My Bullet Journal Year in Review: Notebooks, Pros, Cons, and What's next for me.
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- In this special Year in Review video, join me as I take a deep dive into a year's worth of bullet journaling, notebooks, their pros and cons, and exciting plans for the new year! I will share my honest insights and reflections on the tools that have been my creative companions throughout the year.
Notebooks Used: I'll discuss the various notebooks I've used over the past year, from classic journals to specialized options. See how different paper quality, sizes, and styles have impacted my journaling journey.
Pros and Cons: Get an in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of each notebook. I'll talk about what worked exceptionally well and what I found challenging, helping you make informed choices for your next bullet journal.
2024 Plans: Discover my exciting plans for the upcoming year, including new layouts, themes, and journaling techniques I'll be incorporating. Get a sneak peek into the goals and creative ideas we have in store for our bullet journal in 2024.
Whether you're a seasoned bullet journalist or just starting your journaling journey, this Year in Review video is packed with valuable insights and inspiration. Join me as I reflect on the past and look forward to the future. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our bullet journaling adventures in 2024! #BulletJournal #YearInReview #Planning2024
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0:14 Appointed Task Planner
1:59 Bullet Journal Edition 2
2:48 Cons of the Task Planner
3:42 Cons of two planners
4:15 Owl Paper Journal
6:04 Cons of Tomoe River Paper
7:18 Antou Book Nota
8:57 Moving to Notion
9:41 What's next for me
11:48 Your New Year Planners
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I’ve never seen anyone else who does almost exactly my system! I use a sterling ink common planner for all my planning and reminders and then a blank notebook for my dailies!
Great minds plan alike!
Thanks for sharing Mark. I always enjoy your videos, whether we use the same tools or not :-)
My biggest change in 2023 has been to move to a more digital platform. I went through a few different digital apps before I settled (for now) on Workflowy. I dabbled with Clickup, Notion, Obsidian... They are all really nice tools but with all the features they offer can quickly become very complicated and overwhelming.
Workflowy is so simple and seems to work best for me.
So my setup right now is; Evernote for my job's work log(Since way back when) and various notes, Workflowy for all my other tasks and Bullet "style" journaling as well as quick capture stuff, and finally my Bujo notebook where I expand on my daily Workflowy entries more as a personal journal/diary.
I just can't live without the search capabilities of digital. Even when I was strictly using BUJO, I actually photographed the pages into my Evernote.
Now I export my Workflowy, month by month to Evernote, not sure why but it only takes 2 seconds.
Who knows what next year will bring. I guess it's all kind of fun.
Thanks for sharing your approach, Danny. Awesome to hear about how you are using these tools together. I've never really thought about searching before in a journal but that is a great idea.
The 2 week task sprints on the monthly overview are genius
I have really enjoyed the process.
I thought I knew what I was doing until you showed that Owl Paper Notebook!! I might have to rethink this!
sorry not sorry x-)
@@markyourpages 😂😂😂
I am all over the place. I have my A5 Archer and Olive notebook for a general bujo, one for a reading journal, and working on a 5 year journal. On top of that, I have a second brain in Notion and digital daily planner. I also have a dated planner that will mostly be for decorating. I always start off strong and then drop some things as the year goes on.
Using all the things ;-) Love it. Thanks for sharing.
I switched my bullet journal in September from A5 to a Filofax Personal (slightly bigger than A6). I wanted something more flexible than a bound book, that I can add, remove and rearrange pages easily, and the filofax is a bit more portable than an A5 book. I'm using only dot grid paper in it so I'm still using it as a traditional BuJo, just smaller. It's working welll, and I have a nice leather cover from Wanderings that I love, so I am sticking with that for 2024. Longform journalling and commonplacing are staying in A5 books.
Thanks for sharing! I know a few people that is moved from bound notebooks to rings to move things around. It's a great approach for use!
I like thick paper too. I've decided kraft paper is my jam.
I love the look of kraft paper!
I’m retired, so I’m thinking about a Commonplace Journal, to catch reflections, note books I’m reading etc. On the other hand, I’ve been looking at planners too…I generally buy more than one…because, I’m fickle. Who knows where I will really land.
Thanks for sharing - I think we all have been there. There are just so many options.
My planner stacks have gone through a lot of changes over the last few years, because I went back to school and changed my jobs a few times so I constantly needed different things. But as of now, I'm planning on using an A5 Common Planner for work and then a classic LT 1917 for my personal/catchall planner.
I've gotten a black BuJo every year since 2016, but my issues with the Second Edition outweighed my desire for consistency so I'm just going to take a hit with the lesser paper quality, lol. I just felt like there was a lot of wasted space and it filled up too fast for me, and I'm happy to save my nice A&O journals for long-form journaling.
It's amazing how much a new job or classes can affect how you need to plan to use your space based on your individual needs.
Agreed, paper quality is very important. I have a bullet journal for work and a Hobonichi cousin for my personal life.
It makes such a difference.
I use a reMarkable 2 as my planner, journal and bullet journal. For my journal I let the reMarkable convert the text so I can send it into the Journey app. I've used it for years and can backlog moods, feelings, thoughts and everything else. Each new month I read through the previous month and write a summary into my Leuchtturm 1917, Outline. With a fountain pen.
So, there you have it. 🙂
I've heard so many great things about the reMarkable... i need to try it at some point. Thanks for sharing, and love the Outlines notebook.
I'm so looking forward to my next year's lineup! Traveler's notebook for gaming journal, another travelers for camping, square notebook for reading journal, A5 for daily bujo (192 pages so i can try to fit the whole year)
Oh nice! Look at you with your full line up already
I'm already in my new journal and one of the new things I'm trying is an index page :o
That's awesome - both the new notebook and the index! Best of luck trying something new.
I'm the same. I try to keep home school, dr appointments, meal plans, budget and a pain journal. I found that I can condense these into two notebooks. I use the b5 for my pain/symptom fibromyalgia bullet journal and a Laurel Denise Horizontal undated for all other things. This has brought me planner peace. I also use fountain pens and I was using the hobonichi's this year. Even though I love to write on the paper and the ghosting didn't bother me (I actually love the feel of it), I couldn't fit it all in two!
That's so amazing to hear! I love when others find that great match - that's what we all strive for :-)
I was a bullet journalist for 8 years but I wanted to actually journal and record thoughts and feelings, but could never make it work in my bujo so I always had a separate notebook for that purpose. I’d then added a few extra planners for specific purposes (such as time tracking, writing, goal setting) so I had a chunky stack. When I change job last year and started travelling for work I need to slim down. I ended up in a hobonichi and it’s been working great. I have one planner, I don’t have to do loads of setup or carry a lot of materials with me, and I just have one other planner for writing, just because it helps me to keep that separate. Next year will be my third hobonichi and the only change I’ve made to my system is to get the avec (split into too books) just because my hobo gets really chunky and a bit heavy by the end of the year! 😬 Ghosting never bothered me… I live in a standard leuchtturm for something like 5 or 6 years. 😉
That's so much for sharing and I love that you ahve found what worked well for you with your lifestyle.
I am currently in the planning stage. Also went through my past bullet journal & planner, to see what worked & what didn’t. So this year I used a bullet journal & planner & various notebooks and notepads, and sticky notes & even the notes app. So I am also trying to cut it down. It’s hard to travel with everything, so I find that I will leave everything at my desk, and not have something when I need it.
Loving your choice to add monthly overview calendars all in the front of your bullet journal, I am also thinking of doing this. Since the future log doesn’t have enough space for what I need, even if I add 2 months on a page. The monthly overview calendar is my go to spread.
There seems to be a lot you can bring together - but I feel you on the hard to travel with. Sometimes just having that 1 space to put things and then bring it back to reorganize is helpful. I will do that if I dont have my journal with me. Take a note on my phone or app - but then I have to be mindful to put it where it needs to go so that I dont forget.
Still pretty new to the BuJo community, but I am going to try and stick to 1 for Bullet Journaling for work (possibly the upcoming Winter release of Archer & Olive...I am a 90's kid) and another one, for just journaling and getting mind right throughout the year. I did enjoy the creativity that this brought and I look forward to your videos for inspiration
There are alot of people that do exactly this. Wishing you all the best with the new appraoch.
Nice >>>>> Thank you .
Thank you too. for checking out the video.
Like you I love the calendar monthly and weekly spreads that a planner provides and putting them together in a bullet journal just wasn’t working so for 1/2 this year and all of 2024 I’m using the Hobonichi Cousin and using the daily pages as a running weekly task list plus any notes. It’s worked out incredibly well this year and I feel like I finally got to where I wanted to be with planning
That's amazing that you found your good spot! Congrats
I am also in a square journal for next year! Excited to see how you set yours up.
Yay!!! I just set mine up today and I am SOOO excited.
A few years ago I had switched over to tomoe river and kokuyo thin paper, and I had to go through the same process of accepting ghosting on pages
I'm totally ok with it now, cause at least they don't bleed
I've also come to think that being able to see the history of the other side of the page is charming
Seeing the history, that is so poetic. :-)
Ooo 1 book for most of the year sounds like a great feat. I think 🤔 I have my plan. A5 archer and olive for general Bujo, hobonichi weeks for social media planning, a 5 year journal to help me with mindfulness, and a journal for my morning pages. Oo and a post therapy recap journal. (I may fuse that with the morning pages journal)
Love the breakdown of journals. Love that they all have a useful purpose.
I think I kind of know what I'm going to use next year. Hobonichi Weeks Mega as my edc, Sterling Ink B6 as my main home for journaling and maybe common planning. And a pocket because it looked really cute... and now maybe it will become my language book... and I might try to add Obsidian in the mix as my digital notebook... or maybe RemNote... not sure about that right now... and maybe a digital planner for goal planning... yeah, I'm pretty sure I will be cutting back on all of that. Those are the ideas I have for now. Though I'm pretty sure I might just stick to the weeks and B6 planner as the core since they worked so well this year.
Sounds like an exciting start to the new year
I liked the way this video was set up. Seeing the evolution of your systems was cool. If A&O would just number their pages…. 🤦🏻♀️
Thank you for checking it out. And we have to let them know we want page numbers!
My goal is to attempt to do one year of just bullet journal which although I've been watching you and many other UA-camrs I have never actually done a bullet journal.... Wish me luck wish
I am so excited for you. All the best in your start.
The square journal is a new concept for me. I just got my first Archer and Olive subscription in the September release. I'm kinda hoping I'll get a square journal in December. But I am going to scrupulously avoid the spoilers because I REALLY want to be surprised this time! 🤣 I'll be interested to see how you set this one up.
I think that you are going to be very happy with the next Sub Box. No spoilers here! Yet... haha. I have really enjoyed my square notebooks. I just did a flip through a bit back on it if you havent checked it out yet.
I really love those square journals. I don’t have one, but I feel like I need one - for next year, of course. ☺️
Right now I use two - one for work and one personal. Both are A&O A5 size. I’m thinking of using one of the small pocket size from the fall sub box for goals, goal planning and other long term collections starting in the new year.
Thanks for sharing and so excited about the little notebooks. I always hear people talking about loving them, but not sure if I have ever seen someone really use it.
I have my bullet journal for next year and I already have planned out a cover page! :)
That's so exciting.
Hi Mark, Enjoyed watching this video on your notebook stack review. I used an undated planner this year that was ok but I’ve decided to go back to a dot grid notebook to create my own planner for 2024. I like having ultimate flexibility in layout based upon my needs. I’m using an A&O A5 for that purpose and an A&O 8x8 lined notebook for a weekly memory keeping book. I haven’t checked yet but if you haven’t already done a video on Notions that would be cool to see more detail on how you use it. :)
Thanks for sharing! Here is the video I did for Notion: ua-cam.com/video/rMBt6mKVS20/v-deo.htmlsi=SRUT4I_kPoNGRUFt
For 2024, I'm going to use a Wonderland 222 A5 All-In-One planner.
This year, I used the Hobonichi Cousin Avec and I don't care for the quotes; it's such a waste of space.
I just heard about these Wonderland journals recently. Love it it's all in 1
I'm continuing with my hybrid Reading Journal/Bujo not sure whether to use a B5 or A5 or Square yet though. I have some full page layout stickers that I bought on etsy and they're all A5 so that might influence me. It *will* be an A&O journal though. I am considering making a long term collections journal to keep pen swatches, and other yearly collections in kinda like the one Jess uses. I'll see though as I'm not sure I'll keep up with it. (I know myself too well). Great video Mark, and I love how you explain what works for you and what doesnt.
Thanks for checking out the video and sharing where you are heading for your next one. Cheers to A&O notebooks.
I also tried using a collections journal, but didn’t keep up with it. As I was trying to buy less, it just seemed like a waste of journal. It didn’t work for me
I'm fairly new to this so I'm going to experiment with sizes. I already know I won't be using 6s because goodness it's hard enough to write neat, but write neat and small? I'm going to try the square journal from A&O next year, I collect stickers and image tape, and found this lovely cycle of a tape I want to use for collections that are supposed to last for the duration of the journal's life. January though... I'm debating still
Figuring out what you like can only happen through experimentation. Your square journal sounds amazing already!
I haven’t even bought a new journal yet 😅 I want an A&O or more decorative cover journal, but everyone’s doing 160gsm, and I actually hate that (feels like cardstock to me-ik im in the minority lol). But I know I’m going to have just my bullet journal and a sketchbook for my notebook stack! Probably a5, but I’ve been eyeing the b6 for a bit for how compact it is. I’m unsure if a monthly log will fit cleanly in it, though.
Not a fan of the 160... I know you are not a lot. The LT's are nice with with 120 gsm - nice paper without it being too thick. The journal sizes are fun - finding what works. Wishing you all the luck in experimenting and find what works well for you.
I’ve thought of going to a printed planner but haven’t been able to find one with Sunday starts. I know Monday starts are popular but I just don’t like them. I think I’m staying in my A5. 🤷♀️
Good luck with your search - I hope you are able to find out
I’ve been looking at journals with kraft papers. I’d be interested to know if there’s any ghosting on it. I absolutely love the Notebook Therapy books.
I''m not sure of the Notebook Therapy ones, but no ghosting on the A&O ones that I have used.
do you find the archer & olive paper is nice for fountain pens (not dip pens)? i'm interested in their notebooks but haven't heard great things about how fp performance, esp with regard to feathering...
also, just found your channel and i'm so into it!
I’ve used a lot of different pens in the past without any issues. Ink and nib size play a factor. I’ll upvote a video topic on this for my planning. It’s a question I do hear a lot.
I'm almost completely moved to notion. It's much more convenient to use it on my phone thsn to use paper bujo. Almost because I do like paper, but I could do without it now. I was waiting for an app like this for 14 years
I've been a huge fan of the mobile aspect of Notion vs just notebooks. I really enjoy being able to use it anywhere.
I'm not seeing the square journal you are referring to on Archer and Olive's site.
Search “8x8” on their website search and it will pull them up. Looks like they moved their sizing to options under notebooks so they are a little hard to find. Also, code Markyourpages10 will save you an extra 10% off. Let me know if you have any other questions or need help.
Also, they may have sold out of the one I have. I’ve had that one for a while. They have one close here: tinyurl.com/42bexyex
Thank you
Does a person really have more than two? I see one for work and one for personal but seeing more than two is too much for me. If you use more thank two let me know why….thanks guys
I've seen and have friends that have planner stacks on stacks. Work, Home, reading... kind of like a journal for each idea. I am with you that more than two is alot for me as well. Honestly, more than 1 turns out is a lot for me too ;-)
It’s keeping things separate, and in my experience it’s gets to be too much. My plan for next year is one journal at a time, even if I use 3 or 4 throughout the year.
You shouldn’t settle for paper that bleeds. There so many choices.
Very true!