Bullet Journal

I love tech. Love. I would almost rather do anything online. Even reading. [My friend Debby is cringing right now, but it is true!]

Now, this is probably because I tend to lose things like books. Although I often put down my phone, it is easy enough to have one of the kids call me so I can find it. So in essence, it is never really too far away.

So this year I stopped carrying a planner. They were no longer working for me anyway. I just never found one that had everything I wanted in a format that worked for me.

I began this year using my phone for everything. I put appointments in my phone's calendar, I used Remember the Milk and Monday and since I had a Galaxy note, I even had my scribbles on virtual sticky notes. It was working fairly well.

Until I changed phones.

I've missed appointments and I can't remember stuff I had on the sticky notes. I know I can get other programs and figure out a way to get the stuff to my new phone, but that was turning into a nightmare. And I don't text as well as I write.

So I was feeling a bit frustrated. And angry with myself for dropping the ball on a very important fundraiser.

Then my artsy-creative daughter sent me a pin (as in Pinterest), THIS pin to be exact.

I am in love!

I had already been doing rag-journals for Bible notes. (The kids were adamantly opposed to writing and journaling in their Bibles.)

So I had all this stuff that was perfect for my kind of bullet journal. It is a mixture of the bullet journalling in the video and a tiny bit of scrapbooking.

I could not be happier with it.

This is the first page - the index. I don't have page numbers.

On purpose.

I need the flexibility to be able to add and remove pages as I go along.

So I coded the index page with different materials I could use on the edges of the pages.

If you want to find the grocery lists page, you simply look for the page with the edge made from a brown paper bag.

The index page for projects is rimmed with black washi tape.

See the highlighter on the index page? I can find the habits page by looking for the highlighter. I cut a piece of green plastic to make a cover for my daily routine/habits. Each day I can mark them complete with a permanant marker (or wet erase). Each evening, I can swipe it clean with a bit of alcohol or nail polish remover.
On the facing page, I can track each habit to see which I'm doing consistently. I taped the graph paper square to the page. This allows me to change out the graph paper as needed and gives me room to write goals underneath.

This is my general "to do" list. I am making the lists on sticky notes so I can change them out as needed. I used a stamp to make the squares. They do not give me enough room to write the details so I won't be using them again. The sticky notes are GENIUS though, so this page can stay in the journal and the lists can change easily.

Then there is the Projects Master List page. It is an index to all my current projects. I have them grouped, and in some cases use a single sticker or emblem for all the pages, while other subprojects have their own "doodad" to help me find the right page. The "doodads" are cute little brads I picked up along the way. 

My girls like this page the best! This is where I will track the hours they drive. I copied the font from an online font designer page. What was I thinking? I will probably cover that up with something and do it again. But not today. ANYWAY, We are doing parent-taught driver's ed this year with two kids. They each need to drive over 50 hours in the next six months. Although it is not a requirement of the program, we require our kids to know how to change a tire and to pump gas. Life skills, right?!

I hope it helps me stay on track and get everything done. We need to finish the school year strong and prepare for another very busy summer of activities.

What kind of planner do you use?