BuJo Wankers 2 - declutter your mind!

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Woo hoo! It's the second Bullet Journal thread! For the benefit of newbies - Bullet Journal is a brilliant way to organise your whole life in a lovely notebook. Perfect for anyone who has tried every app and every scheduling system but just can't seem to get on top of things. Also perfect for lovers of beautiful stationery and especially for people who like lists!

Sooo - get out your fineliners and your washi tape! Stroke your Leuchtturms! And get all that stuff that's whizzing round in your head out onto paper instead!

website here

How many pages do you need to be able to use this for a year and have enough to do all the indexing that seems to be needed and space to add more stuff in?
Am I missing something here as it seems to me that as time goes on you would run out of space?

You run out of space... And then buy another note book! :o

AmIbeing, I've found that after the initial flurry of coming up with new reference list pages (such as Clothes wishlist, list of family meals that dd will eat, books I'd like to read etc.) most of the pages I add are either month logs (obviously only 1 per month) or weekly logs (task lists/event lists really). I only do a daily task list if I've got a really really busy day that I need to do in a certain order. The weekly task pages are all indexed together
i.e Weekly log; 5, 11, 18,

The current weekly log page is marked with a mini post it note sticking out so I can find it easily.

I've actually allowed 3 pages for my index but don't think I'll need them for the whole year. If you haven't I guess at the end of your index page you put INDEX 2 in big highlighted letters and create a new one on a page later in the book.

I don't think I'll run out of space because my BuJo is a purely functional book, I don't put my inner thoughts in it, it is purely for making my life run more easily and keeping ideas all in one place. And unlike on the website I don't tend to mix up the task lists with the ideas list, I like to keep them separate.

Hmmm food for thought, thank you

Hello all! I have had a major BuJo lapse for the first time since I started, and haven't written a thing in mine since day 1 of the Easter holidays . I've had wall-to-wall guests all holiday so far, my house is a tip and I am swamped with overflowing laundry baskets. Time to get back to BuJo...

I've been following this thread for a few days now and you have all inspired me to get the Leuchtturm 1917, some pretty new pens and ditch the old notebook!
I can't wait to put the kids in bed and get started!

Good to see you're all still here!

BuJo has taken a bit of a back seat over the holidays - less stuff that needs organising and doing, more lounging around until lunchtime in pyjamas. I can feel my brain starting to fill up with things I need to do next week, though, so plan to sit down tonight and get organised again.

Today I had precisely 4 things to write down in my daily log : need a nap, friend picking up DS3, other friend coming for dinner, cook dinner.I love holidays 😁

I could have done more but shoulder & neck pain has been quite bad again, so I had to watch lots of films with kids and take it easy.

I thought this was bonkers; now I see it' amazing. Is it the dotted Leuchtturm that I need?

I'm still here, 6 weeks after starting my Bujo.

It's just getting better and more useful all the time.

To answer a PP's question about rewriting and daily logs, I write my things to do in my daily log on the day I think of them. Not necessarily the day I have to do them. If I have important things to remember to do on a specific day I write it in my monthly log (or future log if it's not in the current month)

At the end of the month, I review all the daily log tasks that haven't been done and bring them forward on day 1 of the next daily log. So I'm only writing them again from month to month, not day to day.

The least useful thing so far is my monthly to do list. I might stop it and just use a mega list.

i like the fact that my daily log is a mix of to do, and also other information I need to remember, so my notes from phone calls etc.

I also used my BuJo in a job interview. I was asked how I organise my work, whether I use excel, word, whatever and I showed them my BuJo daily log. Readers, I got the job after three further grueling interviews, I doubt the BuJo had much influence

BTW I have a dotted Leuchtturm and love it. This is also key for me. Previous crappy notebooks have just not given me pleasure to use.

Oh and my BuJo is not very pretty at all, it's mainly black pen, no drawings or design. Sometimes the titles are in pretty colours but that's it. I still love it though.

I started my BuJo in February and still use it every day.

I love using it to meal plan and keep track of all the lists and random things I have to remember.

I use my weekly shopping list, daily log and weekly layout every day iyswim.

I love my BuJo :)

Same babies, I really can't imagine ever going back from the BuJo now!!! Everything in one place, how did I survive before???

I wrote out a list of meal prep to do this morning, and now my tesco shop has arrived I have been prepping all the fruit and veg in the house so on any given day I shouldn't have to wash or chop anything. Tomorrow I'm going to batch cook soups and prep meat. BuJo philosophy is expanding throughout my whole life!! 😍

I have started batch cooking too !

I use metal takeaway tins from poundland to divide food into two portions servings and freeze.

I have fish pie, spag bol sauce and cottage pie. All ready prepared, cooked and ready to reheat in the freezer.

So nice to having things ready to use in the freezer.

I've just found a note in my week old bujo from 16yr old DD

"Reminder, your entire existence is to ensure my comfort"

Cheeky!!!

😄😄 love that whoops! That is so something I would have done as a teen. Cheered me up today!

I am feeling rather overwhelmed and sad today, no idea why, just woke up on the wrong side of bed. Am going to watch one (or 2) more episodes of Say Yes To The Dress, then have a nice BuJo sesh and get on with some things. Onwards and upwards!

I often have days like that Bendy - I've got some quotes through out planner to remind me of what works when I feel like that.

For me - showering, doing hair, make up and getting out makes a world of difference. Have a day of being really kind to yourself, don't let negative thoughts take hold xxx

My journal cover says

"Embrace the glorious mess that you are"

My first post although been lurking since thread one.

Having had a horrendous home life for the last month I am only now just starting to regain my interest in my Bujo. I'm going to have a good read through the threads again for inspiration

My book has arrived and I've got my first few pages marked. Looking forward to transferring all my lists (phone/Wunderlist/calendar, scraps of paper, notebooks).

Whoops

Your DD! hilarious,made me laugh

Sheldon

I hope things are improving for you, we go through patches when 'survival mode' is the only way to cope, all extras need trimming until things calm down.
Sending you lots of strength.

My day improved hugely after I wallowed did a bit then Got Stuff Done. Yay.

Welcome newbies, I hope the BuJo is a positive force in your lives :)

Zing I can't express how much your kind words meant to me. Thankyou so much

Sometimes just hanging on in there is all you can do Sheldon, I hope things ease up for you very soon 💐🍫
I'm ashamed to say my BuJoWa enthusiasm seems to have slipped mainly due to being away/up to my eyeballs in decorating so I need to get going again.
🍰 &v☕️ might help!

Sheldon

Aawww, sounds like it's been very bad. whatever it is, be kind to yourself and try not to feel guilty for things you can't do.
I'm gonna hug you now

In relation to my BuJo, I wish I could use more than just the black pen that's in the pen loop so I've decided to buy myself a nice, small pencil case and fill it with pretty pens...

At work I usually just scrabble around for a pen out of my laptop case (I've got over a dozen just kicking around, most of them I don't like to write with) but I'm starting a new job soon and have decided to start afresh with stationery too.

I'm not going to use my BuJo for work but might start a new one (though not with a nice LT - I get through too many notebooks to afford that each time!)

Hope things get better soon Sheldon. Maybe the BuJo will let you have space to just think and work through things ?

Attic24 is taking this to another level 😳, oh those stickers.........!

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