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Bullet Journaling 101

It’s often said that the first step of a journey is the hardest, and this is definitely true for bullet journaling. For those new to this journaling style, the wide range of possibilities can seem overwhelming. Simply starting the first spread can be the hardest part.

This chapter provides an overview of supplies and offers strategies for brainstorming spread ideas, choosing and creating planning setups, and creating additional setups that complement those initial choices.

When you start your bullet journal, you don’t need to be perfect on the first try. This chapter provides guidelines, not hard-and-fast rules—there are no requirements in bullet journaling, and what you enjoy in your journal will depend on your preferences.

Allow yourself to experiment with numerous setups, mess up, and make adjustments.

Welcome to the world of bullet journaling!

Organize Your Life

In this chapter, we’ll go over a variety of spread ideas. These layouts are designed for the student lifestyle, with organization and planning tips specific to students’ academic schedules.

To begin, you’ll learn to organize your tasks and manage your time through various schedule types, from yearly overviews to detailed daily agendas.

Next, we’ve created a comprehensive guide to using your bullet journal as a study tool. In this chapter, you will find detailed spread ideas, study techniques, and planning methods for every subject.

But life isn’t all about academics—extra-curricular activities, health and fitness, and personal journaling are essential to your physical and mental well-being. Thus, we’ve also included a range of advice about these topics.

With the techniques in this chapter, you’ll be able to maximize your productivity and thrive as a student. Let’s get started!

Beautifying Your Bullet Journal

If you enjoy opening up your planner each day, you’re more likely to stick to your planning system, overall improving your organization.

Additionally, taking a few minutes to relax and doodle can improve your mental and emotional well-being, and you’ll be practicing your drawing and lettering skills!

This chapter covers a variety of ways to beautify your bullet journal. We’ll start with handwriting and calligraphy, giving an introduction to the art of calligraphy and some inspiration for lettering styles. Next, we’ll go over tips, tutorials, and ideas for doodles and other artwork.

The ideas we present in these pages are meant to be simply that: ideas, not strict guidelines. We hope our ideas can be a jumping-off point for your own creativity. Your bullet journal is your own space to express your individuality, and we hope you enjoy doing so!

What Is Bullet Journaling?

Many areas of our lives are based on technology, but there are many benefits to handwriting your schedule and notes in something like a bullet journal (often shortened to “bujo”).

There are three main avenues a bullet journal can take: you can use it for creativity, school, or personal planning (or any combination of these). You can exclusively use your bullet journal for creativity, for example, and focus more on lifestyle pages that use spreads such as habit trackers (see pages 86–88). You can also use your bullet journal mainly for school and taking notes, all of which is detailed in chapter 2 (page 25). If you’re using your bullet journal for personal planning, you’ll usually be making planners, which you can find on pages 26–35. You could combine, for instance, personal planning and school to take notes as well as plan your life, as you would in an agenda. Or, you could combine school and creativity if you want to incorporate artwork and doodles into your bullet journal.

In fact, you could combine all three— creativity, school, and personal planning—if you so desire.

The beauty of the bullet journal is that it’s completely customizable. You can control everything about the book and make it as intricate or as simple as you’d like. This may seem daunting, and you may feel overwhelmed and unsure about where to start. But that’s exactly what we’ll be helping you with in this book.

We provide examples and tips for what you can do to customize your bullet journal and give you everything you need to start. Once you’re comfortable with your bullet journal, we encourage you to experiment beyond the basics we provide in this book and truly make your journal your own, in whatever way works best for you.

Algebra

Algebra is when math begins to get complicated, meaning there are more opportunities to slip up. Our tips on note-taking and studying, which we’ll share throughout this chapter, will help you avoid making errors on tests and quizzes.

However, this doesn’t mean you’ll never mess up—everyone makes mistakes! Whether you slip up on homework, practice problems, or an assessment, identifying pitfalls and correcting misunderstandings will help you avoid repeating those same mistakes in the future.

Earth Sciences

The earth sciences, including geology, oceanography, and meteorology, require memorization of many definitions and facts. In these subjects, facts are often related to each other through diagrams of certain processes or features.

These three types of knowledge—definitions, facts, and diagrams— can be combined and condensed. The first step is to draw your diagram. This can seem challenging, especially if you aren’t artistically inclined, but it becomes fairly simple once you break it down into manageable steps.

Personal Journaling

A bullet journal is an essential tool for all aspects of life—it’s a companion for planning, organization, and studying, and it’s valuable for personal journaling as well. Journaling can help you process your thoughts and reflect and improve on past actions. In this section, we’ll give some tips and ideas about personal journaling.

Health & Fitness

Even though academics are the main focus of student life, taking care of your physical health is just as important. Physical fitness doesn’t just benefit your body—it also improves your mental well-being. Exercising and eating regularly will increase your mental energy levels and reduce stress.

This section will aid you in planning and organizing your life, rather than giving concrete meal or fitness tips. See a nutritionist, doctor, or other expert for health advice.

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LEGO Publishing Line by Chronicle Books

Known for its entertainment, art, and humor gifts and games, Chronicle Books combines its distinct design with the creativity of the LEGO brand in a new line of books, journals, puzzles, and desk decor. The line offers creative ways to express and share a love for LEGO bricks at the office, in school, and at home.

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• PERFECT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY LOVERS: The classic Kodachrome look lives on in this set of 20 different notecards.
• FILM INSPIRATION: Each notecard features the bright colors and retro chic flair of Kodachrome photography.
• BLANK NOTECARDS: These cards are perfect for any occasion: birthdays, thank yous, or just saying hello.
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• DOUBLES AS DECOR: Notecards work wonderfully as miniature art pieces to display on the desk or bulletin board.