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my name is rae. i’m 19, an ISFJ, lesbian, Cancerian, aspiring polyglot, physics and math double major, psychology minor at Roanoke College, and future theoretical astrophysicist.

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requested by anon and youchanged-me // my bullet journal layout
note: my way of using the bullet journal is pretty minimal, in the sense that I really don’t have much else in my journal apart from the “essentials” (ie. my tasks/ideas, etc.) i personally cannot just whip out v cute drawings/doodles, and i find that trying to do so often leads me to spend more time on my bullet journal instead of actually doing the things i wrote down! so it’s pretty bare in that sense - but if you can be v cute and creative then kudos to you and your talents ~~that i am envious of~~. also, i’m sorry it took so long for me to get this up guys! these past few days have not been kind to me, but i hope this can help you guys at least a little bit ^-^
INDEX
Although I never created a true “index” for myself when I first began (ie. writing it down at the front of my journal), I kind of just found a system that works for me along the way. But for the purpose of this post, I wrote it down for you guys on a post-it note to show what I use for entries etc.
MONTHLY OVERVIEW
Instead of drawing a monthly calendar for myself, I decided early on that I would rather print out a calendar online. Partially because I just like the look of some online printable better, and also because I would waste way too much time trying to sketch the calendar perfectly.
Having the paper calendar taped inside of my bullet journal is also a really nice, quick way for me to see how many pages I used each month!
Apart from this calendar, I also like to make a list of monthly goals I want to complete! (I forgot to take a picture of this sorry guys! but you can see a glimpse of what it looks like here) More details on how I structure my to-do list will be further down in the post~
WEEKLY TO-DO LISTS
After creating a monthly overview, I like to make a list of goals that I want to complete within that one week. I make sure that my goals correspond to the tasks I set out for myself for the month!
DAILY ENTRIES
Okay so for daily entries, I’ve had multiple multiple layouts over the past three month - all of which are documented here on my tumblr heh. But recently, I’ve found a system that I think works the best for me when I crave structure and I think it could work during the school year as well!
Here is an example of what a daily entry would look like. This is the one I made for today! As you may or may not be able to tell, this one in particular begins at 11:30AM because I went running this morning.
The first thing I do is title each page.
Then I create a daily to-do list of the tasks that I want to get done today. I actually section off my tasks by subject/topic, and I list subtasks underneath each one. It helps my mind stay clear as well haha.
After that, I write out a schedule using specific times for when I want to start each project. This works the best for me when I feel like I need more structure in my day.
For this week, I’ve actually been using a colorful gel pen to write the date, headings, and time stamps. However, I have used just my basic blue & black ballpoint pens for the same layout in the past, and it works just as fine. I just wanted to switch things up a bit and introduce a little more color again!
Here is an example of an entry with only the schedule and no to-do list. This was from when I first started wanting that structure, and I just kind of wrote down whatever tasks I knew I really wanted to get done that day!
I actually wrote a little reflection/journaled a bit beneath the schedule because I had some space left over and it’s nice writing down things you’re grateful for! ^-^
And depending on whether or not I leave enough space on the left margin, sometimes I’ll make a check mark next to the time to indicate whether or not I worked on that task. Then at the end of the day, I’ll go back to the top of the page and fill in/cross-off/migrate the original list!
Annnnnd that’s pretty much it! These are the basics as to how I’ve been (recently) using my bullet journal during the summertime. I anticipate that the format will change slightly once school begins, due to the nature of having structured classes, but I’ll just adjust when I need to~ It really just takes a lot of experimentation to find a system that works best for you! GOOD LUCK FRIENDS (◡‿◡✿)