Practical & Minimal Bullet Journaling

Recently, I posted a poll on Instagram where I make my followers decide whether I write about how I plan and journal on my 2018 planner or nah. Since a hundred percent said YEAH, let’s get into it.

Before I begin this discussion, I would like to put out there that I don’t consider myself having the artsy hand. Although it was obvious to me that I’m quite unskilled, I still wanted to pursue bullet journaling to plan properly and document my life, as well as maybe it will improve my creativity and productivity.

If you’re new on my blog. Hello! I’m Fads and I practice minimalism. Since minimalism is part of my life, bullet journaling can be an easy task for me because I don’t need to put a lot of effort on my journaling (especially that I'm a beginner) nor would I ever want to be extravagant in any way. Instead I keep my planning and journaling minimal and practical.

P L A N N I N G  +  J O U R N A L I N G  O U T

M o n t h l y :

Basically, I just write the events, holidays, and important tasks that I know is essential in that month on the built-in calendar on the planner. For example, Moon Sighting for Eid, #InternationalYogaDay, or what to blog in a particular day. You see, I try my best to plan ahead because I hate sudden events that ruins my sched.

At the side the calendar, there’s a corner for memo, here I let myself be a little bit reckless. For June, I wrote a quote saying:

“Act like the person you want to become.”

W e e k l y :

I don’t plan weekly on the planner. You see, things change up frequently during the week so I avoid planning weekly because I don’t want to ruin the space of the planner. I want to keep it clean.

Instead, every Sunday or Monday, I do give myself an hour or two to reflect the week and there we start the real work. Here, I journal my heart out like the highlights, lessons, movies I’ve watched, downside of the week, doodles and all such. To be honest, I love doing this because it made me realize that my week can be so memorable that I can write them on in paragraph.

D a i l y :

Every morning or every time I start my day, I open this planner and jot down the things I need to do and goals for the day. Okay let’s be honest, not every day I get the chance to do this because some days are just “no plan day” or I don’t have the motivation to check the lists because I’m too lazy, all I did on that day was lay down haha. Let’s be authentic, no one’s perfect.

If I would be totally honest, I started bullet journaling just this last April which was after my internship. I didn't get to bullet journal during my internship because it was difficult for me to do so. I know I'm not as talented as others, but I have a vivid goal on improving my creativity. I will keep on posting about my bullet journal eventually and 

I promise you, you will see an improvement.

The Astron

@fadsabrkr