Organizing the Chaos

Hi! this is just a random sideblog for all things bujo, study-related and reading. come talk or give me book reccomendations :) 20 main: @cecilthefreak

[noteworthypages]

soooo i may or may not be fashionably late setting up my bullet journal this month because life has been doing side quests.

now i have too many vibes and not enough decision-making skills, so obviously this becomes a tumblr democracy.

wich theme should my bujo be this month?

🧱 tetris (if i can’t organize my life at least i can stack little blocks about i

🍓 fruit (romanticizing my responsibilities with strawberries and pretending that

🧩 jigsaw puzzles (because my life is in pieces but like… aesthetically)

📓 stationery (leaning fully into the office supply obsession and calling it self

Voting ended onMar 5

vote so i know who to lovingly credit for the outcome. kidding. mostly 💌

[vinnie-cha]

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[homo-sexual]

[cardassian-enthusiast]

rereading my old stuff rn and i—

[unassumingcavegoblin]

GUESS WHAT I GOT

AGHSHDHFHHFHDHSD IM SO HAPPY

[babiefats]

Flipping through old books.

[beatrizjournal]

Desk set up and journal spreads 📄💡

[wheeirts]

I like how it turned out

[galactic-catastrophy]

My weekly spread to keep me on track while I job search.

[burhokery]

Hi! I included some organization tools in there in order to keep track of what there's already stock on, in order to prevent waste. I offer forget about the stuff in the fridge so this helps me a lot!

If you find it useful, maybe tip me on Kofi? My plan for the proceedings is to go towards my top surgery on December, and it would aid me a lot.

[eartothepage]

This Saturday, I visited Virginia Tech for the first time with my friends! I felt inspired to make a VT themed page, even though I’m not a VT fan, haha. Go Dukes! 💜💛⭐️🌟

[juliaxyn]

One day, all this late-night studying will pay off

[noteworthypages]

Studying isn’t about being perfect—it’s about progress. Every small step, every page you read, every note you take is bringing you closer to your goal, even if it doesn’t feel like it right now. It’s okay to have tough days, but don’t let that stop you from moving forward. Trust the process.

[thewhimsicalarchives]

[thenaminook]

February bullet journal spread 💕

[fakelavender]

january 2024 in my journal

[izukuwus]

Still reeling from the realization that bullet journaling was essentially created to be a disability aid and got legit fuckin gentrified

[izukuwus]

Like I'm at work and don't have the time to properly organize my thoughts atm but like.

-bullet journalling was invented by a man with a learning disability (99% sure it was ADHD but his website now just says learning disability so I can't be 100%) as a system for organizing his life/way to work WITH his learning disability

-the general concept is bullet point the important things you need to do and use a simple system of symbols to mark whether it's done, rescheduled, cancelled, etc. with very little fanfare, keeping it all in one notebook so you know where to easily find the information at a glance

-people pick it up and it starts getting popular

-bullet journaling becomes an aesthetic movement largely populated by white neurotypicals

-bullet journaling has turned into creating an extremely pretty notebook that has some function, but largely depends on complicated decoration and aesthetic function that takes more time to set up than is tenable for the people it was created for

-new entries to bullet journaling feel pressure to shop at particular stores, use particular brands, purchase lots of stationery purely for its aesthetic value, and prioritize the artistry of the pages rather than the information being stored on them

-people who would massively benefit from the original system can only really find information on it from members of the aesthetic movement. There is now a barrier to entry for ppl with ADHD and other similar conditions, as bullet journaling now requires a focus and motivation to start that these same people often lack or struggle to maintain consistently

-bullet journaling is no longer a disability aid and has become an aesthetic movement largely for middle class white neurotypicals, pushing out the people who the system was created for to begin with

[bibookmerm]

This is the original guide from the person who made bullet journalling. Super simple. Not at all high maintenance.

It was eye-opening to rewatch this after getting used to bullet journal meaning "work of highly decorative art you might journal in if it doesn't detract from the decoration" everywhere online.

[writer-brittany]

I had two of my blog posts combined and published on the Bullet Journal blog. I explain, in depth, how I use my bujo as an autistic person. The foundation is the same, but my brain is a little less hyperactive than an ADHD one so I'm able to layer some more complex spreads and concepts over top of it.

It also helped when I was first diagnosed in capturing all the thoughts and ideas onto paper to sort through later and reflect upon. I've cut some of these spreads out since this was published 2-3 years ago, but again, you can easily pick out which parts you want to try and ignore the rest.

The Bullet Journal Method For Autism

I'm an avid journaller and I have been for several years now. So, naturally, when I learned I was autistic I wanted to know if there were an

[noteworthypages]

More people should talk about bullet journaling methods to use, whether it's for neurodivergent or neurotypical people, instead of just focusing on aesthetics. When I first got into bullet journaling because I heard it was great for neurotypical people, I couldn’t find anything like this and only found all kinds of heavily decorated weekly logs (not gonna lie, I thought they were pretty but not very functional for me). It wasn’t until I picked up The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll himself that I learned more about the real system and how to adapt it to my own needs. I highly encourage anybody who is new to bullet journaling to pick it up if they have the chance.

Thanks for sharing the wonderful blog posts for autism, by the way! They were super helpful. :)