Touring my Bullet Journal by Ally Gall
Last spring I had multiple, neverending to-do lists, all living between separate notebooks and my brain. When COVID-19 hit mid-semester, I was really struggling to keep track of everything. So one night to soothe myself, I went down a rabbit hole on Instagram and I came across videos and photos of folks creating their personalized notebooks, planners, and journals. I loved watching people organize their thoughts, to-do’s, and all the while making it look absolutely gorgeous. Overnight, I had filled my social media feed with people bullet journaling — which is a fancy way of creating and maintaining a personalized planner.
It combines different aspects of organization and creativity, two things that I crave. There are many different ways to organize it, personalize it, and be creative with it, even if you don’t have a lot of experience with drawing. At a Glance: This is how the beginning of my monthly themes look: the month’s name with the theme (June was lavender). The next spread is my “At a glance” page, which lays out the entire month. This is where I’ll put important dates: birthdays, holidays, etc.
So, I started doing it myself. Bullet journaling was invented by Ryder Carroll, a digital product designer in Brooklyn, New York. He was diagnosed with learning disabilities when he was young, and through a lot of trial and error, finally found a method that helped him — bullet journaling (bulletjournal.com). Bullet journaling is beneficial and fun for so many reasons. SPRING 2020 | 11
