I absolutely love writing bullet journals! After two weeks of learning and trying, now I have to-do list page, habit tracker, mood tracker, books and documentaries notes. The feeling that my life is getting organized has made me more motivated to keep writing bullet journal!
My previous bu-jo had only words and no pictures. I simply wrote down to-do lists and crossed them out when I was done. Now, I learn to draw simple borders as decoration, write cursive, and use different trackers. Mood tracker really makes me be more aware of my mood. Books and documentaries notes makes me so fulfilling when finished a book or documentary.
Before and After. Created by the author.
In the process of learning, I also encountered difficulties: I couldn’t find a suitable tracker page at beginning. Some were too complicated, and I didn’t have time to explore how to use them. Some were too simple, and I couldn’t track all the habits. When I finished my NLP homework two weeks ago, I thought I would watch videos on YouTube to learn how to start my first bu-jo. However, I didn’t learn much from YouTubers, maybe because it is very personal that what works for others may not work for me. I looked at a lot of pictures on Instagram and Pinterest, and found pages that fit my habits, then copied them down in my notebook. I found it very helpful.
我实在太喜欢写子弹日记了！经过两个星期的学习，我尝试了日程页、习惯追踪页和心情打卡页。生活变得井井有条的感觉让我更有动力继续写子弹日记！
我以前的笔记只有字没有图，简单的列一下待办事项，做完就划掉。但是现在我学会画简单的边框做装饰，并学习艺术字体；尝试不同种类的打卡页，它们看起来既美观又实用；心情打卡页真的让我对自己的情绪更加敏感；读书笔记和纪录片追踪页的完成也让我非常有成就感！
但是在学习过程中，我也遇到了困难：找不到合适自己的页面，有的太过复杂，而我没有时间去研究每一种页面该如何使用，有的又太过简单，没办法记录全部我想去打卡的事项。两个周前完成NLP作业的时候，我以为我会常常在YouTube上看一些博主的视频，但是实际上我并没有从这些视频中找到适合自己记录子弹日记的方式，可能它本事就是很私人化的东西，适合别人的规划方式未必适合我。但是我会看Instagram和Pinterest上大量图片，找到适合我自己习惯的页面临摹在我自己的笔记本上，我觉得非常有帮助。