Post by purplecow0206 on Aug 31, 2016 15:02:28 GMT -5
I'm going to try a few new things for my work journal starting tomorrow - tracking my "to do" list separate from my "emails to act on" list, to see if that helps me track what I need to do there.
I went in spurts in August. I love the Bullet Journal because there aren't 15 empty pages reminding me of my failure to stick to it. I just pick up where I am and go.
I'm starting my new book tomorrow, and with it, I'm going to switch to weekly pages instead of daily ones & see if that helps me. Lots of my "to do" things can be done any day, so having a half undone checklist at the end of the day was not motivating to me.
I don't know what else to add to my monthly page. I have one section with the calendar for the month and one page for gratitude entries. I have blank spaces that need to be filled lol
I'm really excited about this. It's a more organized method for what I was already doing except maybe not quite as much "journaling", so I hope it will stick.
I have a monthly to-do list, a few goals, but mostly I just put stickers to fill space
I started mine! I was going to start Sep 1, but then thought it'd be weird to start in the middle of the week. I don't know what Will work best so far. I think I need a combo of weekly and daily. Weekly really only for habit tracking and meal plans, then daily for to do lists. I'm not using the weekly calendar much, except to plug in future things I intend to put in my daily list. I think crossing off a daily list is easier for me than looking at the whole week. So I'll probably next week just do a page with my habit tracking (similar to what I have now) and then put future things to note on the monthly page.
My boring pics maybe will help inspire someone else or make them feel less bad about sloppiness! Mine's a hot mess. I already scrapped one page with bunches of errors and taped a print out of our college football schedule to hide those mistakes.
I did buy some stickers yesterday so hopefully next week's page will be prettier! I haven't found a great use for Washi tape yet, but I have some.
ETA: My weekly page has a diagonal line to split work tasks from personal tasks. ETA2: Clearly this planner hasn't motivated me to do chores. All those boxes are blank.
ETA3: OMG I just realized my dates were wrong on my daily lists! LOL. I need this planner more than I realized. Doh.
I went in spurts in August. I love the Bullet Journal because there aren't 15 empty pages reminding me of my failure to stick to it. I just pick up where I am and go.
I'm starting my new book tomorrow, and with it, I'm going to switch to weekly pages instead of daily ones & see if that helps me. Lots of my "to do" things can be done any day, so having a half undone checklist at the end of the day was not motivating to me.
I suspect we have similar organizational styles. All my attempts at planners have lots of blank space, and tend to use them in spurts only when I have a lot going on. I like to do brain dump style lists where tasks don't need to be done on a certain day, yet need advance written reminders. With daily to do lists, there'd be so much migration, plus what if you choose to do something slotted for a later day instead?
I'm interested in how the switch works for you. I am also trying a weekly spread. We'll see how it goes...