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The Bullet Journal for Beginners
The Bullet Journal for Beginners | Karen Lancaster
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The digital age has many perks, yet there is still something enduring about putting pen to paper. Bullet journaling is becoming increasingly popular, but many beginners don't know where to start: this book will help. This guide for beginners contains: - 14 pages of Future Log ideas - 16 pages of Monthly Log ideas - 42 pages of Daily and Weekly Log ideas - 33 pages of miscellaneous ideas There is information on suggested materials and instructions on how to get started, as well as a beginner's jargon buster and some useful online resources. This book will fill you with ideas and inspiration to start your own bullet journal and become a part of the analog revolution for the digital age.
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wyvernfriend
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This is good for page design ideas or ideas how to tweak a bullet journal but it's nothing without the original site and she acknowledges this. It was good to make me think about how to make my work journal better.

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nienke_beeking
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Today, I started my first bullet journal - about books, what else. And I made my dining table into a mess, of course. Time to clean up, take a drink, start a new book, and add it to my journal. It‘s going to be a nice Friday night, I guess. 🍸📚📖

Nute I hope to take up this type of journaling one day. Have fun! 5y
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jenniferw88
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Yay! The first thing for my #bujo has arrived!
Oh, and my #AChristieSwapIsAnnounced box has arrived too @Sophoclessweetheart !

Sophoclessweetheart Oh yay!! That‘s wonderful! I‘ll let you know as soon as mine arrives too! Can‘t wait until Sunday! 6y
jenniferw88 @Sophoclessweetheart it may be slightly late as i don't currently have packaging big enough for it... will let you know once I've sent it! 6y
Sophoclessweetheart Okay sweet 👌🏻 Thank you x 6y
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tpixie Looks like a Spirograph!! 6y
JazzFeathers Want! 6y
JazzFeathers @jenniferw88 Thanks 😊 6y
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Sace
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I got a wild hair and decided to restart my reading log. The other one is a disorganized mess. So one plain composition book, some washi tape, a half-assed effort and 45 minutes later...

Emilyrjones22 So super cute. Would have had no idea you didn‘t buy it like that!!! Stealing the idea! 6y
Sace @Emilyrjones22 steal away! I'm sure I stole it from somewhere. I started with a layer of white duct tape too. Washi tape is pretty thin. 6y
Soubhiville Wow that came out great! 6y
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Sace @Soubhiville Thanks! 6y
Mdargusch Cute! 6y
vkois88 That tape is gorgeous 6y
tysephine This looks like a fancy notebook! Absolutely gorgeous. 6y
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OrangeMooseReads
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Just about time to draw up a new page for the books I‘ve read this year.

SilversReviews BEAUTIFUL!!! 7y
ladym30 That is fantastic! 7y
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OrangeMooseReads @ladym30 thank you 😊 7y
Louise Wowwwww!!! 😍 Do you have a stencil or do that free hand? Looks great! 👌 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Louise thank you 😊 ... I find the designs on Pinterest and use mostly just a ruler and pencil then go over it in ink. 7y
Louise Well done! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Louise thank you 😊 7y
zezeki This looks so great! 😍 7y
OrangeMooseReads @zeljka thank you 😊 7y
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monalyisha
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I‘m vaguely interested in bullet journaling... but I can‘t bring myself to watch any of the YouTube tutorials I‘ve found. Honestly, they bore me to tears. 😣 But everyone‘s journals look so pretty & satisfying! Suggestions?

Image credit: Pinterest: Evelyne Park (aka “evydraws”)

LectricSheep What is interesting to you about bullet journaling? Maybe I can make some suggestions for resources if I know a little bit about what you‘re hoping to get out of it! 7y
readherwriteher That‘s the video I watched to get started. My current bujo is just lists. It‘s not set up pretty at all. But my next one I will set up and make it pretty. I like meal planning, making shopping lists, I have a master TBR list, my own TBR (books I own). That video is older you might find something simpler that works better for you. But I liked the way Gretchen set hers up. 7y
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monalyisha Thanks @readherwriteher! I‘ll take a look! 7y
Ksheridann I have found a lot of great bullet journaling advice and ideas on Pinterest! I think it is actually quite fun and have really gotten into it :) 7y
monalyisha @LectricSheep I just like the idea of organizing bookish things in an attractive format. Pretty calligraphy, fun doodles, etc. It seems like I wouldn‘t use a lot of it, though. I have, previously, made TBR lists for each month, followed by a list of what I actually ended up reading that month. The bookshelf thing, where you fill in titles & color in books as you go, is kind of interesting. Other than that, I‘m not sure what I‘d use it for! 🤷‍♀️ (edited) 7y
LectricSheep Oh I see! So you would definitely have a bookish bullet journal! Very cool. You could consider it as more of a “collections” journal than a bullet journal, if you wanted to take the pressure off of yourself to do daily/weekly planning— although, are you interested in daily/weekly tracking? I did a daily “genre mandala” for a while color coding each day‘s ring by the genre I read the most of, and that turned out beautifully. 7y
monalyisha @LectricSheep I think you‘re right. I think what I really want is just a doodle-filled journal of my own invention. Bullet journaling *might* be contrary to my very nature. 😅 I‘ll probably just wing it. 😉 Thanks for your help! (P.S. that mandala sounds lovely!) 7y
Kaylamburson This book has a lot of great tips and shows you all the different ways you can make it work for you! There is also a set with this book and a blank dot journal. 7y
LectricSheep The main thing about bullet journaling is just to have fun with it, so you should only do what makes you happy. 😀 I think bookish doodles sound awesome— you should post whatever you make to Litsy, if you want. I love stuff like that! 7y
FantasyChick I just make it up as I go lol. I would love it for my #bujo to be as pretty as some of the ones I've seen, but if I know me the way I think I do...the more work I put into making it "pretty", the less interest in it I will have. Ugly and functional works great! Lol 7y
LibrarianToujours @monalyisha Sounds like a commonplace book is more fitting for what you want. It‘s just a book of randomness: lists, doodles, quotes, etc. Interesting history on them if you Google it. 7y
monalyisha @NHLibrarian I like the sound of that! 7y
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ofbooksandme
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#BulletJournal Day 1.
Decided to finally start one. I won't be using it to track activities and such cause I already have a lovely planner (we'll see next year). But to keep track of books, music, logos, quotes, challenges...
I don't have any of the suggested tools (too expensive) but I'm happy with the result.
Just like coloring, it's a great relaxing activity to do while listening to audiobooks.
Any #bujo ideas are welcome❕❕❕

LiteraryinPA This is beautiful! 7y
ofbooksandme @LiteraryinLititz 😍 Thanks! I found it to be very entertaining and relaxing to do 7y
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EvieBee
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I wasn‘t too happy with my first weekly layout, so decided to work on this coming week‘s without looking at other people‘s for inspiration. This feels more like me! Things are definitely looking up!

#planwithme #bulletjournal

emilyhaldi Love!!! 💖 7y
2BR02B Looks fantastic! Especially like how you did the 📺 7y
LondElle89 I love your layout! 7y
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LeahBergen ❤️❤️ 7y
DivineDiana Looks fantastic! And your handwriting is beautiful! 7y
LectricSheep I love your hot pink tv! 💕 perfect for February. Bullet journaling is so fun. 7y
rubyslippersreads So cute! 😍📺 7y
readordierachel Love it! 7y
minkyb The TV is gorgeous! 7y
SilversReviews Did you draw those pictures? Love the journal. 7y
EvieBee @2BR02B @lectricsheep @rubyslippersreads @minkyb Thank you! I‘ve always been a fan of retro TVs. 🤓🤗♥️ (edited) 7y
EvieBee @SilversReviews Thank you so much! I did draw them myself. 😊♥️ 7y
SilversReviews @EvieBee Wow....very talented. 7y
ghosthost That looks great! Love the pink tv! 7y
EvieBee @ghosthost Thank you, Kristin! ♥️ (edited) 7y
britt_brooke Omg, I LOVE the tv!! 7y
EvieBee @britt_brooke Thank you, Britt! It‘s so easy to draw if you‘ve got ruler! 🤗♥️♥️ 7y
britt_brooke @EvieBee I may have to give it a shot! I haven‘t used my bullet journal in a few months and need to get back to it. 7y
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EvieBee
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Decided to jump on the #bulletjournal bandwagon after my unsuccessful attempts to find a perfect planner for 2018. Practicing on this little notebook until my hardcover one comes in. This is so therapeutic! Trying to think of all kinds of good habits I‘d like to track.

Smangela Yes! So addicting, right? It looks beautiful! 7y
JazzFeathers True, eh? The #bulletjournal demands a lot of time and care, but it's so relaxing and therapeutic 😊 7y
PandaPanda I use the exact same layout for my future log and I love it! 7y
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HippieChickHomeschool So pretty! 7y
readsusieread Welcome to the #bulletjournal family! What kind of notebook did you get?? 7y
laundry_piles Looks great! All these really pretty pages make want to try! 7y
JamieArc I totally agree. Though I‘ve refined my process so it doesn‘t take as long these days, The time it does take is therapeutic and very good for me 😊 Welcome to the Bujo world! 7y
rubyslippersreads 😍📖😍 7y
2BR02B Dig your layout. Very clean and minimalist. 👍 7y
emilyhaldi You‘re a natural! (edited) 7y
EvieBee @Smangela It really is! I finally had to stop and have some food and realized it‘d been hours! 7y
EvieBee @JazzFeathers Definitely! I hope I can find a little time each day to keep it up. 7y
EvieBee @PandaPanda I‘m so glad to hear that! It seemed like the layout that my brain could easily identify with. 7y
EvieBee @HippieChickHomeschool Thank you so much! 🤗♥️ 7y
EvieBee @readsusieread Thank you, Susie! I ordered the Leuchttrum1917 journal in berry. I can‘t wait to get it. 7y
EvieBee @laundry_piles I never imagined I‘d start one, but it makes sense when you‘re looking for specific things in a planner! 7y
EvieBee @JamieArc Thank you, Jaime! I know it‘ll be a good time. 🤓🤗 7y
readsusieread @EvieBee I've had that one! It's lovely. What kind of paper did you go with? I love the squared but the dot grid is so popular! 7y
EvieBee @readsusieread I got the dots but am loving the grids in this little notebook! Might order that one next in yellow! 🤓🤗 7y
BellaBookNook Yay! I just started one too inspired by my recent read - Dot Journaling. I cringe at my handwriting but trying to let go of that so I can actually see a journal through for the year. 7y
EvieBee @BellaBookNook That‘s my goal, too! I need to finish a year out with one. I‘m too much of a perfectionist. 7y
BellaBookNook @EvieBee Exactly!!🤓👭 7y
catebutler Love this! You have beautiful handwriting too! 7y
EvieBee @catebutler Thank you so much, Cathie! 🤓🤗♥️ 7y
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HelloImJez
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Atleast I didn't mess up the calligraphy on this page 🤗

(Picture quality isn't great but it's gold. Used a brown brush pen then went over with a gold Sharpie)
#bujo #2018bujo #bulletjournal

Cinfhen Pretty 7y
youneverarrived Lovely 😊 7y
AmyG Wow that‘s so nice. 7y
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Smangela Your calligraphy is beautiful! Did you take a class? Use special pencils? 7y
HelloImJez @Smangela Thanks sweet! I actually just used this book and bought a couple of the items it recommended and went from there! Then I went on to buy some relatively cheap coloured brush pens (MozArt, Artline). I also try to copy calligraphy I see online. Once you get used to brush pens you can pretty much do it all! 7y
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Leniverse
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Ok, it's not quite bullet journaling, and there will never, ever, be any artwork, but I am taking my list making and reading challenge tracking to a different level. Still trying to figure out if I should squeeze my spread into single page or use a double. Also wondering if I have remembered all my challenges. 🤔 (Obviously, with this many challenges I should be reading, not pondering journal layouts. 😆)

julesG Oh,I like that. 7y
Smangela I did this last year but I love the idea of making a key for it! I just made them up as I went along, but oh I love consistency 😍 great idea - I‘m gonna borrow your idea haha 7y
merelybookish Do you usually do this many challenges? 7y
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Leniverse @merelybookish Many of these are ongoing over several years (my progress on them extra slow because I prioritise challenges with a time limit). I also frequently use the same book for more than one challenge, e.g. Don Quixote will be 1001, LCB, and Around the World. 7y
Leniverse @Smangela @julesG I thought about not listing a key because it's my list so I'll know what it means! 😂 But then I had to use that first page for something, so why not. Helps me make sure I keep track and don't change my symbols half way through the year. 7y
Smangela @Leniverse i do not trust myself haha I am certain I‘d do a symbol and then forget 🤦🏻‍♀️ 7y
Andrew65 Looking good! 7y
merelybookish @Leniverse it's impressive nonetheless! 🙂 7y
Leniverse @merelybookish Thanks! It keeps my reading varied. I've ended up with a lot of great books I wouldn't otherwise have looked at. But it also keeps me tied to the challenges with little or no time for joining buddy reads etc that crop up during the year. Every year I mean to cut back but end up doing the opposite. 😜 7y
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tlmorgan
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Well here goes nothing! Still trying where/how I want to fit my reading and book tracking in with this...will see and will be following lots more here! #bujo #bulletjournal

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brookerhi
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I‘m extending the fall feeling in my #bujo for one more week. I always feel like we get cheated out of fall in Louisiana ... right when it starts to get autumnal outside, we are ushering in Christmas. I‘m like, “Wait! Fall just got here!” Sigh, so let‘s hold on to the oranges, and yellows, and browns a little longer before red and green take over.. #weeklyspread #bujolover #weeklylayout #washi #bulletjournal

SandyW I can relate.. No real sense of autumn here in SoCal. 7y
BookMaven407 I just ordered this journal on Amazon. I think it will help me stay on task for the new year, or at least I hope it will. 🙂 7y
brookerhi @BookMaven407 My bullet journal definitely has helped me! Just in being more aware of my habits & such. I‘m so glad that I kept it up for a year! 7y
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TricksyTails I don't want Autumn to go! My favorite season. ♥️🍁🍂 Have you found a good source for washi tape? It's hard to sort through for the quality ones on Amazon. Some hardly stick. Favorite pens that don't bleed? 7y
brookerhi @TricksyTails I get most of my washi from Michaels, but I have bought off Amazon when I am looking for a specific pattern. That fall one is off Amazon! I usually just read the reviews & see if people had trouble - haven‘t run into a problem yet! Knock on wood. I write with regular ol Sharpie PENS, and I also use the Staedtler multi-color set for coloring in things. 7y
TricksyTails Thanks for the rec's! I have to order all my supplies online so it's hard to gauge what's good. I'll see if Michael's has them online. Thanks! 7y
brookerhi @TricksyTails I have definitely bought from Michaels online! The Recollections washi. 7y
TricksyTails Awesome! Thank you! 😊 7y
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brookerhi
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Only two books read in October, seriously?! We have to do better. #octinbooks17 #bookstagram #bujo #bujobooks #bookshelf #bulletjournal #bulletjournaljunkie #bulletjournalpage #bujolove

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Natasha.C.Barnes
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Thanks to all the inspiration and example from @Librariana I started a bookish bullet journal this week! I'm still new and making mistakes but it sure is making my list-loving self happy! #listlovers #fallintobooks

rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 7y
Librariana I LEGIT have the BIGGEST smile on my face right now! 😄 This makes my nerdy 💜 so happy!! I'm glad my bookish bullet journal and the couple of spreads I've shared could serve to encourage your own fabulous creativity! 7y
Ms_T Impressive! 7y
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Natasha.C.Barnes @Librariana Haha, omg no I am wholesale ripping off some of your spreads but it's really helping me get a jump start and not get too caught up in designing pages at the start, which would prevent me from actually doing it! 😆 Besides, you've clearly put a lot of thought into how to make this work for reading in particular and that is research I'm totally going to take advantage of. ❤️ 7y
Sace These are beautiful! I might be doing some wholesale stealing too! 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @RestlessFickleBookSlut Well you know I support it! 😆 7y
Sace My bujo is probably lame by pinterest standards but it makes me happy. 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @RestlessFickleBookSlut That's all it needs to do! Mine only looks like this because I got into a major procrastination spiral this week and I've taken it all out on Litsy. But that's really not sustainable... 😭 But bujo wise, it's not like I'm making new pages for the day or week or anything --the bookish version is so much more low key than doing my whole life! 7y
Sace @Natasha.C.Barnes I just do two pages per month. Just an empty page for jotting thoughts and a page for keeping up with the books I read for the month. 7y
minkyb Nice! Looks like fun. 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Wow, impressive! Such dedication:) 7y
Rekki This makes me want to join in! Pretty lists *-* 7y
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Librariana
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Here is my "bookish bullet journal" monthly log with my reading goals, TBR, and other important bookish dates and events coming up for the month of August.
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Since I didn't get to finish two titles during the #booktubeathon, I really want to make sure I stop putting them off and get them read.
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Is anyone else participating in any of these readathons? Anyone else looking forward to any new releases?
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Ms.Story Beautiful journaling! 😍 7y
TheLibrarian This is absolutely amazing! I'm super jealous. 7y
JPeterson Gorgeous! 7y
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mcipher Your handwriting.... just WOW. 7y
Librariana Thank you so much for thinking so, @Ms.Story 😊 I'm humbled by your kindness 💜 7y
Librariana @TheLibrarian - are you sure you don't mean absolutely nerdy? 😄 I actually started a page tracking spread yesterday complete with bar graph. I'm testing it out for the week... see how I like it. 7y
Librariana Aawww! Thank you both so much for your sweet compliments @JPeterson and @mcipher 💖 I'm truly humbled and flattered. 7y
DivineDiana You are so talented! This is beautiful! 7y
Librariana Aww, shucks 😊😊😊 Thank you so much for your kind and lovely compliment, @DivineDiana. I'm humbled and flattered 💕 7y
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