Bullet journaling has been a lifesaver for me and my not-well-organized itself. For years, I was a hard-core long-format journaler. Each night, I’d sit down and scrawl several pages describing my thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Journalling was a big help to my mental health, like it is for many people, according to researchers 1, but …

You don’t have to have an uncanny ability to create outline letters in order to create bold outlined texts in your sketchnotes and bullet journal.  This post (part of a series of posts on ways to create dramatic subject-specific content during a live lecture or presentation), shares my favorite method for creating bold, tidy outlined …

Taking pretty notes in class might seem difficult, but with a few tips (and some practice) – it’s easy to make your notes the envy of your class. Taking beautiful notes is a skill that you can learn. In the first section of this post, I share my best tips for taking creative, engaging, and …

Drawing banners is a great way to add some extra flair to your pages. Just like emojis, 🏴 banners can help define a section of the page or draw the eye to important information. Although, like most things, it’s a learning process, learning how to draw banners in your bullet journal is easy. Banners can …

Problem: Drawing Antlers is Hard I love drawing antlers in my bullet journal. They’re perfect for framing quotes or words. But let’s be completely honest: antlers are really hard to draw freehand. In this post, you’ll learn my 4 step method for learning to consistently draw perfect deer, moose, and elk antlers. I’ve been trying …

Occasionally in school, a teacher might require a handout as one of the course assignments. Typically the handout is done as an accompaniment to a research paper or presentation that you can share with other students in the course. Making short handouts at the end of a research project is very helpful. Reducing a 10-page …

In this post you’ll learn step by step how to use a simple shadow drawing technique to make your bullet jounal elements pop off the page! Keep reading to follow step by step or download the free one-page instructional handout. When I first began using a bullet journal I experimented with using lots of colors …

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