OneNote digital bullet journal x planner masterpost
So, before this university year started I realized that Passion Planner and my last year simple and mini bullet-journal donāt meet my requirements, so I needed something new. I love watching others bullet journals and planners, which are colourful and creative, and nice-looking. But I just donāt find it convenient, logical and useful - to spend so much money and time on a notebook (just my opinion, guys, relax). Likeā¦what for?
AND THEN IāVE SEEN THE LIGHT e.g. HAD AN IDEA TO CREATE A DIGITAL BULLET JOURNAL.
This way you can save money and spend less time. And you can see it whenever you want. And donāt carry additional weight with you (which, if youāre like me and have lots of heavy stuff with you every day, is a real pro)
Iām using a netbook and usually carry it around with me to work on + Iāve got all books for classes there (and weāve lots of those), so my choice landed on OneNote app. I think many of you are used to see it only as a note-taking app, for Cornwellās system for example, but, in fact, it has so many great options to act as a planner or a journal, that I was AMAZED not to find anyone using it this way.
But enough talking, letās see how it looks in practice!
Here you can see different sections/tabs and pages of a chosen tab. I use them for my everyday needs, like mood diary and recovery challenge; checking my students progresses, tasks and what weāve learned; the tab for my coursework contains a calendar, research plan, some info and notes; and notebook is for my french philology when I need to work with pdf files and highlight something in the text or write over it. Anyways, the one that interests us is bullet journal.
Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā This is how my month of October looks like. I have a small calendar on the top left and the description of important/highlighted dates below it. Then, opposing calendar, there areĀ my monthly goals. In the center there are books I need and want to read, tv series/movies/anime I plan to watch. And a bunch of pics to add the colour. (Pay attention to the to-do squares and keep them in mind, weāll come back to them later!)
Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā This is how first week of October looked like. Pretty simple and minimalistic. I mostly tracked what I need to do on a certain day and some chores. And it was the week when I decided to differentiate symbols.
Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā My tags are pretty simple and I donāt always use them all, mostly first 12 (well, I use almost all of them, whatever), but itās nice knowing Iāll have from what to choose if I ever need to.
Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Then thereās food log for each week. Pretty simple and on a A5 page size. (fasting was due to the loss of the appetite for 4 days because of my depression)
Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā And monthly habit tracker. As you can see, I failed the drawing one completely. I may change them from time to time, though sport, self-care (or skin care), planning and water trackers are always with me. I love keeping them colour-coded.
So, this is how I use OneNote. Iām still using my Passion Planner and some phone apps to keep on track. I hope youāve found this post useful and enjoyed the walkthrough my digital bullet journal. If you decide to create your own, tag me. Iād love to see them!