How I finally got my life organized:
Truth be told — it’s a work in progress, but I finally discovered a system that works: my bullet journal.
How Bullet Journaling Entered My Life:
Late last year, my friend Sue decided that she was going to take up bullet journaling (“bujo” for short) to get organized in the new year. She asked me if I had heard of bujo, and I said I had, but I hadn’t considered it as a hobby because, well, I’m learning to watercolor, I have two kids, two parrots, and Mr. Fussypants, my OCD significant other. And I already feel out of control every day of my life. I already know I don’t have time to journal, I thought, but I listened.
Sue explained that bullet journaling is a way of planning for future occurrences, keeping track of things that matter, and making a record of what happens when. For example, I could create a page dedicated to keeping record of all the birthdays in each month. Or I could create weekly spreads to keep notes and to-do lists and track good habits. On the same weekly spread, I could record the important aspects of each day in lieu of writing a whole journal page at the end of the day, which is what I always thought journaling was supposed to be.
Sue had bought a few books on the topic — The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll, who is credited with beginning the bujo movement and Dot Journaling…
