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Just counted and I've filled 27 notebooks since I started bullet journaling in 2017.
That stack of used-up journals on my shelf is a physical timeline of my entire adult life, from college finals to my first apartment to planning my wedding, and it hit me harder than any photo album ever could.
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adam_hernandez1mo ago
That "physical timeline" idea got me. I've got maybe three half filled ones from the same time. My timeline is mostly grocery lists and pages where I practiced writing my signature in different styles like a bored teenager.
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adam_hernandez1mo ago
My 2018 bullet journal has a two page spread about the best way to organize a sock drawer. I get the sentimental value, but sometimes a notebook is just a tool for getting through the week without forgetting milk. The pressure to make every list into some deep life record is what made me stop doing it for a while. It feels like we're supposed to perform our planning for an audience, even if that audience is just our future self. My grocery lists from 2019 don't tell a story, they just remind me I bought too much cilantro.
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