That's very interesting ! If you don't mind, I would actually be glad if you "bored" me with whatever else you did to deal with depression :)

Very useful idea, thanks! I've learned the value of heading things off before they take root

Good tips. I suggest alternating the up and left arrows however. UP because it's light, uplifting, transcending anything "heavy" Left because it just ain't right, just like your mood at the moment.

@@cultivatelife Also good, depending what imagery works for you. I'm seeing more of a gauge, with the needle in the green, in the red, or somewhere in the middle

I'll second the request for a video

Yeah I LOVED the lighthouse analogy!

Yeah this was the issue of bullet journals for me. So much ongoing work and it doesn't provide any solid information or analysis without tallying every single page. I switched to using the website Cerefine since it handles habit tracking, guided meditation, task/goal setting, Pomodoro sessions, all with 0 maintenance, oh and the graphs are just beautiful. Somehow still 100% free

@@gg-nu7dw It's actually NOT free.

Hi, can you please share the link or name for the article you mentioned ?

You make an important point. If at first, you find yourself thinking about making it pretty, realize that you are going in the wrong direction. The BuJo is a tool. I see so many people posting videos using pens that have to be just the correct line thickness, color, etc. I see highlighters, decorative tapes, fancy boxes and various kind of calligraphy. In my view, and YMMV to be sure, simplest is best. If you use a SYSTEM, and you keep it SIMPLE, and CONSISTENT, then you'll have a very useful tool. To give one example. I decided to standardize my use of signifiers. I did a search and found a number of things on Pinterest and started to make my own personal list of signifiers. I soon found that people were using so damn many signifiers that it would take an entire page to make the key to reference them and I'd probably never remember most of them. I soon cut my own list down to only about six of them. Beyond that, I can just use words. I also ditched the calligraphy and carefully drawn tables and( highlighters, etc. I now use a simple ballpoint pen (a Zebra F-301 in black ink, in case anyone cares). If something needs to be highlighted, I'll grab some random red ballpoint and underline it. Some months I'll have all kinds of scratch outs and write overs. Who cares? It is not for posterity, it is for productivity. And that is my last point. I disagree with Ryder on the point of it. He is not wrong, he just has a different purpose. His is meditation. Mine is productivity. I think it is wise to start out defining your purpose. That will govern your other choices.

oh me too, all those pretty layouts - just end up being a nightmare to do, this is so effective thanks !

I have been keeping a glorified assignment notebook since I was 10 years old. Call it a bujo if you like. Of course it has evolved since I was ten, but I never had a bujo worth more than $3. Never did anything fancy at all other than put a few stickers on the cover if I was lucky enough to have had such a thing. No one was interested in my wreck of a notebook, but I do the same things most ladies do. I just never cared what it looks like. It's a list of todos with some funny expressions thrown in. Like mikethemlma said, a bujo is a tool. The most useful tools I have are not at all pretty.

Your comment explained my current situation exactly. I stopped my bujo with decorations and everything last Aug31 because it's affecting my mental health and it stresses me out. Then I decided to watch videos here starting from the oldest one. I started a new bujo using Ryder's method with a bit of changes that I found working for me in the past. I'm just using a notebook, a pen and a highlighter now and it feels satisfying

I'm on the same page dude, Ryder's original method is the real MVP

👏👏👏👏 Here here! Also it's overwhelming seeing so many beautifully written, artistic spreads. For some reason my writings worse than a 5yr olds, it's put me off actually starting a Bujo. Only way to start if you're anything like me at least is to let go of the idea that it's gotta be complicated and prestine.

I only watch "official" bullet journal videos now. They really focus on the productivity and even have one or two videos kind of nicely "calling out" the bullet journal vloggers for scaring away and intimidating newbies out of bullet journaling. They really care about creating a system that helps you, rather than a system that you can show off to others.

Yeah, i don't even like the art style in those. Mine is just straightforward. For practicality. Doesn't need to be anything else

What's the harm in that? I mean, yes, if you're not an artistic person, it might be intimidating to see, but I think its clear that a calendar does not need to be like that. For me, bullet journaling is not only for productivity and mindfulness but also a way to let my creative side run free and I really enjoy having that possibility to connect something so useful with another passion.

@@elanorgamdschie8694 well, it's whatever you like best but it's pretty obvious that almost every bullet journal vlogger gives the impression that you have to make it fancy when you really don't

critical part of the day

and its name is Mew

Mew too

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I just started following because of your name and this comment. I can’t wait to check out your channel after bingeing this one!

Makayla Smile I use mine for literally everything now. Personal and work, home stuff, family appointments/notes, hospital clinic update letters, everything. It’s now just become a running journal of my life. I’ve recently started to set goals at the beginning of each quarter, and every month, write tasks that will help me get there. Also I now do a monthly review at the end of the month, with 4 key questions. 1. Wins of the month (not strictly a question, but nice to call out some of the awesome things that happened that month), 2. What should I start doing, 3. What should I stop doing, 4. What should I continue doing,

We like simplicity here

I use the GTD (Getting Things Done) system for GOALS / Project Planning.