I once watched a video on someone trying the method for the first time as an experiment while he was happy with his current task and event management system. The core did not work for him, since he disregarded his own needs. So to a beginner I would ask questions like.. Do you have a current system? What is working with that and what isn't? Why would you like to start, what are your goals with it? I myself started with a colouring planner and found that I cannot add stuff like schedules for trips, shopping lists, lists for what I need to bring on trips, and space to write down all the tasks cluttering my mind that don't have a deadline. So I started my own. I started with a lot of spreads that I didn't end up using because I just put them down for the method or because I found them pretty in other people's bujos. So my point is, do not get discouraged, if the first setup is not working for you. You can change anything in your journal right in the middle of it, no need to wait until the next journal or next month. Maybe this could be a video as well, how to change from different systems to a bujo. Like from an online calendar, a traditional journal or just a bunch of post it notes, etc.
I started my first bujo just like this at the end of october 2021. Index, future log, monthly log and then straight into the daily logs (I didn't know about the weekly logs then). I love that with this system there is no need to wait, just jump in whenever you feel like it and it will evolve to fit to your life if you stick to it and reflect on your journaling practice. Also, I am a wizard 💫
I like the simplicity of this. I enjoy making the pages very fancy, but I just don't use my journal if I feel like it needs to be pretty. Going to try this!
Hope it works better for you! I think I'm ~slowly~ tending towards the "let's make it more simple" direction 🤔 but I also have a tendency to change my mind 😂
I found Archer and Olive through your videos, became obsessed with the pens but hated the lack of color labels.. recently purchased all of the ones available on the site and they were all labeled. I don't know why but it made me SO ridiculously happy💚💜 thanks for always giving the best inspo 🥰
I think because I keep most of my collections in a yearly journal I don't use an index. I label my spine with what months are contained in the journal and I pretty much use the same layouts each month.
Thank you for doing a video related to following the Bullet Journal Method! It's great to see someone so renowned in the bujo world relating it back to the Method.
I am starting my first bullet journal this month and landed on your videos and have been binge watching them!!! :) could you possibly make a video on how to start your first bullet journal and make it cute but still useful! and a video on your favorite Washi tapes and pens ect! Thank you so much for the helpful videos!! :D
Glad you’ve been enjoying the videos! I’ve got one on simple decoration ideas that might help: th-cam.com/video/9ZmbCOZptbw/w-d-xo.html and a video on my personal favourite supplies 😄💜 th-cam.com/video/y6sU6sdodAg/w-d-xo.html
I know it's not OG bujo but i love the Alastair method for future logging because it's even faster than setting up a full future log, and takes up less space. I've used a single page for mine but i know i can just add a new one if i run out of space
I don't know which of the daily tasks I find more ambitious: being a wizard or reading 6 books 😂 Thanks for the clear and simpel overview & tips! I'm gonna be starting my first ever bujo and I had no idea where to start ;)
I want to start doing bullet Journaling, I was told it can help me a lot with my ADHD and short-term memory loss. But I am overwhelmed and trying to figure out how to set this up to function for me. I have seen ideas on how to creat pages but the whole layout is what is confusing to me.
I like to take a problem-solving approach to setting up my journals, so figuring out what I want my journal to help me do/accomplish, and then finding pages that would help with that. E.g. I want to get better at my "take care of yourself" habits, so I have a monthly habit tracker which helps me track actually doing (or not doing) those. Once you know the pages you want, then you can search for inspiration for how to lay them out specifically 💜 We have a separate video on how to plan a journal that works for you though which might be helpful, but it can be very much an iterative process (that video is th-cam.com/video/_5rSyfUvqcA/w-d-xo.html )
For sure! I'm hoping to have a video about this type of weekly log coming out ~soon~ but I do also have a video already available for Team members which shows the process of me doing that style of weekly log in my journal 😊 (That's for members in the "In it to win it" tier and higher)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't monthly/weekly/daily logs redundant? Why write the same tasks, appointments, etc three times on three different logs? Is it not simpler and less time consuming to have a monthly log with all upcoming events? I could see having a daily log to jot down daily tasks, but the weekly log seems kind of pointless to me. Am I missing something here?
Good question! While the monthly log and daily log can kind of be thought of as "task holders" (amongst other things, but we're simplifying here) the role of the weekly log is more of a reflection point. A weekly log as per the original method does have a task list portion for tasks specifically designated to that week, but the other larger part of it is for reflecting on the week that was. Goes along with the whole idea of bullet journaling being a mindfulness practice disguised as a productivity system 😝 As for the three together though, there can totally end up being some double ups or redundancy with tasks in multiple places, but we can also think of the separate parts for narrowing focus. The monthly log holds the tasks we want to do in the month, but not necessarily on a specific day. When we get to the day we are actually planning on doing it, we then move that into the daily log. You also wouldn't typically add a task to all three places at once i.e. if you add a task to your daily log for that day, and plan on doing it that day, you normally wouldn't also go back and add that to the monthly and weekly logs as they don't really need to be there. You might add it to those logs come the end of the day if the task was left unfinished though 😊 A long comment, but hope that helps! 💜
You forgot the key!!! 😂 Jk, this is a great quick & dirty intro for people (like me) who get caught up in details and end up totally missing the point of the bujo to begin with.
Did you mean “dot grid” page? That’s the style of the paper. So if you had a grid, but rather than full lines it’s just a dot anywhere the horizontal and vertical lines would intersect 😊
That’s what it looks like 😂 you then just fill the left hand page with bulleted entries about the past week (thoughts and feelings) and the right hand page with tasks for the week coming
Literally just a bulleted list underneath that header. No special structure. Like: . Task 1 . Task 2 . Task 3 Just the same way you’d do a regular task list.
Thank you for addressing the first page anxiety. It’s real.
Most welcome! I still get it and I've been doing this for a minute 😝 totally remember how much worse it was when I was new, haha 💜
I once watched a video on someone trying the method for the first time as an experiment while he was happy with his current task and event management system. The core did not work for him, since he disregarded his own needs. So to a beginner I would ask questions like.. Do you have a current system? What is working with that and what isn't? Why would you like to start, what are your goals with it? I myself started with a colouring planner and found that I cannot add stuff like schedules for trips, shopping lists, lists for what I need to bring on trips, and space to write down all the tasks cluttering my mind that don't have a deadline. So I started my own. I started with a lot of spreads that I didn't end up using because I just put them down for the method or because I found them pretty in other people's bujos. So my point is, do not get discouraged, if the first setup is not working for you. You can change anything in your journal right in the middle of it, no need to wait until the next journal or next month. Maybe this could be a video as well, how to change from different systems to a bujo. Like from an online calendar, a traditional journal or just a bunch of post it notes, etc.
Thank YOU. Finally an explanation without a bunch of fancy art stuff.
I started my first bujo just like this at the end of october 2021. Index, future log, monthly log and then straight into the daily logs (I didn't know about the weekly logs then). I love that with this system there is no need to wait, just jump in whenever you feel like it and it will evolve to fit to your life if you stick to it and reflect on your journaling practice. Also, I am a wizard 💫
I like the simplicity of this. I enjoy making the pages very fancy, but I just don't use my journal if I feel like it needs to be pretty. Going to try this!
Hope it works better for you! I think I'm ~slowly~ tending towards the "let's make it more simple" direction 🤔 but I also have a tendency to change my mind 😂
I found Archer and Olive through your videos, became obsessed with the pens but hated the lack of color labels.. recently purchased all of the ones available on the site and they were all labeled. I don't know why but it made me SO ridiculously happy💚💜 thanks for always giving the best inspo 🥰
I think because I keep most of my collections in a yearly journal I don't use an index. I label my spine with what months are contained in the journal and I pretty much use the same layouts each month.
Thank you for doing a video related to following the Bullet Journal Method! It's great to see someone so renowned in the bujo world relating it back to the Method.
Glad you enjoyed it! 💜 I realised that I didn't really have a super-mega-beginners-only setup video, so thought it'd be worth having the reference 💪
I am starting my first bullet journal this month and landed on your videos and have been binge watching them!!! :) could you possibly make a video on how to start your first bullet journal and make it cute but still useful! and a video on your favorite Washi tapes and pens ect! Thank you so much for the helpful videos!! :D
Glad you’ve been enjoying the videos! I’ve got one on simple decoration ideas that might help:
th-cam.com/video/9ZmbCOZptbw/w-d-xo.html and a video on my personal favourite supplies 😄💜
th-cam.com/video/y6sU6sdodAg/w-d-xo.html
@@JashiiCorrin thank you so much!!! ❤️❤️❤️☺️ watching them now!😄
I decided to like it after 2 seconds. I trust you. Will watch the rest later.
What a timing! Just bought a new bujo yesterday
Oh nice! 😄💜 I’m getting ready to set up my new one to start in September 💪
I know it's not OG bujo but i love the Alastair method for future logging because it's even faster than setting up a full future log, and takes up less space. I've used a single page for mine but i know i can just add a new one if i run out of space
Totally agree, love using the Alastair method! 😄💜
Thank you. I love the idea. And this one works for me 🥰 I also added diary on my journal. Hihi. So all in one. A planner and a diary 🥰
I love that you have "Be a wizard" in your daily log!
Gotta have the reminder, haha 😝💜
Just setting up my first BUJO, this as so helpfull, thank you
Most welcome! Glad it's useful 💜😄
I love your vids they are so helpful💜💜
Glad you like them! 😄💜 Thanks!
I don't know which of the daily tasks I find more ambitious: being a wizard or reading 6 books 😂
Thanks for the clear and simpel overview & tips! I'm gonna be starting my first ever bujo and I had no idea where to start ;)
Being a wizard is certainly easier 😂 Glad you liked the overview and cool that you're starting your first bullet journal! 🥳
Always a wizard!
Heck yeah, team wizard! 💜💪
I want to start doing bullet Journaling, I was told it can help me a lot with my ADHD and short-term memory loss. But I am overwhelmed and trying to figure out how to set this up to function for me. I have seen ideas on how to creat pages but the whole layout is what is confusing to me.
I like to take a problem-solving approach to setting up my journals, so figuring out what I want my journal to help me do/accomplish, and then finding pages that would help with that. E.g. I want to get better at my "take care of yourself" habits, so I have a monthly habit tracker which helps me track actually doing (or not doing) those. Once you know the pages you want, then you can search for inspiration for how to lay them out specifically 💜 We have a separate video on how to plan a journal that works for you though which might be helpful, but it can be very much an iterative process
(that video is th-cam.com/video/_5rSyfUvqcA/w-d-xo.html )
lmao the daily logs 🧙🏻♂️🪄
Haha 😂 heck yeah, Team wizarddddd 💪
can you please show some samples of how to use the last week/this week spread?
For sure! I'm hoping to have a video about this type of weekly log coming out ~soon~ but I do also have a video already available for Team members which shows the process of me doing that style of weekly log in my journal 😊 (That's for members in the "In it to win it" tier and higher)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't monthly/weekly/daily logs redundant? Why write the same tasks, appointments, etc three times on three different logs? Is it not simpler and less time consuming to have a monthly log with all upcoming events? I could see having a daily log to jot down daily tasks, but the weekly log seems kind of pointless to me. Am I missing something here?
Good question! While the monthly log and daily log can kind of be thought of as "task holders" (amongst other things, but we're simplifying here) the role of the weekly log is more of a reflection point. A weekly log as per the original method does have a task list portion for tasks specifically designated to that week, but the other larger part of it is for reflecting on the week that was. Goes along with the whole idea of bullet journaling being a mindfulness practice disguised as a productivity system 😝
As for the three together though, there can totally end up being some double ups or redundancy with tasks in multiple places, but we can also think of the separate parts for narrowing focus. The monthly log holds the tasks we want to do in the month, but not necessarily on a specific day. When we get to the day we are actually planning on doing it, we then move that into the daily log. You also wouldn't typically add a task to all three places at once i.e. if you add a task to your daily log for that day, and plan on doing it that day, you normally wouldn't also go back and add that to the monthly and weekly logs as they don't really need to be there. You might add it to those logs come the end of the day if the task was left unfinished though 😊
A long comment, but hope that helps! 💜
@@JashiiCorrin Very thorough explanation! Thank you!
You forgot the key!!! 😂
Jk, this is a great quick & dirty intro for people (like me) who get caught up in details and end up totally missing the point of the bujo to begin with.
Technically, the key isn’t actually one of the core bullet journal collections 😂
New sub! Thank you ☺️ 👍
Most welcome! 😄💜 glad to have you on board!
What is a “dockered” page?
You said that but didn’t zoom in enough for us to actually see it
Did you mean “dot grid” page? That’s the style of the paper. So if you had a grid, but rather than full lines it’s just a dot anywhere the horizontal and vertical lines would intersect 😊
Oh, I'm not a wizard😂
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What paper thickness do you like to use?
I like 160 gsm 😊 I prefer not to be able to see any pen through the pages 👌
I want to know how the weekly page looks like???? It's just the header here😢😮😢😮😢
That’s what it looks like 😂 you then just fill the left hand page with bulleted entries about the past week (thoughts and feelings) and the right hand page with tasks for the week coming
@@JashiiCorrin but how the right page looks like?
Literally just a bulleted list underneath that header. No special structure. Like:
. Task 1
. Task 2
. Task 3
Just the same way you’d do a regular task list.
im going to start today and maybe im a wizard
Aww yiss, wizard team 🥳 Excited for you to start! 😄
I am in fact a wizard 🧙🏻♀️
Aww yiss 🥳💪
I'm a wizard :D
Aww yiss 🥳 wizard team! 💪
The problem i have is my writing is very large and variable😅