Hi team! 💜 Have you fallen victim to any of these bullet journal enemies? 😝 I know I certainly have, number 5 in particular 😅 Lemme know which one has held you back the most!
Lol my bullet journal purpose is a glorified to do list because if I don’t write it down it will just leave my head, ask my students the number of times I’ve forgotten something because I didn’t write it down! Love the tips though❤
Lol, as long as that’s your journals purpose, then that’s totally fine! I need mine to be more than just my task list, cause I also want it to be a goal planner, scheduler, habit builder, reflection space, aaaaand help me bring more balance to my life so I’m not always working 😂 but I’m very much about people using their journal in the way THEY need to, so if they only need it to be for holding tasks so they don’t forget (totally feel you on that) then I’m all about it 💪
Obviously, I absolutely agree with everything in this video, and I would add a little something that has been extremely efficient for me: it's the order in which you decide what to use or not. For exemple, the reason I discovered bullet journaling in the first place is because, being very sick, my life had become so overwhelming that I was losing vital infos and forgetting appointments that I had a very hard time to obtain in the first place. So I decided that I needed to have all my life organisation condensed in the same place, but I could find no planner that would fit my needs. I began to draw my layouts myself in a notebook, and it was HARD, it was never working right. So I began to do some research on the internet, and oh my god, all the resources! The helpfulness of this community! The ideas! That's how I found you, among others. And now I can sometimes find a new thing someone is using that I want to try (particularly esthetically), but mostly, when I have a need to which I need a solution, there's always someone that has found an idea, or several ideas, that solve my problem! Ok, that was a very long way to say: first reflection on your needs, then problem solving with other people's methods, layouts, organisation tips, etc... not the other way around (except for visual inspiration, obviously... although even that is a solution sometimes, for motivation and selfcare, as you tell us often!) And that's why I love your work, you wonderful problem solver, so thank you again. (Also, your esthaetics talks to mine, and it makes me happy! 🥰)
Totally agree, that’s a great way to think of it. What’s the problem, what kind of thing do we need that could solve it, what layout inspiration can we take from others to fit to the need, rather than here’s-a-layout-lemme-just-shoehorn-that-into-my-journal-real-quick 😂
I totally hear you. I used to love using my journal until I started watching too many bujo videos and then I became afraid to touch pen to paper. I finally realized that’s stupid and just do it.
Just did Workshop Week and Ryder Carroll was a guest and brought up an interesting thought, "what would your journal look like if no one could see it?" "Is this procrastination planning?" I decided mine would still be decorated because I really enjoy making it and going back to it day after day. Regarding mistakes it is more fun for me to make a snarky comment and point an arrow to the the mistake or completely ignoring it. He talked about how when he first saw all the decorated journals on Insta and thought they aren't doing it right. As he hung out with those crowds more he learned that the art part of it is therapeutic and motivating for some people. All kinds of people use the method but it's not like you are going to see an accountant post their spreads on Insta, for example. It was an awesome interview! * "bippity bobbity back the truck up" I freaking spit my coffee out!! 🤣😂🤣
Haha yeah, I did feel that earlier on, Ryder didn’t seem too….”supportive” of the more artistically inclined bullet journals. Cool to know he’s come around on that! 😄💜 I’m all for snarky comments in my journal too, haha 😂
I am guilty of a list, that might be why I struggle with it. Perfectionism is definitely a problem. I think I will try again, you gave me so many great tips. 💜💜💜
How I combat "not starting" was buying the cheapest dot journal i can find and telling my self this is my trial so i know what to put in my *real* journal later. I started in September, so it was nice timing, i can end the year in this trial journal and have the real one start on January
I tell my coworkers and patients that my journal is my life. It's all there: to-dos, events, feelings, and doodles/decoration. My bosses are shocked at how much I write and keep track of, but equally shocked when I forget something because I didn't write it down.
This video was really helpful for me, and I haven't yet started a BUJO. I've fallen into some of these and used them as a reason to put off starting. We just need to remember that trying something doesn't mean we have to continue with it. Thank you!
Okay, some weirdo putting his name in their gratitude log was hilarious--your reaction was great, too, LOL--but on a more serious note: I'm grateful for Vogel because TH-cam needs more examples of healthy, non-toxic masculinity. (Look! He can build furniture and lift heavy things *and* treat his female partner like an actual human being!) So thanks for occasionally including him in your vids, because it's a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of what's out there.
I feel like I'm currently a partial victim of the very first problem. I've been incorporating more *journal* into my journal this month and it's really added another layer. It's easy to think that it's a waste of time if you want to be 'productive', but actually doing the reflection part usually makes the productive part more efficient anyway. I used to have a big problem with #4, but it's coming along. I'm using a page right now partially inspired by your productivity/activity tracker which I've always loved the look of but never successfully utilized. My simplified version is working out though :)
Perfectionism is one I fall for, especially when it comes to new layouts being tried/made for the first time. But the big one is... some tasks or goals I wanted to do are heavily held back by my fears, making very anxious and putting it avoid to avoid the 'potential' anxiety attack. I have this especially with my current goal; to pick up drawing again. Due to the traumatic events I went through online, it has made it really difficult to get back into drawing with how often I've fallen into a rut, talking myself down or negative thoughts and voices taking a hold of me. But... since a few days ago, I managed to finally gather the mental strength to grab my drawing tablet, grab the pen.. and do simple warm-up brush strokes in a new program, and I was so happy to have taken that first BIG step. It's only going to get harder for me personally, but I'm finally keeping track and making proper life goals through the Lv.10 Life spread inspired by you, and I greatly thank you for it~ Other small tasks or social events I tend to get anxious about with the thought of ''I'll be too exhausted to do anything once I'm back home'' cause I'm somehow a workaholic, always wanting to be doing something. Even though I take time to recharge and rest up, I still beat myself up over it which is something I'm trying to improve to not do. On a side note, lowkey tempted to join your Discord with fellow bujo people. None of my friends to bullet journaling so I can't full on talk about it, besides my boyfriend who'll intently listen and try to understand how big of a help is all is for me XD
I so feel you on the knowing I need to take time for rest and then beating myself up when I do 😝 it's a constant battle for me. We'd love to have you join the Discord if you wanted to! It's nice to have a community of people who are into the same stuff as you 😄 We're over at bit.ly/JCCDiscord if you wanted to join us 💜
thank you, Jess, for this one! I've just been finishing up with The Bullet Journal method book and your videos came in in the perfect time ✨(as always) I've been struggling to combine my private and work bujos for some time and decided to have it all in one space since most of my work stuff are projects that take time and it is enough for me to have dedicated project xyz spreads to track my work
Thank you, Jess, I needed this video! This year I've really been struggling to keep up with my bullet journaling. It was just too overwhelming. The "stress" of having a "perfect" bullet journal, and using it like I've done previously, was starting to make me feel sad as I couldn't keep up with it due to lack of energy and motivation. Along the way, I think I forgot my real purpose for even keeping a bullet journal, but this video really resonated with me, and I'm definitely going to be more mindful of how I'm setting up the next months, so that it reflects and suits my life as it is at the moment. Also #teamwizard 😉
🤦♀️ , I check the box of a solid 3 of these…perfectionism, glorified task list, and “researching” so much, I don’t start cause I don’t want to do it wrong. I started Bullet Journaling shortly after Ryder developed the concept years back, and it was very much for work, and was before it became known as also being such a “creative expression planner” with all of the amazing artwork, etc. For me, I never could find a planner that worked well for me for my job…and BuJo solved all of my problems. I did do the positive thing you noted, in that I adjusted things to suit my needs: I didn’t have a table of contents cause I didn’t see the need for it, I used different symbols to denote things like “important” or “move to the next day” from previous habit, so continued to use my own, not Ryders, cause it was confusing to me otherwise, and I mainly kept the journal functional as a planner…and it totally worked for me. I had a very busy, very high stress career, and I’m not an artist. I didn’t have the time or energy to make it “pretty.” I just wanted it to be neat, use really high quality paper/notebook/stationery, and I have pretty handwriting (that sounds like horrible bragging, but I practiced it for years growing up because having pretty and “uniquely my own” handwriting was important to me! It makes me happy, I imagine you and people who watch these videos get that 😊.) Anyway, mine was a bit of a glorified task list, but that was okay because it worked. It also was a way to use my fun pens, “non-professional” pens, and stick in fun things that I wouldn’t have laying around my office for others to see, because “professional!” So the fun stuff made it a relaxing exercise, that was also extremely productive and useful for me. But, I’m retired now (way younger than planned, but life happens) …and I’m still busy, but in a very less structured way than my previous 9-5 M-F structured week. So, with that totally different lifestyle, I’m trying to figure out how to make it work for me now…and how to do more fun things and artistic things, because I have the time for that, and that kind of activity feels mentally good. Problem right now is the perfectionism…so, you gave the great idea in this video for my bullet journal to be a “learning experience”, and so I’m going to view it now as a “practice” journal each month (or week) (or day)…seeing what works, what doesn’t, making mistakes, doing things that wind up being ugly, testing the limits of my “artistic abilities”, and having fun with it!!! (While keeping track of stuff I need to keep track of…) Thank you so much!!!! The words “learning experience” were perfect for me to hear…as then it becomes an educational project to work on and improve over time, and that gets the hamster running on my brain wheel to move to action! Yay!!! Thank you so much!!! You are such a fantastic teacher in that you always explain/do/teach something in a variety of ways so that it reaches everyone’s learning style, and that’s really a gift! I very much appreciate you and your videos, thank you!! (And thanks to Vogel, too…that’s so funny about that copied spread, 🤣)
Thanks Molly! (I keep calling you Molly, I’m really just assuming you go by that 😝) glad that treating it like a learning experience is helping you find what works for you in this new season 💪
@@JashiiCorrin Yes, Molly is absolutely fine! The whole “learning experience” has taken the “perfectionism pressure” off, which is what I needed, so thanks!
I don't think that I can count the glorified to do list as a mistake for me because that was exactly my intention - stop having all these notes and post its flying around and instead gathering all my tasks in one place (and giving the skin on the back of my hand a break from ink). But I do feel like all these ideas of how it "should" be have limited how I use it so I definitely want to break the routine and become more free with it again
2 and 3 and I have a reallll close relationship. 😅 I'm pretty sure those are the main reasons I'm so inconsistent: immediate discouragement leads to running out of steam/procrastinating leads to 6 and just generally having a half-done journal. I've gotten to the point where I'm not doing themes this year by complete chance...because I paralyzed myself trying to think of them. Oops. I'm basically using the rest of the year to figure out layouts that work for me (and digital backup tools that work, because missing a day turns into...a lot of missed days lol)
Always worthwhile taking the time to figure out what works for us 💪 And totally feel you regarding the this-leads-to-that issue that comes with these enemies 😅😝
Oh I had the fear one. I am a very bad artist (have never drawn or decorated anything) and I tend to make stupid mistakes with even the simplest decoration. Anyway, I had a cheap bullet journal and I didn’t use it as the pages were too thin. So I’ve bought another and I’m adding about one spread every few days to get it set up as after doing one I think “better stop now in case I do something wrong”. It’s taking a while and there are some mistakes already but once I’m using it for real the mess will only grow so I need to not be so precious about it. It’s worse as last year I did a lovely journal that I’m really proud of and no new one can compete!
I totally understand that feeling! I have huge rose-tinted glasses about my cover pages from January 2017 and June 2020 😂 I sometimes let myself get very "in my head" with thinking "how are we going to one-up ourselves this month", especially with sharing layouts online. But I also know that sucks the fun out of it for me, so I have to shut that down quick 👏💜
I've come to discover that the biggest obstacle I have to doing the journal effectively is all the calendars. They just add more deadlines and stress to the process and that just leads to what you said: you put off getting started until you never get started. I don't know what the answer is... But your "101 things" list is flexible enough and not so fixed in it's time orientation that it seems to be a place to start. Would love to know how else youd approach doing a journal without it just being so fixed to a calendar.
I mainly use my calendar only for things that I know are happening on specific days (or I ~want~ to happen on specific days). Everything else goes in a task list, typically touching my daily log first, and then if it wasn't done on that day it gets transferred to somewhere else (e.g. my 101 things list if it's a goal for this year, or my "future me problems" list if it's a not-so-goalish thing I'd like to do at some point)
@@JashiiCorrin that seems reasonable. I'm just trying to make my journal less overwhelming and more achievable. But my Google searches on this topic haven't really yielded much I could use. Thanks for the answer!
My son just asked me why I’m only starting now…and all I had in my head was, “so I’ve been researching for like, the last three years.”🤦🏽♀️ I’ll defs tag you because finding your channel two weeks ago, gave me the push I needed. Thanks heaps Jess 🖋️
Thanks so much for this! Pretty sure I've checked every single bujo enemy you mentioned. Do you have a video (or tips/ideas) for working out my purpose for bullet journaling? I'd like to suss it out a bit better than "well, uh..." but I don't know if there are things I'm missing, or just not realizing they're part of it. Some kind of elaboration on your Enemy #3 solution from this video? I feel like I'm missing a big piece, so I'm hoping you or your team might have ideas.
Hi Jess! How are you? I’m Claire and it’s so nice to meet you! I just wanted to say thank you because you’re a huge inspiration to me! You’re the reason why I want to start bullet journaling today, I was making the mistake of doing 2 and 4 and I’m starting my bullet journal after work. I would love to the Reddit channel where we share our mistakes! What’s it called?
Hi Claire! Nice to meet you too 😄 The space where we share our mistakes is on the JCC Discord Server which is open for anyone to join 💜 You can get there through bit.ly/JCCDiscord 💪
INITIALLY I THOUGHT THIS PLAYLIST WAS GOING TO BE OFFENSIVE, AS IT'S ALWAYS SAID, "THERE'S NO WRONG WAY," BUT IT WAS MORE ABOUT MAKING A JOURNAL THAT'S CORRECT & PERFECT FOR YOURSELF. ALSO, I BE POSTING & SHARING MY BLOOPERS IN GROUPS & ON MY PAGE. 🤣
Perfectionism is my worst enemy.. Last year on my birthday I accidentally wrote Monday 3 times in my set up instead of writing “Monday Tuesday Wednesday “.. so I decided to roll with it and every day that week was labeled as Monday😅
“don’t compare yourself to others. If you look at those who are better than you, you’ll just become bitter, and if you look at those who are not as good as you, you’ll become vain”.
The third time I tried bullet journaling I went in with the intention of having the ugliest bullet journal in the world. That was the attempt that stuck.
I’m having such a hard time right now. I have a bullet journal but I know a few things will be changing. The problem is I’m not sure HOW it needs to change. And that’s the problem.
I completely get you on that 👏 starting to think about my 2024 journals and I know ~vaguely~ what needs to change, but not necessarily ~how~ it will change at this stage 😅
I want to Bujo at work for productivity purposes and to keep track of my schedule. I also want to Bujo personally to keep me on track with my life tasks (laundry, etc) and in my side hustle and with more creative pursuits (sewing arts). Should I use one BJ to do both or have separate ones?
It's very much up to you and your preferences. I found that having my work stuff outside of the journal I used for my other life stuff lead me to not really use either of them, but I know some people need that separation.
Back up the truck😂😂😂They probably didn’t know what a “Vogel” was. If they looked it up in the dictionary, it could mean a bird 🐦. Hysterical when they find out they put your husband’s name in their journal.
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Hi team! 💜 Have you fallen victim to any of these bullet journal enemies? 😝 I know I certainly have, number 5 in particular 😅 Lemme know which one has held you back the most!
“Bipity bopity back the truck up biscuit because he’s mine” Oh my this made me laugh SO hard! Nicely said!
I definitely didn’t expect that. The delivery was freaking perfect though 😂
Haha 😂 glad you liked that one, lol
Same! And I'm stealing it😂😂
This made me laugh so hard too lol 😂
Lol my bullet journal purpose is a glorified to do list because if I don’t write it down it will just leave my head, ask my students the number of times I’ve forgotten something because I didn’t write it down! Love the tips though❤
Hey that's what mine is, with a dash of sketch and scrap book, it's just about what works for you right? ❤
Lol, as long as that’s your journals purpose, then that’s totally fine! I need mine to be more than just my task list, cause I also want it to be a goal planner, scheduler, habit builder, reflection space, aaaaand help me bring more balance to my life so I’m not always working 😂 but I’m very much about people using their journal in the way THEY need to, so if they only need it to be for holding tasks so they don’t forget (totally feel you on that) then I’m all about it 💪
The idea that Vogel's name is on some random person's gratitude log is flippin' hilarious.
😂 he thought it was pretty amusing too
Obviously, I absolutely agree with everything in this video, and I would add a little something that has been extremely efficient for me: it's the order in which you decide what to use or not. For exemple, the reason I discovered bullet journaling in the first place is because, being very sick, my life had become so overwhelming that I was losing vital infos and forgetting appointments that I had a very hard time to obtain in the first place. So I decided that I needed to have all my life organisation condensed in the same place, but I could find no planner that would fit my needs. I began to draw my layouts myself in a notebook, and it was HARD, it was never working right. So I began to do some research on the internet, and oh my god, all the resources! The helpfulness of this community! The ideas! That's how I found you, among others. And now I can sometimes find a new thing someone is using that I want to try (particularly esthetically), but mostly, when I have a need to which I need a solution, there's always someone that has found an idea, or several ideas, that solve my problem! Ok, that was a very long way to say: first reflection on your needs, then problem solving with other people's methods, layouts, organisation tips, etc... not the other way around (except for visual inspiration, obviously... although even that is a solution sometimes, for motivation and selfcare, as you tell us often!) And that's why I love your work, you wonderful problem solver, so thank you again. (Also, your esthaetics talks to mine, and it makes me happy! 🥰)
Totally agree, that’s a great way to think of it. What’s the problem, what kind of thing do we need that could solve it, what layout inspiration can we take from others to fit to the need, rather than here’s-a-layout-lemme-just-shoehorn-that-into-my-journal-real-quick 😂
I totally hear you. I used to love using my journal until I started watching too many bujo videos and then I became afraid to touch pen to paper. I finally realized that’s stupid and just do it.
Such a shame the videos had that effect! But good that you were able to recognise that and course correct 💪💜
Just did Workshop Week and Ryder Carroll was a guest and brought up an interesting thought, "what would your journal look like if no one could see it?" "Is this procrastination planning?" I decided mine would still be decorated because I really enjoy making it and going back to it day after day. Regarding mistakes it is more fun for me to make a snarky comment and point an arrow to the the mistake or completely ignoring it. He talked about how when he first saw all the decorated journals on Insta and thought they aren't doing it right. As he hung out with those crowds more he learned that the art part of it is therapeutic and motivating for some people. All kinds of people use the method but it's not like you are going to see an accountant post their spreads on Insta, for example. It was an awesome interview! * "bippity bobbity back the truck up" I freaking spit my coffee out!! 🤣😂🤣
Haha yeah, I did feel that earlier on, Ryder didn’t seem too….”supportive” of the more artistically inclined bullet journals. Cool to know he’s come around on that! 😄💜 I’m all for snarky comments in my journal too, haha 😂
I actually ended up changing over to decorative planning, because I don’t use my journal much but I like decorating.
Nice! It's good that you were able to realise that about yourself and make that shift 😄💜
I am guilty of a list, that might be why I struggle with it. Perfectionism is definitely a problem. I think I will try again, you gave me so many great tips. 💜💜💜
How I combat "not starting" was buying the cheapest dot journal i can find and telling my self this is my trial so i know what to put in my *real* journal later. I started in September, so it was nice timing, i can end the year in this trial journal and have the real one start on January
That’s awesome 👏 it’s a great way to get into it 😄💜
I tell my coworkers and patients that my journal is my life. It's all there: to-dos, events, feelings, and doodles/decoration. My bosses are shocked at how much I write and keep track of, but equally shocked when I forget something because I didn't write it down.
This video was really helpful for me, and I haven't yet started a BUJO. I've fallen into some of these and used them as a reason to put off starting. We just need to remember that trying something doesn't mean we have to continue with it. Thank you!
Most welcome! 💜 I so agree, “trying something doesn’t mean we have to continue with it” 👏
Okay, some weirdo putting his name in their gratitude log was hilarious--your reaction was great, too, LOL--but on a more serious note: I'm grateful for Vogel because TH-cam needs more examples of healthy, non-toxic masculinity. (Look! He can build furniture and lift heavy things *and* treat his female partner like an actual human being!) So thanks for occasionally including him in your vids, because it's a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of what's out there.
I feel like I'm currently a partial victim of the very first problem. I've been incorporating more *journal* into my journal this month and it's really added another layer. It's easy to think that it's a waste of time if you want to be 'productive', but actually doing the reflection part usually makes the productive part more efficient anyway. I used to have a big problem with #4, but it's coming along. I'm using a page right now partially inspired by your productivity/activity tracker which I've always loved the look of but never successfully utilized. My simplified version is working out though :)
100% love that point about the reflecting making the productivity more efficient, I find that too! Glad your simplified tracker is working for you 😄💜
Perfectionism is one I fall for, especially when it comes to new layouts being tried/made for the first time. But the big one is... some tasks or goals I wanted to do are heavily held back by my fears, making very anxious and putting it avoid to avoid the 'potential' anxiety attack. I have this especially with my current goal; to pick up drawing again.
Due to the traumatic events I went through online, it has made it really difficult to get back into drawing with how often I've fallen into a rut, talking myself down or negative thoughts and voices taking a hold of me. But... since a few days ago, I managed to finally gather the mental strength to grab my drawing tablet, grab the pen.. and do simple warm-up brush strokes in a new program, and I was so happy to have taken that first BIG step. It's only going to get harder for me personally, but I'm finally keeping track and making proper life goals through the Lv.10 Life spread inspired by you, and I greatly thank you for it~
Other small tasks or social events I tend to get anxious about with the thought of ''I'll be too exhausted to do anything once I'm back home'' cause I'm somehow a workaholic, always wanting to be doing something. Even though I take time to recharge and rest up, I still beat myself up over it which is something I'm trying to improve to not do.
On a side note, lowkey tempted to join your Discord with fellow bujo people. None of my friends to bullet journaling so I can't full on talk about it, besides my boyfriend who'll intently listen and try to understand how big of a help is all is for me XD
I so feel you on the knowing I need to take time for rest and then beating myself up when I do 😝 it's a constant battle for me. We'd love to have you join the Discord if you wanted to! It's nice to have a community of people who are into the same stuff as you 😄 We're over at bit.ly/JCCDiscord if you wanted to join us 💜
Love your tutorials so helpful to me and learning so much from you thank you
Great thoughts on these. I stopped journaling mine became a glorified list. I started watching you to find better ways! TFS
Mine is at constant risk of becoming a glorified task list, so I feel you! Making a conscious effort to add more thoughts and feels 💪💜
thank you, Jess, for this one! I've just been finishing up with The Bullet Journal method book and your videos came in in the perfect time ✨(as always) I've been struggling to combine my private and work bujos for some time and decided to have it all in one space since most of my work stuff are projects that take time and it is enough for me to have dedicated project xyz spreads to track my work
Glad you liked this one 😄💜 combining different life areas in our journals is totally a struggle I can understand 👏
@@JashiiCorrin i hear you! and also, a BIG thank you for teaching us that it is ok and that we are all learning and adapting with our journals 😊
Number 6 is the one I do so badly. It is getting better over time but I definitely procrastinate too frequently
Perfectionism is always a hard one for me. I am definitely doing better.
Thank you, Jess, I needed this video! This year I've really been struggling to keep up with my bullet journaling. It was just too overwhelming. The "stress" of having a "perfect" bullet journal, and using it like I've done previously, was starting to make me feel sad as I couldn't keep up with it due to lack of energy and motivation. Along the way, I think I forgot my real purpose for even keeping a bullet journal, but this video really resonated with me, and I'm definitely going to be more mindful of how I'm setting up the next months, so that it reflects and suits my life as it is at the moment. Also #teamwizard 😉
Glad you enjoyed the video, and heck yeah for team wizard! 💜💪
🤦♀️ , I check the box of a solid 3 of these…perfectionism, glorified task list, and “researching” so much, I don’t start cause I don’t want to do it wrong. I started Bullet Journaling shortly after Ryder developed the concept years back, and it was very much for work, and was before it became known as also being such a “creative expression planner” with all of the amazing artwork, etc. For me, I never could find a planner that worked well for me for my job…and BuJo solved all of my problems. I did do the positive thing you noted, in that I adjusted things to suit my needs: I didn’t have a table of contents cause I didn’t see the need for it, I used different symbols to denote things like “important” or “move to the next day” from previous habit, so continued to use my own, not Ryders, cause it was confusing to me otherwise, and I mainly kept the journal functional as a planner…and it totally worked for me. I had a very busy, very high stress career, and I’m not an artist. I didn’t have the time or energy to make it “pretty.” I just wanted it to be neat, use really high quality paper/notebook/stationery, and I have pretty handwriting (that sounds like horrible bragging, but I practiced it for years growing up because having pretty and “uniquely my own” handwriting was important to me! It makes me happy, I imagine you and people who watch these videos get that 😊.) Anyway, mine was a bit of a glorified task list, but that was okay because it worked. It also was a way to use my fun pens, “non-professional” pens, and stick in fun things that I wouldn’t have laying around my office for others to see, because “professional!” So the fun stuff made it a relaxing exercise, that was also extremely productive and useful for me. But, I’m retired now (way younger than planned, but life happens) …and I’m still busy, but in a very less structured way than my previous 9-5 M-F structured week. So, with that totally different lifestyle, I’m trying to figure out how to make it work for me now…and how to do more fun things and artistic things, because I have the time for that, and that kind of activity feels mentally good. Problem right now is the perfectionism…so, you gave the great idea in this video for my bullet journal to be a “learning experience”, and so I’m going to view it now as a “practice” journal each month (or week) (or day)…seeing what works, what doesn’t, making mistakes, doing things that wind up being ugly, testing the limits of my “artistic abilities”, and having fun with it!!! (While keeping track of stuff I need to keep track of…) Thank you so much!!!! The words “learning experience” were perfect for me to hear…as then it becomes an educational project to work on and improve over time, and that gets the hamster running on my brain wheel to move to action! Yay!!! Thank you so much!!! You are such a fantastic teacher in that you always explain/do/teach something in a variety of ways so that it reaches everyone’s learning style, and that’s really a gift! I very much appreciate you and your videos, thank you!! (And thanks to Vogel, too…that’s so funny about that copied spread, 🤣)
Thanks Molly! (I keep calling you Molly, I’m really just assuming you go by that 😝) glad that treating it like a learning experience is helping you find what works for you in this new season 💪
@@JashiiCorrin Yes, Molly is absolutely fine! The whole “learning experience” has taken the “perfectionism pressure” off, which is what I needed, so thanks!
I don't think that I can count the glorified to do list as a mistake for me because that was exactly my intention - stop having all these notes and post its flying around and instead gathering all my tasks in one place (and giving the skin on the back of my hand a break from ink). But I do feel like all these ideas of how it "should" be have limited how I use it so I definitely want to break the routine and become more free with it again
When people share a beautiful page, it's just a one page in notebook. No one is perfect every day.
True that 👏 sometimes they write “monthly” as “montly” 😂 still lowkey kicking myself over that, but I love it cause it looks dumb, haha
2 and 3 and I have a reallll close relationship. 😅 I'm pretty sure those are the main reasons I'm so inconsistent: immediate discouragement leads to running out of steam/procrastinating leads to 6 and just generally having a half-done journal. I've gotten to the point where I'm not doing themes this year by complete chance...because I paralyzed myself trying to think of them. Oops. I'm basically using the rest of the year to figure out layouts that work for me (and digital backup tools that work, because missing a day turns into...a lot of missed days lol)
Always worthwhile taking the time to figure out what works for us 💪 And totally feel you regarding the this-leads-to-that issue that comes with these enemies 😅😝
Oh I had the fear one. I am a very bad artist (have never drawn or decorated anything) and I tend to make stupid mistakes with even the simplest decoration. Anyway, I had a cheap bullet journal and I didn’t use it as the pages were too thin. So I’ve bought another and I’m adding about one spread every few days to get it set up as after doing one I think “better stop now in case I do something wrong”. It’s taking a while and there are some mistakes already but once I’m using it for real the mess will only grow so I need to not be so precious about it. It’s worse as last year I did a lovely journal that I’m really proud of and no new one can compete!
I totally understand that feeling! I have huge rose-tinted glasses about my cover pages from January 2017 and June 2020 😂 I sometimes let myself get very "in my head" with thinking "how are we going to one-up ourselves this month", especially with sharing layouts online. But I also know that sucks the fun out of it for me, so I have to shut that down quick 👏💜
@@JashiiCorrin yeah I can’t imagine the pressure of doing this online. Your layouts are so beautiful but they must take a lot of time and thought.
I've come to discover that the biggest obstacle I have to doing the journal effectively is all the calendars. They just add more deadlines and stress to the process and that just leads to what you said: you put off getting started until you never get started. I don't know what the answer is... But your "101 things" list is flexible enough and not so fixed in it's time orientation that it seems to be a place to start. Would love to know how else youd approach doing a journal without it just being so fixed to a calendar.
I mainly use my calendar only for things that I know are happening on specific days (or I ~want~ to happen on specific days). Everything else goes in a task list, typically touching my daily log first, and then if it wasn't done on that day it gets transferred to somewhere else (e.g. my 101 things list if it's a goal for this year, or my "future me problems" list if it's a not-so-goalish thing I'd like to do at some point)
@@JashiiCorrin that seems reasonable. I'm just trying to make my journal less overwhelming and more achievable. But my Google searches on this topic haven't really yielded much I could use. Thanks for the answer!
My son just asked me why I’m only starting now…and all I had in my head was, “so I’ve been researching for like, the last three years.”🤦🏽♀️
I’ll defs tag you because finding your channel two weeks ago, gave me the push I needed. Thanks heaps Jess 🖋️
Most welcome and glad you’re getting started 😄💜 I hope it brings as much value to you as my journals do to me 💪
FOMU! Brilliant - I also like another one FUMO - Finish Up Move On
I need some more FUMO in my life 😝
Thanks so much for this! Pretty sure I've checked every single bujo enemy you mentioned. Do you have a video (or tips/ideas) for working out my purpose for bullet journaling? I'd like to suss it out a bit better than "well, uh..." but I don't know if there are things I'm missing, or just not realizing they're part of it. Some kind of elaboration on your Enemy #3 solution from this video? I feel like I'm missing a big piece, so I'm hoping you or your team might have ideas.
Hi Jess! How are you? I’m Claire and it’s so nice to meet you! I just wanted to say thank you because you’re a huge inspiration to me! You’re the reason why I want to start bullet journaling today, I was making the mistake of doing 2 and 4 and I’m starting my bullet journal after work. I would love to the Reddit channel where we share our mistakes! What’s it called?
Hi Claire! Nice to meet you too 😄 The space where we share our mistakes is on the JCC Discord Server which is open for anyone to join 💜 You can get there through bit.ly/JCCDiscord 💪
@@JashiiCorrin ok thank you so much I just joined 😀
INITIALLY I THOUGHT THIS PLAYLIST WAS GOING TO BE OFFENSIVE, AS IT'S ALWAYS SAID, "THERE'S NO WRONG WAY," BUT IT WAS MORE ABOUT MAKING A JOURNAL THAT'S CORRECT & PERFECT FOR YOURSELF. ALSO, I BE POSTING & SHARING MY BLOOPERS IN GROUPS & ON MY PAGE. 🤣
I appreciate you watching, even if you initially thought I was going to be spewing some bullsh*t 😂
@@JashiiCorrin, I KNOW A LOT ABOUT BS, I'VE BEEN DELETED FOR IT. 🤣🤷♀️🤣
I've had the perfectionism problem when it comes to my journal.
It can be super crippling 😔 I feel you 👏
Perfectionism is my worst enemy.. Last year on my birthday I accidentally wrote Monday 3 times in my set up instead of writing “Monday Tuesday Wednesday “.. so I decided to roll with it and every day that week was labeled as Monday😅
Oh dang, that's so annoying 😂 Normally when I get a date of the week wrong like that, I'll just leave it too, haha
“don’t compare yourself to others. If you look at those who are better than you, you’ll just become bitter, and if you look at those who are not as good as you, you’ll become vain”.
Very that 👏 the comparison trap suckssss
The third time I tried bullet journaling I went in with the intention of having the ugliest bullet journal in the world. That was the attempt that stuck.
I love to have a to do list...
I forget what i was doing upstairs so it is nice that i wrote it down...
😂 menopause brain.....
Lol same, but I can’t say it’s menopause, I’m just a scatter-brained mess sometimes 😂
I’m having such a hard time right now. I have a bullet journal but I know a few things will be changing. The problem is I’m not sure HOW it needs to change. And that’s the problem.
I completely get you on that 👏 starting to think about my 2024 journals and I know ~vaguely~ what needs to change, but not necessarily ~how~ it will change at this stage 😅
I want to Bujo at work for productivity purposes and to keep track of my schedule. I also want to Bujo personally to keep me on track with my life tasks (laundry, etc) and in my side hustle and with more creative pursuits (sewing arts). Should I use one BJ to do both or have separate ones?
It's very much up to you and your preferences. I found that having my work stuff outside of the journal I used for my other life stuff lead me to not really use either of them, but I know some people need that separation.
These are some times Frenemies for me😂.
I am 💀💀 that someone copied your EXACT gratitude list. Like WTH!
It was pretty funny honestly 😂 I expect they may have just been using it for lettering practice....I think 😝
That thumbnail tho 🤣
Haha glad you liked it! I thought it was a bit of fun 😝
I am thinking of making a bullet journal for water intake and weight loss and also my workout routine what do you think of this idea
Go for it! 💪
at least people are grateful for the bread man 😂
Haha 😂 there is that, yes
Back up the truck😂😂😂They probably didn’t know what a “Vogel” was. If they looked it up in the dictionary, it could mean a bird 🐦. Hysterical when they find out they put your husband’s name in their journal.
Haha 😂 I’m also glad they’re grateful for birds if that’s the case, lol