Went from a messy scramble to clean weekly spreads in 3 months

My first 6 months of bullet journaling looked like a tornado hit the page, but after I started using a simple key system and doing rapid logging, everything clicked. Anybody else have a breakthrough moment that suddenly made their layouts actually work?

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margaret_kelly5521d ago

The key system really does change everything. I had the same thing happen with rapid logging once I stopped trying to make it look pretty. It's like you finally realize the system is supposed to work for you, not the other way around.

alice_palmer2021d ago

Yeah I read somewhere that the key is just lowering your expectations for the first few months

pat_schmidt6021d ago

Exactly. Just focused on surviving and celebrating small wins.

park.abby21d ago

Lowering expectations is fine, but maybe the real key is lowering your own reactivity. People forget that puppies feed off your energy, so if you're stressed about them messing up, they sense that and get more anxious. Calming yourself down first can actually make the first few months way smoother than you'd think.