BuJo Set-up

If you have seen videos and pictures of how other's have set-up their Bullet Journals, I did pretty much the same thing.  I have my Index at the front with the key on the next page.  One thing that I knew was essential was to color code.  I use regular pens and have a variety of colors so I included it in my key.  Plus I am a very visual person so the colors really help:

Most of the symbols are from the original system.

The Kokuyo Campus Todai Dotted Notebook

Since I am new to the BuJo game, I did not want to invest much into this new venture.  Also, I'm a graduate student.  I looked at so many different reviews and ordered these puppies for $10 for the 5 pack:

It took about two weeks for them to arrive from Japan.  They are pretty thin, but they fit in a school bag or slide into the pocket of a binder brilliantly.  They have 35 faint lines with 26 columns of dots.  There are 30 sheets in each one which I liked because I will use one for the rest of the summer as a test BuJo and then will use the other four for each quarter of the school year for my internship.  The binding keeps the paper in really well and you can fold it over or lay it flat depending on how you like to journal.

I am super excited.  So much so that I am not going to wait for the new month, I'm going for it!

Have you heard of Bullet Journaling?

Being on summer break, it is pretty easy to get wrapped up in something new.  This all started, as it sometimes does, with a BuzzFeed article.  After I read about what a Bullet Journal is, I got into a few hours of YouTube videos and then found myself heading down the rabbit hole.  I came out of it at the end of the day well versed in dot grid paper, washi tape, and a new method of to-do listing.  I had a sip of the BuJo Kool-Aid and ordered books on Amazon, anxiously waiting for my notebook to come.

So I feel like a better question is: What is Bullet Journaling to me?

I have always leaned on the side of order and to-do lists and love them to death.  The thing is, post-its are not terribly pretty.  I have also tried to keep planners, but could never find one that fit all of my needs.  I am a teacher and I am in graduate school for school social work with my last internship coming up this school year.  I have full confidence that the next 9 months are going to be really rough and felt I needed to be organized.  It seemed that a Bullet Journal system would be my answer.

Now as I wait for the notebook to arrive, back into the rabbit hole.