I have been regularly using my 2 bullet journals for a little more than 3 weeks now. I started for fun, just to have something ~somewhat~ worthwhile to do during the year and hopefully do a little organization in the process. Then due to necessity, I made a separate journal for work. And I haven’t looked back since. ?

Truth be told, I find the system as a whole more effective when used in the work environment. I mean, I have too little going on in my personal life at the moment to require any hardcore planning. But I must say that lists are dead useful, especially for a scatterbrained person like me.

One instance when it seriously helped was when my daughter had her field trip. As early as last year, I have been making a list of things we’ll be needing. Then the night before, I packed them, crossing things off one by one until everything is well and prepared. I was able to sleep and go on without worrying that I left anything out because dammit, I’ve crossed everything out off the list! ?

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There’s a couple more lists on the same page, the resto/cafe to try and the shopping list. Taking a page (pun intended) from other bullet journals I’ve seen online, I utilized sticky notes for the shopping list. So I list down stuff we need as it crosses my mind, then take the list off and stick it at the back of my phone when I go to the mall or grocery. Then I just replenish the sticky notes on its placeholder. Pretty nifty. ?

Now, moving on to my work BuJo. While my personal one is a mish-mash of lists, doodles and calligraphy, the other is a just a collection of plain bulleted lists sorted by date. That doesn’t make it any less useful though. On the contrary, it has literally saved my ass at work.

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See that single unblurred line at the end of the January 20 entries? There was some sort of mix up about that travel and the boss very nearly didn’t have a driver to the airport for his early flight. I only found out when I woke up around lunchtime that day (I usually sleep in during weekends). Long story short, he was able to travel, but obviously someone in the “chain-of-command” made a mistake. And it sure as hell wasn’t me because I know I did my job, and have the crossed out task and sent and time-stamped email to show for it. Lusot. ?

How about you? In what ways does your bullet journal help in your daily life?

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4 thoughts on “How My Bullet Journal Helps Me

  1. Hello Nathalie! Your BuJo looks so nice! Remember I commented on your blog post about SB Planner? I actually got one because a friend gave it for Christmas 🙂 Since it looks so beautiful, I decided to use BuJo system and it works well for me. Too bad I don’t have any calligraphy skills! Haha! Share more BuJo blog posts please! 🙂

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    1. Thank you Milet! ☺ The SB planner looks so pretty, ayt? So much that it seems a waste to not use it indeed. ? I’m glad you decided to BuJo using it as well. If you’re not a member yet, you might want to join Bullet Journaling PH (BuJo PH) group on FB for more BuJo ideas. ?

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