Over 25 Things You Can Add To Your Bullet Journal
This post was inspired by this article here. These additions are in no particular order.
1. Daily To-Do Lists: Sometimes it’s easy for busy people to forget important calls we need to make, things we need to buy, or work we need to get done.
2. Blog Post Ideas: Personally, I have a note app in my phone for this. But I can see why it might be better to dedicate a page in my journal for such.
3. Fitness Log: If you are anything like me (a.k.a. lazy), this could seem like a challenge to even add to your journal. In my habits log, I have a spot in my chart for physical activities. For you athletes, it’s probably best to have an entire section. (Tip: add the hours/minutes you work out, how much water you drink, and what activities you did)
4. Food Log: Keeping track of what you eat is super important. Sometimes we overeat and others we go to bed realizing we only ate breakfast. For those who want to be super-journalers, you could even add the calories/sugars/carbs to your log.
5. Gift Lists: Whether someone’s birthday, a holiday, or special occasion is on the way, or even in the future, keeping a list of gift ideas is so smart.
6. Grocery Lists: Personally, I do not agree with putting your grocery list in your bullet journal. My reasoning is that I am a creature of habit and I have always used a small notecard or note on my phone of the things I need to buy. Afterwards, I throw it out or delete it. But if you are someone who likes to bring a journal into the store, go for it. No judgement here.
7. Goals: You can keep up with goals by year, month, week, and/or day. It’s nice to have a written reminder of the things we want to accomplish.
8. Recipes and Food Prep Ideas: I’ve seen many journals that have recipes written down in them. It might even be smart to create a small folder in your journal for cut out recipes or ones you print off the Internet.
9. Daily Affirmations: YES! Tell yourself in words how important you are, how great your life is, and that you can do anything! I would do this on the top of every new page or create a page and write one a day.
10. Business Plans: For all of you that have your own business, this is a great idea. I have a section of my journal dedicated to my photography business.
11. Birthdays: Keep track of all the important birthdays; parents, siblings, celebrity crushes, dogs, presidents, great-aunts, great aunts, etc.
12. Work Hours Log: Incredibly important! When I babysat, I kept a log of which family paid me, for how many hours I was there, and with what kind of payment.
13. Wishlists: Make a list of things you are saving up for or hope to one day be able to have. Boats, cars, food, pets, cameras, etc.
14. Gratitude Log: It doesn’t have to be a holiday for you to be thankful for things. I have a page of people that I’m thankful for and a page for things, events, etc. that I am also thankful for.
15. Quotes: It’s good to keep yourself inspired. Write down quotes that make you feel good, sad, smile, etc. Song lyrics count as quotes!
16. Illustrations and Doodles: I actually have an entire other journal for doodling. It kind of looks like the Burn Book from Mean Girls, but that’s beside the point. (I can post pictures if you are curious)
17. Jokes: Ever think of a joke and scold yourself for not writing it down? I have and do constantly. You could also write down jokes that you didn’t come up with just to look back on and smile.
18. New Discoveries/Interesting Facts: I love finding out new things. Writing down what cool things I’ve learned might actually be a good idea since I am continuously learning and sometimes forget things I just discovered.
19. Travel Log: Did you go on vacation? Log it! Did you got to the mall? Write it down! Did you walk to the mailbox? Well…I guess you can log that too.
20. Family and Friend’s Favorites: Make a list of things that people like. Scents, places, colors, tv shows, etc. Know the people in your life.
21. DIY Projects: I have so many boards on Pinterest with DIY ideas. My room is like a huge DIY mess! I love it.
22. Chore List: Remember the trash? Oh that’s right, you didn’t because you didn’t have a fancy chore list in your journal! Dedicate a page to the things you need to get done around the house.
23. Bucketlist: I’ve seen some good pages for these. Crochet a blanket, skydive, travel across the country, go backpacking, write a book, buy a car, kill a man, drink some water, etc.
24. Story Ideas: Sometimes I will be driving to school, watching tv, dancing, and an idea for a story will hit me. I have a page of just short synopses of stories in my journal.
25. Period Log: People with periods, this is a great tool. I have an app and pages dedicated to my period. I keep track of my PMS Symptoms like acne and bloating, my Period Symptoms like cramps and nausea, and my Blood Flow. Sorry people without periods if this grosses you out, but guess what it’s not gross and it’s important for us to understand our period.
26. Words That Make You Happy: Some words are fun to say and others are fun to write. Put both in your journal! You could also add words that you want to use more often.
27. Things That Make You Happy: For example, in my journal, I have my favorite tv shows, scents that I like (freshly mowed grass), feelings I enjoy (a sunned carpet under my bare feet), or just random things that make me happy (mature oak trees with orange and yellow leaves next to a well build fence).
28. Monthly Habits: Get to know yourself and improve yourself! Things I keep in my habit log are my hydration levels, if I blogged that day, did I work, did I study, did I spend money, did I go to the movies, etc.
29. Story Titles: Sometimes a phrase pops into my head and I just think, “That would be a good book title.”
30. Made Up Words: This is something I recently started doing. I was playing Scrabble and I was trying to make a word, as the game goes, and I had the letters “B-O-O-L-I-E-S.” For some reason, it made me laugh.
romaincrisis
snowghoul
stormborns
annaxmalina
theartofmadeline
pixelskylines
