Toward the end of my first year in graduate school, the year I discovered I had a knack for making pretty notes and elaborate bullet journal pages, I found myself often repeating the same few layouts, techniques, and lettering styles in my notes. As I noticed this tendency to repeat, I suspected the habit was …
As anyone who’s ever lingered too long in a stationary aisle knows, it’s easy to spend a fortune on paper, pens, and stationery products you’ll never use. On the other hand, quality supplies can make a big difference in ease of use, the final result, and the experience of bullet journaling or note taking. In …
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 …
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 …