Hey Skwad!
Lately, I’ve been trying to reduce the amount of time I spend online and y’know, actually start living my life? As well as trying to get a better hold of my emotions and overall spend my time more wisely, organise my life and quite frankly, get it together. So what better way to get a better understanding of and plan out your life without being all "Dear Diary" this and “Dear Diary” that? The answer, my friend, is bullet journaling!
I found that bullet journaling is far more like creating a scrapbook of memories and plans that you can doodle all over to your heart's content without it looking (god forbid!) messy. On top of using it to log your innermost thoughts and emotions, a bullet journal can help you plan out your week (month or even year!) and keep track of your habits. Whilst there are many apps you can get on mobile or tablet, I found my results on such apps to be fruitless and end up deleting them after about a week. Furthermore, I've found it's an excellent way to fill up the *ahem* small mountain of notebooks I've gathered over the years with hundreds of empty pages, so without further adieu...
All about me (or rather you)
“Me in 500 words or less”
“Me from A-Z”
“10 facts about me”
My family tree
My horoscope
My Meyers-Brigs
My hobbies
“My favourite personality traits”
“What do I enjoy?”
“I feel most confident when…”
How much do you truly love yourself?
What is your favourite topic to talk about?
What do you like doing so much that you lose track of time?
“Things I find romantic”
“Things I collect”
“Things that make me happy”
“Things that motivate me”
“What makes me happiest in life?”
“I am. I can. I’ve done. I will.”
“I will never”
“Things I never thought I would do”
“Ways I have changed
My favourite things”
“What currently inspires me”
“The people I most admire”
“People tell me I’m good at…”
“Currently I’m…”
“What I LOVE about spring/summer/autumn/winter”
Whose life do you envy the most and why?
“Why I love my favourite colour”
“Why journaling is important to me”
What have you done recently that you never got to brag about?
If you had 5 minutes and the whole world was forced to listen, what would you say?
What would you do with your life if you had no fear/a guarantee of success/money wasn’t an issue?
“Most embarrassing moments”
“I wish I had a lifetime supply of”
Something that shaped you as a person (book, person, experience)
“The best advice I ever got”
A funny story that makes you laugh every time
Bad habits to break
“My perfect day”
“My ideal morning/afternoon/evening routine”
“How to have a good day”
My Wishlist (Want vs need)
Habits to make (& break!)
The person I aspire to be
The glamorous teen girl lifestyle I once fantasised about
becoming “that girl” - the indefinite guide to being your most authentic self
Princess etiquette tips
A chivalrous lady…
Goals/reflections
Goals for the year
Monthly review (Goals, things to improve next month, successes, new finds; music, tv, hobbies)
“5 things for the bucket list”
“Highlights of the month/season/year”
“My best accomplishments”
“Moments I wish I could do-over? None.” (What have you learnt from your past mistakes?)
My word of the month/year
30 things to do before I turn 30
Who I am vs who I want to be
“Things I’ve learned in life”
10 things I would like to do every day
What was your favourite thing to do growing up?
When you were a child, what did you dream of doing when you grew up?
“Things I want more of in life vs things I want less of”
“I want to learn how to”
“My proudest moments”
What do you need to start saying “yes” to?
“If I could change one thing about my life”
“When did I last?”
My dream home
“My dream life” (plan out your perfect life, what would you wear/do/drive, where would you live, what do you want to achieve if you could do whatever you want?)
My top 4 goals in life
What would you do differently with your education if you got a chance to start over?
Write a letter to yourself (past/present/future)
My earliest memory
Where were you 1 year ago? 5 years ago? (mentally, emotionally, literally)
“My dream jobs”
“My childhood memories”
Small ways to improve your life
“Progress not perfection; things I’m trying to improve about myself”
Mental health
“Ways to de-stress”
“What to do when” (you’ve been left on read, feel left out, had relationship troubles, felt stressed & overworked)
When you feel sad/down
Daily affirmations (read at least once a day to boost your self-confidence)
Self-care ideas
My worry tree
14 ways I can love myself
“What am I looking forward to?”
“What am I holding on to?”
“What do I need to let go of?”
“Where am I putting my energy into/where do I want to direct my energy”
Things I wanted to say but never did (how the conversation should have gone [in your opinion])
How to feel together & organised
Questions to ask before giving up
Things I can control/Things outside of my control
Things that suck
Courage doesn’t always roar (what are you proud of yourself for, however small)
Personal crisis plan
“What’s on my mind”
Self-discipline tips
I know that
Emotional First Aid
Ways to start feeling again
“Things I should stop doing to myself”
People
Birthdays & important days to remember
Questions to ask others
Date night ideas
Letter to those important to you
Letter to someone you need to forgive/apologise to
Letter to someone 100 years+ in the future
“Random acts of kindness”
“How to make others happy”
Trackers & lists
Medication tracker (& any side effects you've experienced)
Mood tracker (either monthly, yearly or both)
Habit tracker (drinking water, alcohol, exercise, sleep, study, etc)
“oh bloody hell”: a period tracker
Project tracker
“Stop spending money on stupid s***!”
15-minute tasks
24 hours: an ideal day
Home cleaning plans (what do you need to do daily, weekly, monthly, annually?)
(regular?) bucket list
Gratitude list
A “Yeah, I might buy that” list
Shopping list
“Tasks I must complete before I can watch Netflix”: a to-do list
“A list of things I’ve been right about”
Education
Homework and assignment deadlines
Study plan
Exam Countdown
Timetable
Grades log (track improvement over time)
Assessment feedback I keep getting (make a log of the comments you get back from professors each time and see if there's any correlation, what are your strengths? Your weaknesses?)
When exams are over (study motivation)
Avoiding burnout tips
Fashion
Fashion faves (fabrics, cuts, brands, pieces, subcultures, etc)
My favourite shops
Capsule wardrobe
“What I wore to…”
Food
Recipes
Weekly meal plan
Restaurants to try
“Favourite snacks”
“My favourite sweets”
“I have a sweet tooth…”
“My favourite dishes”
Restaurants to try
Telly, films, music, podcasts, books, et cetera, et cetera...
Movies to watch
TV shows to watch but never got round to (go check out my blog post for ideas!)
Podcasts to check out
Books to read
Music to get
Song lyrics
Playlist for the week/month/year (either favourite songs, newly discovered songs or songs that remind you of something)
“Feel-good songs”
“My fave tv shows”
“My favourite apps”
“Oldies but goldies”
“My favourite websites
My favourite video games
Travel
Weekend getaway ideas
Travel bucket list
Games to play in the car
Christmas
“Favourite Christmas films”
“Favourite Christmas carols”
“Favourite Christmas songs”
Christmas baking ideas
Gift ideas
Your letter to Santa
Reasons to love Christmas
Advent calendar
Things to do this holiday season
Other
6-word stories
Jokes & puns
Poetry
Fortune cookie predictions
Ideas for novels
Ideas for characters
~lovely words~ (native & foreign language vocabulary)
Philosophical thoughts
Polaroids
Quotes
Write a short story, one line a day
Dream log
Remember to Google (because your brain sucks sometimes)
Sending Log
Useful telephone numbers
Streams of consciousness
Diary entries
Moodboards
Ideas/plans for projects
Drawings/doodles
Dried flowers
Potential baby/pet names
Useless inventions
I hope this helps you set aside some time for yourself (away from a screen!) for at least half an hour each day as it's very easy to get caught up in it all. If you think of anything I've missed please let me know in the comments below as I'm oh so slightly *miffed* at myself for not being able to reach 200 haha!
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