Can keeping a bullet journal improve your life?

Yes. Keeping a bullet journal can help improve your life. It's happened to me and to many others. Being disorganized is a common curse of the human condition. We all need a way to cope with this. Some are better at it than others Thankfully there is more than one way journaling can help us.

Be careful when any sentence contains a phrase such as "studies show". Having said that, studies show the act of writing about heavy concerns can help one cope. The mere act of processing and recognizing a situation can have beneficial effects. Writing is an accessible way to do that. The official Bullet Journal website also has a good article on self care.

Eddy at the Calendex has a good list of 10 pragmatic ways the bullet journal can help you organize including journaling, time tracking, wellness tracking, and more.

Trang Le at Medium.com has more of a meta take on 5 reasons the bullet journal can improve your life.

That's enough external reading for this post. This one is just meant as food for thought. As always, what makes the bullet journal system work for you is whatever works for you. But that requires knowing what works for you, and that may take some trial and error as mentioned here in a recent post.

There are probably other good reasons as to how bullet journaling can help improve life. Tell other people about it by commenting here. And be sure to subscribe!

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DIY Adding a band around your journal

If your notebook doesn't have a built in band, here are some DIY videos demonstrating two different methods to remedy that - building in a band. On YouTube, Sea Lemon offers a simple and quick way to add a rubber band around your journal. This particular method works best for a book with a thin, easy to puncture cover. It involves a hole-punch and a rubber band . (affiliate links) Also from Sea Lemon, for those who might want to try a more hard-core method of adding a band around your journal, here is a method for a hard cover book . It involves dismantling part of the back cover, cutting an elastic band , attaching it into the cover, and repairing the cover alteration from the first step. This method uses the following tools: (more affiliate links) Pencil Straight edge Cutting mat Bone folder Awl Xacto knife Utility knife Scissors Glue gun Do you have some other ideas for adding or techniques for using a band to a notebook? How do you keep track of yo...

DIY Add a paper pocket to your journal

Got a plain old notebook? There are plenty of options out there and you may not find one with all the features you like. But journalers are already familiar with customizing their journals and we tend to like that. Here's a super easy DIY option for a pocket. Not everyone needs a pocket in their journal. If you want a pocket but don't have one, here is a very simple method using one Legal or A4 size sheet of paper and double-sided tape. (Affiliate links included.) The Universal Journals are printed by Lulu.com Any print on demand service will be limited compared to a traditional printer. As capable as Lulu.com is (with quick turn around, worldwide availability, lots of product options for customers, and more), there are lots of things journalers might want in their Universal Journal that Lulu just can't do. At least not at this time. But this also makes for ideal customization. Make it your own. Got any other ideas for adding a pocket to a book? Comment h...

Ultra-Streamlined Style Part 4

The Future Log is a great idea the bullet journal method uses to keep track of events or tasks beyond the current month. In this installment of the Ultra-Streamlined Style series, we'll cover the Alastair method, found on the official bulletjounal.com website. In this design, six columns on the outer margin of the page are reserved for months. In this case, six months are logged on the left page of the future log, and six months logged on the right page. When writing a date, simply place a dot in the appropriate month in the margin space and write the details in that same row to the right of the months area. Finding a date is quick and simple, making it easy to copy events from the future log to the monthly module it pertains to. A commenter on that original post offers a variation using less space. Rather than multiple columns, a single column can do the same job. Instead of using dots, write number of the month. So when you're setting up September's monthly m...

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