Penpen's Bujo Corner

It's really quite simple: I'm Penpen, and this is where I post all my things related to Bullet Journaling, Calligraphy, and all things encompassing the bujo-life. I consider myself on the minimalist side of things, so the only embellishments you'll see in my bujo pages are my calligraphy and color coding.

[penpenbujo]

Ugh, I have four two-page spreads left in my bujo

And I’ve already got an Emerald Leuchtturm1917 waiting in the wings. It is so tempting to just fill those spreads with random lists, just so I can get a piece of that Emerald goodness, but I also know it makes more sense for my current bujo (a Moleskine dot notebook) to last me through the end of the school year.

Does anyone else get that “fill up those last pages quick so I can get a new notebook” fever?

[futurevetsbelike]

For those who bullet journal…

How often do you add to it? And how do you come up with ideas for new pages/spreads?

I’m trying it out but it’s hard to know how/where to start

[penpenbujo]

The first thing you need to know is that your bullet journal should work for you, not the other way around. Don’t worry about making it look super pretty (it’s nice, but don’t think that a bujo has to look super pretty).

As for where to start and how often to add, there are a few pages you might want to add at the beginning of your bujo:

Index (if your bujo does not already have one)

Symbol Key and, if you use it, Color Key

Future Planning (a set up of the next twelve months with any events that might pop up waaay in the future-- I have mine set up as two-two page spreads: one side with six months of calendar, and the other side with the list of events that have popped up)

Other spreads and pages are up to you, and are not mandatory in the front pages. If your bujo doesn’t already have numbered pages, I would just number the next ten pages (no need to spend a tedious half hour just numbering pages, only to mess up because you miscounted), and number more as you add them. Add to your bujo as you progress, it’s okay if your “Movies I’ve watched” spread is in between two weekly spreads. It’s your bujo! (just make sure to record the page number in the index!)

As for coming up for ideas for spreads and pages, Pinterest is always a good place to look at ideas. Just take them with a grain of salt when you start feeling bad that yours doesn’t look as pretty: a lot of bujo artists make money by making swoon-worthy bujo spreads, and have bujos that are just for ‘show’

In the end, you’ll be doing a lot of trial and error when it comes to your spreads, and that’s what makes bujos so awesome: it changes to suit your needs!

I hope this helps, and that I haven’t annoyed you with my rambling.

[penpenbujo]

You know, when I first read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (and the later books, of course), I thought it was a little weird that Tom Riddle put a huge chunk of his soul into a diary.

But after getting into Bullet Journaling, and seeing studyblr and BuJo Tumblr/Pinterest/Insta, I can wholeheartedly believe that people can pour their souls into their journals.

Also, Tom Riddle 110% kept a bujo, and you cannot convince me otherwise.

[invisible0one]

Breaking the writer’s block. I’m sure why it helps to start writing a scene by hand in my journal, but if it works, it works! It’s also probably why I’m filling up this journal so fast. :P

[penpenbujo]

I'm always starting scenes by hand before I get a creative bursts and start typing away lol. But totally, whatever works, works!

[penpenbujo]

Yes, I’m four days late, but here’s my paged dedicated to ringing in 2018.

I know a lot of people start new bullet journals at the beginning of the year (or really whenever they run out of room in their current journal), but since my life pretty much centers around the school calendar, I started my journal back in August.

[penpenbujo]

Hello Bujo community/Studyblr

My name is penpen, and I figured that after keeping a bullet-journaling for around a year, I thought I might go ahead and start join the bullet journal community on tumblr.

I can’t really call myself a studyblr blog... mainly because I’m on the other side of the educational desk. I’m a high school English teacher, teaching everything from freshman comp to AP Language.

As for my bujo style, I consider myself on the minimalist side of things, so the only embellishments you'll see in my bujo pages are my calligraphy (usually brush pen, but I do modern calligraphy as well) and color coding.

Anyway, just wanted to say hello to those who have just started bullet journaling, as well as those who have an entire bookshelf dedicated to their past bujos.