What is bullet journal, How to Use It to Change Your Life?

A bullet journal also known as ‘boju’ an analogue customizable and forgiving organisational system that helps you manage your entire life.

The journal is created to cater for so many functions, you can use a bullet journal as a to-do list, a planner, a jotter, notebook, sketchbook or a mixture of every other thing that plays inside your head.

It is a Journal with dots rather than Lines that notebooks are known for which ultimately helps you to create an unlimited number of things.

A bullet journal basically maintains no rules!

The concept of a bullet journal is credited to a Brooklyn-based artistic director known as Ryder Carroll, who uses this new way to jot down ideas and tasks as they come to him, and as old school as possible- thereby keeping everything simple.

A bullet journal features pages with series of dots in rows usually faintly marked as suggestive of a continuous grid pattern. 

A bullet journal turns the chaos of coordinating your entire life into a streamlined system that helps you to be much more productive, time conscious and ultimately helps you to reach your professional and personal goals. 

The bullet journal has been praised with the ability to help you track your past, order your present and design your future that you so desperately desire. 

Elements of a BOJU journal

The bullet journal comprises 5 main elements.

1. Index   

Index will be the first element in your bullet journal, adding an index will help you organize what you need in a place. 

 2. Rapid logging

 Rapid logging is a quick and easy way to record anything from meetings, quick notes, journal entries, to do lists.

This involves notations using short sentences and abbreviations. 

3. Collections 

Collections are a way of consolidating related topics.

 You can add a collection of movie lists, to-do’s, track fitness goals, hobbies to try, books to read, etc.

 4.  Migration 

Migration involves moving uncompleted tasks into current or future ones, so that the task remains visible.

The main aim of migration is to help you complete tasks from the previous month to help you stay organized and understand what is truly important to you.

5.  Logs 

A good bullet journal should contain logs that will help you identify what you need to accomplish. 

A good bullet journal is divided into future logs, monthly logs, or daily logs- this way you can easily accomplish tasks in a more sensible manner.

When can I start bullet journaling? 

You can start bullet journaling at any time of the year, month or day, by Simply adjusting future logs to fit your timeline.

The simple tools you need to start bullet journaling includes;

An official bullet journal, but you can still use any study notebook.

It’s not about the design but what you can make out of journaling, but if you want to mix fashion and function, you can go for more portable and official bullet journal like the leuchtturm 1917 A5 Dot-grid Notebook, you also need a fine point marker, stencil sets, dual brush pens.

You can use a bullet journal for the Following.

 15 bullet journal ideas

• Track your meal plans 

• Make annual goals

•  Use bullet journal to improve your mental health 

• Keep a self Discovery bullet journal

• Keep a self-care bullet journal 

• Keep a workout bullet journal 

• Track trends and stay up-to-date 

• Use your bullet journal for house cleaning

• Organize events with your bujo

• Keep tracks of birthdays

• Organize your daily, monthly and yearly tasks

• Perfect your grocery lists

• Help you with money budgeting

• Track your fitness goals

Benefits of bullet journalling . 

1. A bullet journal encourages you to be super productive. 

2. Perfect your time consciousness. 

3. Help jump-start your innermost creativity.

4. Motivates you to accomplish your goals faster.

5. Helps you become a better person. 

6. Helps you get more things done.

7. Relieve you of mental stress and anxiety.

8. Increases your work speed and progress.

9. Help you stay super organized