Showerthought: I used to think a bullet journal had to be perfect or it was useless

Honestly, I saw all the fancy spreads online and felt like mine was a mess if a line was wobbly or I had to cross something out. I kept starting over, which just made me stop using it for like three months. Then my friend, who's a nurse, showed me her journal. It was full of scribbles, arrows, and quick notes from her shifts. She said, 'If it works for my brain on a Tuesday at 3 AM, it's perfect.' That flipped a switch for me. Now I just use a basic Moleskine notebook and a black pen, and I let it be messy. It's actually helped me stick with it because I'm not scared to mess up a page. How do you guys deal with the pressure to make every spread look Instagram-ready?

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miles2771mo ago

Oh man, my first bullet journal looked like a toddler with a crayon got hold of it. The pressure to make it pretty totally killed the point for a while.

christopher_flores461mo ago

Wait, is that why so many people quit bullet journaling? @miles277, I stuck with the ugly phase by using a cheap notebook and one pen, no colors allowed. The messiness actually helped me focus on tracking tasks instead of making art.