Why I Love Bullet Journaling

[Edit: Thanks for calling my post deep, TA. w]

Hello everyone, Neeri here~

Here is my entry for the #chinesenewyearwc~

As the title says already, I will be talking about why I love journaling and also a bit about my history with my bujo. :3

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History

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I started journaling last year on May 12th after one month of researching as much as possible (and being very intimidated and stressed) and I was immediately hooked. For three months straight I was so amazed by the system, especially when I first noticed improvements.

And then I stopped in August for the first time. Got back to it again in September and stopped again in October and for the next two months again.

I finally started again in January and been using it more consistently again. Now, this on-off-relationship with my journal might seem confusing to some (it is to myself so yah (": ) but I came to the conclusion that it's perfectly fine. :3

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Why I keep coming

back to it

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Creative Freedom

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I'm a very creative person and my journal shows that very well. I can draw, paint, design my layouts, write, choose an aesthetic for my spreads and that all might take hours but it's my way to relax and have fun.

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Hobby

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Not only did I manage to combine quite a few of my hobbies in my bujo, but journaling became one of my favorite hobbies itself. Sometimes I wasn't happy with it or it felt like a chore (which it shouldn't, never, at all) but I'm happy that this phase is over and I can see it as a fun thing to do.

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Flexibility

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Throughout the past months I experimented a lot in my journal. Sometimes I would change my weeklies every single week because I always needed something else. Sometimes I also wouldn't use it at all simply because it already helped me so much, I didn't need it any longer at the time. I don't need a water tracker anymore because I got used to drinking enough. My habit tracker got reduced to only very few habits because I got used to doing them.

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Productivity

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I am a chronic procrastinator but my journal helped me a lot with that. I still often don't do things on time but it at least reminds me to do them in the first place (and makes me feel bad if I don't). And, as mentioned above, it also helped me a lot with improving my habits.

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Organization

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This almost goes hand in hand with productivity. I like to refer to myself as a perfectionist and a very organized person at heart, and a little messy on the outside. I will let it up to your imagination what that means (w). I'm just happy that, through my journal, I'm able to express this organized side of mine.

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Self Development

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I don't use my regular bujo for this but another one, however, it still helped me so much. I use it to help with my anxiety, depression, to remind me of all the good, wonderful things. I put quotes in there of all the things my loved ones told me or simply use it as a diary to write down my thoughts and feelings.

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Memories

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Whether it's through writing or pasting pictures into it, my journal is a great storage for my memories. I also love having book or music trackers for example, so I could even go back to it after a few years and see what songs I used to listen to or which books I liked at the time.

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Community

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What I love most probably is being part of this amazing, creative and ive community. Everyone is an inspiration to me and I get motivated to journal myself when I see all these beautiful spreads. This community is probably the reason why I keep coming back to it, simply to be apart of it.

I think this is all from my side. :3 I really encourage you to sit back and think about why you love journaling and why you picked it up in the first place.

For me it was because I wanted to organize my life a bit during a very stressful time but it turned out to be so much more for me.

This is all then! I hope you all have a lovely day. :3

Bai bai!