest mistake EVERYONE is making: thinking bullet journaling is about making pretty pages rather than effective planning. 1848
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@uncoolalex7 years agomy biggest mistake is to just not starting sooner than I wanted. I was so discourage to start one after seeing everyone else's. 1601
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@mrbqkc7 years agoAfter watching so many perfect bullet journal layouts it's so nice to watch yours! I know that might sound insulting, your bullet journal is very nice, but it's realistic, ya know? Like now I'm thinking I can do it too, instead of just watching professional calligraphers 😂 ...1205
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@ASimplePerson17 years agoI feel like you're so hard on yourself! The fact you even accomplished so much of the bullet journal itself is awesome:) 60
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@AlexisDeona7 years agoI usually use the blank pages from older bullet journals and save them for when I make mistakes in my current bullet journal. Then I'll cut a piece of the blank page and use it kind of like white out - pasting it over my mistakes so I can try again. ...352
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@SharieFernandez5 years ago1) layout -don't start halfway -caused her to jump around the bullet journal 2)The wrong pens -ones that don't leak through 3)weekly spread layout 4)making blank pages 5)monthly views layout 6)To Read List layout 7) Setting Goals -don't underestimate them I used this as kind of a notepad for later reference. Hope this helps everyone!! I make videos xoxo 💘 ...361
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@WellWithChels_5 years agoThis video was so informative and realistic. It seems like the pinterest perfect bullet journal spreads discourage a lot of people from even wanting to journal. 58
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@camilapais29046 years agoRespectfully, and with much love, I think the only mistake you're making is taking your BuJo too seriously 😊 The idea behind the method is to use it as a way to let go of unnecessary things, and I feel you're holding a grudge with yourself for not being perfect. Enjoy the wonderful creation you've made (because it truly looks beautiful!) and pay no attention to the small inconveniences you may have encountered. Make it as artsy as you like of course, I just think it's nice to cherish both the things we're proud of as the things we learnt from. Lots of love 💜 ...654
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@Marialla.6 years agoI agree with grouping collections at the back of the book. My suggestion is to flip the book over so that as you add your collections they still read left to right instead of having to go backwards right to left. I sometimes find my collections run on for several pages, and this is a way to help that make sense. ...42
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@spcvrtx7 years agoThe problem is not the pen, more the "thin" paper (80g). Rhodia notebooks have 90g and don´t bleed. 192
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@emmah29197 years agoi love that i dont even have a bullet journal and i dont have the ability to keep up with one (im a store bought planner type of gal) yet i watched this entire video bc bullet journals fascinate me 250
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@rocconardi54646 years agoThat Note in your journal at made me do a double take lmao jeez louise 97
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@stressedandinneedofrest38267 years agoLots of mistakes, she says as she shows me a beautiful work of art. 73
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@lazydaisyfelines7 years agoI don't do calligraphy, but I use Pilot Frixion Color Sticks in a Leuchtturm, and they don't bleed, and really don't shadow much, but the best thing about them is that they are erasable. Everyone who sees my journal thinks I never make mistakes, but I just erase a lot. I order the Frixion pens on Amazon, though I've seen them in a few stores. I use black or navy for most of my text, but I really like using the light grey for lines. ...98
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@ColletteisaBear5 years agoIt's refreshing to see a first bullet journal that isn't so structured and perfect. I got a bit discouraged seeing mine sometimes because I just want to start over. 5
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@Kivaagno6 years agoTake ur journal to the store and test the fountain pens there on them and see what works for your paper material ;) 48
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@laineygann77135 years agoI just started my first bu-jo (7 January) with no stickers or artwork.. My plan was to have simple pages for appointments, a medical log, home cleaning routines, and a reading list. Very basic! Already I have made some mistakes you mention. I wanted it to be perfect, but it won't be and that's ok!..It still serves it's intended purpose--to help keep my life in order. I loved watching this, so I subscribed. x ...6
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@stephaniealex18527 years agoLook into a travelers notebook system. One book can be for collections and you keep it. You change your daily book when its full 65
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@chloelloydiee7 years agoDrawing out monthly trackers for habits rather than weekly trackers might work better for you so you don't have to take the time to draw out a tracker every week - theres lots of ideas on pintrest! 49
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@arithearies12116 years agoMy mistake is thinking that there are mistakes. Sure there might be things I don't like about mine (like the fact that I premade the pages for the months September until December) but that's part of life. :p 65
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@whisperingthymes32005 years agoThrough college I used my sketch book for everything. Bullet journaling wasn't a thing yet, but it would have helped me find things if I had indexed them. Now I am starting bullet journaling, and I realized that it is the same principle I used back then, but with tagging to link everything together and an Index to reference back to what you have already done. Don't be hard on yourself. It will disappoint you every time if you over think, and over plan it. Just let it come to you each day as something new. Don't try to leave spaces for things....except maybe the Index...just let each day flow forward as a new start. Let your collections happen where they first occur. That is why you have the Index. It isn't about perfection, it's about your personal process, and alowing yourself to make mistakes. That is the true sign of growth. ...6
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@user-pc3lg8tf3q7 years agoOh my goodness, I saw that sticky note on the left page at and thought that it said something very, very different, I had to look at it for a few seconds to realize what it actually says omg ...119
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@bsimpson6395 years agoI know this video is a couple of years old, but I want to thank you for sharing your “mistakes”. I’m new to this, and it’s immensely satisfying, but I’m like you: not particularly comfortable with “mistakes” and I’m glad you highlight the pitfalls. Yes, it’s all “ok” and it should be useful and fun, but I personally tend to get pissed when I put a lot of love and time into something then flub it, lol. I also want to comment on the Collections, and leaving space. At first I thought I would do the same, because it seemed so disjointed to have them everywhere, and indexed. BUT, now I see the reason for indexing; it’s nearly impossible to “leave space” and count it out. The index works! ...3
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@aarongardeniagrey13734 years agoJade: writes Hello BuJo: "Hello Jade, my name is Tom Riddle" 3
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@kailahmom17 years agoI just started using fountain pens in my Leuchtturm and they work fine. The two I use are the Pilot Metropolitan fine nib and the Platinum Preppy fine nib. You may want to check out Boho Berry, she uses a lot of different fountain pens in her bullet journal. ...117
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@billyblack37125 years agoFor testing pens, it helps writing the Name of the Pen for later reference to which pen-type worked and which bled through the page. Otherwise, you'll have a bunch of "hellos" and no clue as to which pen was the "ghosting" culprit. ...3
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@olivianeukam56362 years agoJust started my second bullet journal, and I can probably come up with my own list... 1) index and page numbering, waste of time when you don't use many collections. 2) tracking things that don't need tracking... Used my last journal mostly in middle school (I'm a sophomore now, I took a break) and I loved my assignment trackers but barely used my daily logs because I didn't need them at the time. 3) Drawing out a whole calendar for each month. I prefer two bars of dates with a line beside each date to write events. Saves time and space without losing functionality. 4) Mood trackers without journaling. To me it's pointless to track my mood if I can't figure out why I felt that way. 5) Using colors I don't like just so every month has a unique theme. And lastly, to any new bujoers... Save yourself money, skip the leuchttrum and get a Poluma, Lemome, or Emshoi. ...1
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@CoffeeBookChick7 years agoYou may enjoy traveler's notebooks so you don't have to migrate collections for each new notebook. You can have a senate ongoing insert that maintains collections and a separate insert for your planning that you can change out, etc. Love this video, great overview! ...8
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@debbiehilditch46225 years agoI have decided to keep a journal this year and this has been best video so far to help me think about how to set it out. I’m in my 50s so feel a bit old to be starting it but your video has encouraged me. Thank you, 4
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@bratturtle86315 years agoThanks for doing this video! I'm about to start my first "real" journal, after practicing in a notebook for the last couple months. I'm a little nervous and intimidated! I picked a Bob Ross journal, to remind myself to not worry about perfection. But I see so many perfect journals, that it's a relief to see this! Yours still looks so great, mistakes and all. That'll help me be more forgiving with myself! ...5
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@emilysunnysidesire34936 years agoim soo very glad I found this video bc I’m starting my first bullet journal and it is very helpful. It’s nice to see something more realistic as well. Not to say other videos aren’t realistic it’s just when other videos show/say a mistake, their mistakes still seem so perfect. And I’m not sure how beginners are going to learn from that bc they are going to strive for perfection, it’s not going to work out, they are going to most likely going to get discouraged and give up. (At least that’s what I’d do🤷♀️😂) Thank you! 😊 ...7
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@katherinesmith17405 years agoSo nice to see a video that documents/admits mistakes 1
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@rebeccaruthven69617 years agoI've made it my goal to start and keep a bullet journal in 2018 and I'm really excited to begin mine. 3
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@sharshey60356 years agothe fountain pen didn’t bleed through, it just ghosted. there was a little bit of bleeding on the first page but it was mostly bad ghosting. just an fyi 11
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@booksattack6 years agoi don't even have a bullet journal because i'm not artistic and organised enough but i love watching these types of videos because they're so satisfying
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@cacigacha38427 years agoI only started my bullet journal today and don't know how to use it properly so I keep watching videos like this to help me and this video was amazing 1
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@Neylena7 years agoIm getting my first Bullet Journal tomorrow! I love this video! Has some excellent tips for what to do and what not to do! 1
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@timkall15 years agoI've recently discovered bullet journals and have made notes from a number of videos I'm gonna do. I wish I found these when I was in school/college would've helped for revision and tests. Got a blank journal now I've gotta sit down and make it in the next 21 days while juggling the chaos of Christmas. Thanks for the don't list ...
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@traciebarrass66124 years agoThank you for your insight in bullet journaling, I’m very new to this and was really unsure of how to map it out. And I now feel I have a better insight. So thank you 😊
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@AdorkableArtist924 years agoi really appreciate this video! I tried bullet journaling a few times over the last few years, and it was only this year that I figured out why it wasn't working for me. The journal i bought was garbage quality. The pages are practically tissue-paper thin! NO WONDER none of my supplies made "pretty" pages. No wonder I was tearing holes every time I erased. Plus I just didn't have the patience back then to set up with rulers and counting dots and yadda yadda. I just wanted pretty, instagram-worthy pages without being willing to sit down and learn the basics first. I'm older, wiser, and more motivated now, with a new bullet journal and some stickers from Plant Based Bride in the mail to help do this right this time. I have been watching SOOOO many videos to help as well. ...1
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@gradon5667 years agoAs one who is about to start my first "real" bullet Journal, your video gave me terrific insight for success. I've long been doing bullets and now plan to take it to the next step.
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@heathensaplenty41845 years agoA lifesaver for your charts: logarithmic scaling. First ten are by tens, second ten are by hundreds, third by thousands, etc. With my 8x6 I could chart up to 100k subs if I started at each dot being ten. If I need more, then I grab another color pen and start charting at the same scale, but the first 10 are now 100k, and the chart goes up to a billion, and if you get more than a billion followers, yet still don't think that merits another page, then grab another color and the first ten now mean a billion. If you go higher than the tenth or eleventh square (i.e., 10 - 20 billion) with the third color, then you may want to entertain the possibility that some of those followers might be bots. ...1
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@cailleana98337 years agohey there Jade. Thx for sharing your 'mistakes' with us. makes the bujo-newbies (like myself ;) ) a little less frustrated with the own 'mistakes'. but with your youtube-tracker: you left so much space between the expected followers.. maybe you could use a different colour and track the higher numbers between the lower ones? ...30
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@EnchantedwithPoodles7 years agoThank you for sharing your “mistakes!” I am just starting out with bullet journaling so this information is invaluable to me. I think your journal is fantastic and that you are too hard on yourself but I can understand the frustration in discovering that you wish you had done some things differently. It sounds like you have learned so much in just 9 months and I think you should be proud of yourself. I hope my fist journal will be half as successful as yours is. Again, thank you for sharing your journey. ...1
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@ruslanparshkov72882 years agoThanks for sharing your experience. Greetings from Russia! 1
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@carriekoltunov32885 years agoI use a weekly spread almost the same as yours, but I only drew out the boxes once. I use a discbound journal, so I just made a template and made a bunch of photocopies. Then all I do is fill in the dates, add some washi tape and a little color, and start planning! I'm much better about keeping up with it that way. ...
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@amyzm76775 years agoOne way I bullet journal differently than I usually see others do: my index is an INDEX, listed in alphabetical order (not a table of contents, listed in page order). I leave a couple of pages at the front, give room for the whole alphabet, and then add items to the index as I add them to the book. I don't have to worry about keeping daily pages together, or making enough room for a collection, or any of that, because I will always be able to find them by looking in the index. A table of contents doesn't add much, because the items are already IN page order and you can flip through to find them--but an index makes it far, far more usable. It's what allows me to put in whatever I think of--sermon ideas, gift lists, daily schedules, books to read--instead of having different notebooks for each. ...
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@heddahovden65254 years agoI'm actually really happy to see that I'm not the only one who sucks at "bed by 11" 😂 1
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@Foervraengd7 years agoA good fountain pen for daily writing is LAMY Safari or Pilot Metropolitan, pens with a fine (F) nib will put down less amounts of ink than a broad. Also the ink can matter as well, most standard inks work fine tho. The pelican 4001 series are good standard inks but aren't waterproof. The "ghosting" which I saw someone explain in a comment further down, is something some people like because it can add a sense that you're really using the pages, so it's a matter of personal taste. Bleedthrough however - that sucks big time ugh. I wished the leuchtturm could handle markers because that'd made decorating the pages so much fun. ...14
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@ydangrue7 years agoThank you for the video. I like your water tracker. I gave up on weeklys and dailys about a month ago and I couldn’t be happier. I now have a massive to do list.
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@antoinebugleboy4 years agoIt helps to turn the book upside-down when you're writing from the back page toward the front. It keeps the binding on the left. I keep separate notebooks if I know there's something that I'm going to be writing a lot about, and want to look up in the future. ...
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@wgkawai7 years agothank you for sharing your experience. this is really helpful as i am thinking about starting my bujo.
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@deefee7015 years agoThanks for your honesty and these a good hints. You have really good-looking layouts. As you say, though, a BuJo should be something you look forward to doing. Just use what you want to keep track of. Start out simple. As you grow and change, what you want to keep track of will change. ...1
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@CookingForAll7 years agoThank you for this! I just bought my first bullet journal online last night and while I'm excited to start it, it seems a little daunting at the same time. After starting my channel, I'm finding that time has gotten away from me. Between a full time job and life in general, and now with my YouTube channel and the social media that goes along with it, I often find myself spending more time trying to figure out how to get everything done instead of just doing all of it because my brain is in such a jumble. I'm hoping the intense organization of a bullet journal will help, because at this point my channel is the most important thing to me and I want to put as much time into it as I can. So thanks for posting these tips! I feel like these are the sorts of mistakes I would make, especially splitting the journal in half, so it's nice to half them brought to my attention before I start. ...
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@robertrosskopf46414 years agoI am starting to use the ring binders the D punch (TUL, Happy planer etc.), for my BuJo that way I can add in pages when and where I want. Ryder Carroll also suggests starting a new B/J in January regardless of how may empty pages you have left. ...
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@opal7775 years agoIn my day, we didn't call it a bullet journal....it was a day planner. It became overwhelming after a while. I had to make a schedule on the computer at work and then would write it all in my day planner. I finally started printing out my online schedule on a smaller scale and putting it into the book. Back then, we had D ring binders for our books and if I were to do this again, I would do the same simply because then you can add pages and toss pages. I am retired now and had no need for any of this....until now. Suddenly, I am volunteering a great deal and it is all so hard to keep straight on a simple calendar. Thanks for sharing....I will be shopping for a day planner to keep it all straight. ...
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@abireadthat7 years agoI’ve just started my first bullet journal so I’ll take these tips on board! X
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@ashfordwyrd74586 years agoIt seems your biggest mistake was looking at Pintrest... 48
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@catherinelevison33105 years agoHelpful for me because I’m just about to start. I’ve Journaled in a lot of different ways and I have learned to have the front be for 1 purpose and the back for another and allow them to meet in the middle. I want to just set up a little at a time so I’m not stuck in a system. So, first rule is do a pen check in the back before starting. Also, my book list page of “to be read” is going to be a simple list. No embellishments. When I start a new journal I’ll carry over anything I didn’t get to. I want to read my books whenever I feel like it and not because I want to strike through a line. ...
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@myjoybox6 years agoVery honest and helpful video! Thanks! This will help me a lot on starting bullet journal!
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@nimedhel094 years agoMy biggest mistakes were taking too much time on setting up each month, wanting the bujo to be perfect and thinking I needed dailies for the long term. The setting up problem was resolved with a few things: stickers (<3), using the page on the left of my month's title pages as a little reminder of the spreads I want to do for said month and the pens, mildliners and washi tape I'll be using. My bullet journal also stopped looking so bad to me when I stopped trying so hard to make it look good and trying to emulate things that were done in the online community. I just started using my own method of organizing my pages. Another common mistake I see online is people think they need to follow some set of rules in their bujos. They don't. A bullet journal is very personal, and your system is the same. You don't need to use all the spreads you see online. Use what you need. For example, I don't use an index. Don't need it. I know which month is where with the washi tape I put on the side of the month's title page. And even without that I can find my way around my bujo quite easily. No need to number the pages or use pages for an index I know I'll never use, lol. You also don't need to pretty up your bujo and take hours upon hours setting up the spreads. If you want to liven things up, stickers and washi tape are the way to go. You can even use stamps, if you want. ...1
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@daynabailen43315 years agoI know this is an old video but I hate blank pages too. Sometimes I will print out a coloring page and glue it in just to cover the page. 1
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@MaidMirawyn6 years agoI started my collections at the back and worked forward, too. It just made sense to me. I use refillable fountain pens in mine. I love using them, plus they are less wasteful. It's mainly the inks that determine show through. I primarily use Noodler's inks, Lexington Grey, Heart of Darkness, and one of the blue-blacks. ...
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@kiahmadison854111 months agoBest thing about bullet journals is that once you have filled one you can get a brand new one that you can leave those mistakes out.
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@GlitterPoolParty4 years agoI suggest starting on the first page to do your dailies, weekly, monthlies and then beginning on the last page of your journal and moving in, put your collections, trackers, and reference pages. Re your ugly monthly regret.... just glue the pages together! Problem solved. Never look at it again! (Capture the data on a sticky note until you've figured out where that data will live....) ...2
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@emily-boehm5 years agoLove this look into your first Bujo! I feel a lot better about mine now, as mine looks very similar. I'm doing my first one right now and I am about 2 weeks into it. I love it but I'm definitely not up to par with a lot of the really amazing people! I do love the functionality of it! ...1
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@c8Lorraine17 years agoexcellent take on bullet journals. really made me think
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@gigglegal19885 years agoI saw something that was amazing for journal layouts that someone had actually put at the beginning of a journal which was a measurement page where they had line sizes and box sizes with labels as to what the boxes were for. Super useful as a reference ...
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@xoxokayla6255 years agoI think regardless you did a beautiful job on it! ♡ 1
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@adriennegonzales26366 years agoOh nuts! I wish I'd looked at this before starting my latest one! But I have hope now that next one will be better.
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@kero17364 years agoI also used to left a lot of blank pages, and than decided to fill them with random sketches/draws/quotes when I feel like it. It isn't really tidy, but it makes me happier than seeing I "wasted" so much space for tracker ecc I would never actually do (I hope my english isn't too bad) ...
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@justinetime86025 years agoI love this video. It’s so interesting and really a helpful. So many creative ideas on how to journal and do cover ups. I love it. I just recently uploaded my October weekly spread. Will definitely be learning from your videos ♥️ ...1
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@tuna18077 years agoi love how real your bujo looks! when i look for inspo on instagram/weheartit/pinterest/tumblr, the bujos looks so neat! yours is chaotic but in a really good way!
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@moonbabe6127 years agoMy friend makes these awesome tracer cards for this particular billet journal!
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@MySiamesedreams6 years agoYou're really hard on yourself! Thank you for sharing your reflections on your bujo. ...i'm getting started soon. Enjoyed your ideas and cute art! Wish they sold those markers here in the states. Cheers! 1
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@shawanalulu5 years agoMy favourite fountain pen is a Lami Safari one, and it doesn't bleed through my Scribbles that Matter bullet journal at all.
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@StardustDNA4 years agoThe reading list page is interesting. Made me think of a bookshelf. What if you just drew the books slightly bigger and more so standing up compared to stacked? 2
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@CharlesCrous4 years agoBiggest takeaways: create Collections from right to left at the back of the BuJo, and don’t pre-allocate full pages or proactively create them because you think they will be handy. Maybe start adding them to your Rolling Dailies and then migrate them to a Collection as needed. ...1
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@scoutbooks79637 years agoCool to see some pitfalls to avoid when starting bullet journaling. Your notebooks are beautiful!!
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@ramonalee16 years agoWow! You’re really hard on yourself! This journal is beautiful. I could only dream of having such a nice looking and filled one on my very first try. It made me a little sad that you were so disappointed and ashamed of a page. It’s a page, paper, you are learning. Be sweet to yourself. You are super talented. Thanks for sharing, I find your tips really useful. ...
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@nickorange48817 years agoi have seen some videos of people using rulers and some use templates for the stenciling. also i have one that uses stickers for bullet journaling even for days of the week and a few decorations one to give it a bit something extra. ...1
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@celina-6 years agoFor me I always do my collections that are not seasonal in the back such as running wishlist, things I learn and more about etc! I love that layout bc whenever I need to look back I’m not searching through pages of dailies in tons of different months :) if it’s a seasonal collection I tend to write those right after my monthly cover! ...
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@FeliciaFollum7 years agoI love this! I'm starting a bullet journal to see if it is the right method for me. I've been using the same style planner for nearly 15 years lol I've tried a bullet journal + sketchbook and that didn't work so I'm going to use the next couple months to test some layouts to see if the functional aspect will work and keep my planner...I think this will be a video that I make. I have a page of things to change in future spreads... ...
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@toastyghoster7 years agoFor fountain pens, I highly recommend the zebra v 301 pen! It write really smooth and I like using it for my cursive!
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@AttentiveAcademic5 years agoThere are fountain pens you can use! Like a Lamy with the finest nib, this works allright. It kinda seeps through, but not as much. If you want to write with fountain pens more, you can always go for a Rhodia goalbook, the paper is specifically made for fountain pens ...
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@mackenzieandryusky10236 years agoYou could always get stamps for the blocks of your weekly 3
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@curli-lettey43195 years agoI'm so interested in designing my journal that I forget to utilize it when I finish! 2
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@Divin3Smit36 years agoI started a bullet journal for 2018. I started seeing it as more of a chore during the summer, so I didn't look forward to drawing out the spreads. For 2019 I'm going to create all of the monthly/weekly spreads in advance, so I can focus on planning and making my collections throughout the year. I'm starting it now, so my January I'll be more than ready. ...
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@axothrottl70927 years agoTry shimmer ink! I found diamine's shimmer inks didn't leak and spread even on really cheap paper. It did clog up my pen a bit however, so you have to clean it more often. And good quality notebooks which are good for bullet journals and are fountain pen friendly are the rhodia rhodiarama and goalbook. They both come in dotted paper and very few pens seep through :) ...2
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@denacurtis56796 years agoI've not used a LT1917 bcuz I fell in love with the Scribbles That Matter Pro dot grid a5. I have used fountain pens in it and it's done great as well as alot of various markers and pens.
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@meeshnicolep6 years agoI’ve been wanting to start my bullet journal for about 2 months now, and I just can’t see it get it started. I’m worried about mistakes, and I don’t know if I should do a monthly and weekly or just monthly layout. This video was very helpful, and I just subscribed. Thanks for this video. ...
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@merelwitteveen39885 years agoParkers pens are very nice for Bullet Journalling :) 1
-don't start halfway
-caused her to jump around the bullet journal
2)The wrong pens
-ones that don't leak through
3)weekly spread layout
4)making blank pages
5)monthly views layout
6)To Read List layout
7) Setting Goals
-don't underestimate them
I used this as kind of a notepad for later reference. Hope this helps everyone!!
I make videos xoxo 💘 ... 361
I also want to comment on the Collections, and leaving space.
At first I thought I would do the same, because it seemed so disjointed to have them everywhere, and indexed. BUT, now I see the reason for indexing; it’s nearly impossible to “leave space” and count it out. The index works! ... 3
BuJo: "Hello Jade, my name is Tom Riddle" 3
1) index and page numbering, waste of time when you don't use many collections.
2) tracking things that don't need tracking... Used my last journal mostly in middle school (I'm a sophomore now, I took a break) and I loved my assignment trackers but barely used my daily logs because I didn't need them at the time.
3) Drawing out a whole calendar for each month. I prefer two bars of dates with a line beside each date to write events. Saves time and space without losing functionality.
4) Mood trackers without journaling. To me it's pointless to track my mood if I can't figure out why I felt that way.
5) Using colors I don't like just so every month has a unique theme.
And lastly, to any new bujoers... Save yourself money, skip the leuchttrum and get a Poluma, Lemome, or Emshoi. ... 1
Thank you! 😊 ... 7
I gave up on weeklys and dailys about a month ago and I couldn’t be happier. I now have a massive to do list.
I keep separate notebooks if I know there's something that I'm going to be writing a lot about, and want to look up in the future. ...
After starting my channel, I'm finding that time has gotten away from me. Between a full time job and life in general, and now with my YouTube channel and the social media that goes along with it, I often find myself spending more time trying to figure out how to get everything done instead of just doing all of it because my brain is in such a jumble. I'm hoping the intense organization of a bullet journal will help, because at this point my channel is the most important thing to me and I want to put as much time into it as I can.
So thanks for posting these tips! I feel like these are the sorts of mistakes I would make, especially splitting the journal in half, so it's nice to half them brought to my attention before I start. ...
Ryder Carroll also suggests starting a new B/J in January regardless of how may empty pages you have left. ...
The setting up problem was resolved with a few things: stickers (<3), using the page on the left of my month's title pages as a little reminder of the spreads I want to do for said month and the pens, mildliners and washi tape I'll be using.
My bullet journal also stopped looking so bad to me when I stopped trying so hard to make it look good and trying to emulate things that were done in the online community. I just started using my own method of organizing my pages.
Another common mistake I see online is people think they need to follow some set of rules in their bujos. They don't. A bullet journal is very personal, and your system is the same. You don't need to use all the spreads you see online. Use what you need.
For example, I don't use an index. Don't need it. I know which month is where with the washi tape I put on the side of the month's title page. And even without that I can find my way around my bujo quite easily. No need to number the pages or use pages for an index I know I'll never use, lol.
You also don't need to pretty up your bujo and take hours upon hours setting up the spreads. If you want to liven things up, stickers and washi tape are the way to go. You can even use stamps, if you want. ... 1
I use refillable fountain pens in mine. I love using them, plus they are less wasteful. It's mainly the inks that determine show through. I primarily use Noodler's inks, Lexington Grey, Heart of Darkness, and one of the blue-blacks. ...
Re your ugly monthly regret.... just glue the pages together! Problem solved. Never look at it again! (Capture the data on a sticky note until you've figured out where that data will live....) ... 2