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Appreciation post: My bullet journal was a mess until I saw my friend's simple key
I spent about six months trying to copy all the fancy spreads I saw online, using a dozen different colors and symbols. My friend in Chicago showed me her journal last week, which just had a dot, an X, and an arrow for her tasks. I realized I was spending more time drawing boxes than actually getting things done. Has anyone else cut back their key to just the basics and found it helped?
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adam_thompson5325d ago
Totally get that, it's easy to get lost in the art project side of it. @simonp47's cousin's planner sounds like my first few attempts, lol. The real game changer for me was realizing a complex key made me avoid my own journal because it felt like work. Now if a task needs more detail, I just write a short note next to it instead of inventing a new symbol.
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fiona_cooper21d ago
Oh man, that hits home. I went the other way and ditched the key completely, cold turkey. My brain just started seeing the blank dots and checks as little guilt trips if I didn't fill them. So I switched to just writing the thing in a simple list. Seeing the words "call dentist" feels way more real to me than a hollow square, you know? It stopped being a puzzle to decode and just became my actual plan for the day.
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