Been doing this bullet journal thing for about six months now, and am actually surprised I’ve kept up with it this long. I’ve tried journaling before and I was woefully inattentive to it, this just clicked with me. It’s gone through many variations, morphing from single page – single day, to a weekly double-page layout, to it’s current configuration of a monthly chore wheel with single-page weeklong layouts to track other tasks and events.
I went from a paperback dot graph composition notebook, to a hardcover dedicated journal. This newest version has an official Key and index pages, a page for books-read (even tried to draw a bookcase with books), a graphic for birthdays and anniversaries, a page for tracking finances, and a page just for listing things that make me happy. I kinda love this format, but it will probably change again… much like how often I change the theme on this page.
Then…. last month I remembered I have a Polaroid Zip Printer! The pix are 2x3inches and fit perfectly into my current journal layout. Photos! How cool is that?
“He started keeping a journal – had been, in fact, secretly doing so for some time: the furtive act of a deranged person.” ~ Philip K. Dick, VALIS
This week’s word is:
Diary
What to do:
Using “diary” for inspiration, write 100 Words – 100 exactly – no more, no less. You can either use the word – or any form of the word – as one of your 100, or it can be implied. Include a link in your post back here, and add your story to the Mister Linky list. If you don’t have a blog, you can leave your submission in the comment section, or as a Facebook status post. Remember to keep spreading the love with supportive comments for your fellow Wordsters.
Thin spiral notebook 
Your journal looks amazing. So colorful and loaded with information and plans.
Here is my entry for this week. Thanks!
DIARY
Pink faux leather it was 4 by 8 inches with an embossed picture – a girl with a pony tail and a strap from the back to a metal lock on the front. Hung from a little loop two little keys for keeping it private.
She squealed when she opened the package. She had been begging for a diary! Here she could write out her deepest thoughts and all of her dreams and hopes.
That night she began… “Dear Diary, Mom got you for me. Today I begin the story of my life. I know my secrets are safe with you.”
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I think I had that same diary when I was younger.
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Lord, I do not need another thing that allows me to be obsessed over office supplies. You are so creative and your page is a work of art as well as an outstanding method of staying on task. I wish I could find something, anything, that helped me to be more consistent.
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I’ve always been really bad at keeping a journal. I’ll go a few days and then completely forget lol.
https://fictiontrials.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/100wordchallenge-diary/
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Having now looked up a wee bit about bullet journaling, I’m not much wiser! Lol! But I did find a post that you might like
http://www.bohoberry.com/bullet-journal-update/
Like your journal Tara, it looks amazing 🙂
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I have lots of sites bookmarked and have seen some of Boho’s posts. I cherry-pick what I like, try it out and decide if it works for me.
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That’s definitely the way to do it Tara, I do that with photography sites to check out styles I like 🙂
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Your bullet journal looks fascinating Tara, I must look into it some more, it’s just looks like a great way to organise ideas, even though that’s probably not its purpose! 🙂
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The great thing about bullet journals is that there is no right or wrong. You can do whatever you want with it. I needed to create some sort of system to keep track of household chores, finances, and my writing projects. Just play around with formats and templates, have fun with it.
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I’ve sort of got to grips with them Tara, it’s good, because as you say, you can adapt them to your own use 🙂 I think the idea is brilliant, especially as it involves using the good old pen and paper, rather than the dreaded pc!! 🙂
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I have a super classy, leather-bound journal with the Slytherin insignia on it. I am saving it for when I’ll have a place to hide it because it will have all my Slytherin-y secrets in it.
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I have so many journals, most empty. I could never fill them all.
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Congratulations on sticking to your bullet journal for so long! I’ve only using mine for a few months, but I love it . . . and I think part of the reason it’s so great is that you can change your layout and contents whenever you like 🙂 xx
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I like the freedom of adapting the format too, it changes with my mood.
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