TIL my bullet journal habit was actually a way to avoid doing the real work

I was in a coffee shop in Portland last Saturday when my friend looked at my perfectly decorated weekly spread and said, 'that's really pretty but did you actually finish any of those tasks?' and it hit me that I spend more time drawing grids than I do actually checking things off, so has anyone else caught themselves treating the journal like an art project instead of a planner?

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lisak2615d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, you're telling me there's people who actually USE their bullet journal instead of just making it look like a Pinterest board? I had this exact same wakeup call last year when I found a pile of empty notebooks in my closet, all with about three pages of beautiful color-coded spreads and nothing else. I started doing this thing where I'd spend two hours picking out washi tape and stickers for a new weekly layout, then never even write a single task down. My dog literally ate one of my abandoned journals last month, and I was kinda relieved because it meant I didn't have to look at all those empty planning pages anymore.

nathana4815d agoTop Commenter

Pretty spreads keep me honest about showing up at all.