Tidying Up

notebook stack

My stack of notebooks. Bullet Journal on top, Morning Pages, then my lined and unlined design notebooks.

I’m not sure how much I’ve talked about it on the blog, but the Bullet Journal system has really changed my daily life. I love it. I love the flexibility of it, I love the way I can keep track of things all in one place. Once I think of something I can write it in my Bullet Journal and then I can relax knowing I won’t forget it because I have the written note to remind me and I can come back to it when I have the energy, or when I have the time. This is Year 2 of my Bullet Journaling and it’s fantastic.

I keep track of my weekly (sometimes for more) meal plans, so I can make my shopping list and avoid extra trips to the store. I track progress on new patterns and keep a list of the video tutorials I want to do. I keep track of my yearly goals (which I’m gonna talk about tomorrow), and my monthly calendars. I’ve modified the system a bit with a small notepaper that keeps track of things I want to do in the upcoming week or two but don’t want to move from day to day just to keep track of them. So I write them on the small notepaper, which is stuck inside the notebook with washi tape so it won’t fall out.

On Feb. 1st I started writing Morning Pages. Sometimes it’s been easy to fill 3 pages, sometimes it’s been hard. But I always find something I’ve been ignoring floating around inside my head flow down onto the paper. It’s also been helpful to keep track of how I feel in the morning before I get all involved with my daily tasks.

I’ve also been reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. And I’ve got a crazy list of organization/decluttering projects building in my Bullet Journal (the big one right now is the plan to put up high shelves above the door in my office to take advantage of the tall ceilings for storage space. So this year I’ll be talking a lot about organization and decluttering along with my other goals.

I have to have concrete things to work toward, but I know that Jasmin (of the Knitmore Girls Podcast) picks a theme for the year to keep in mind. What are you goals for this year? How do you pick what’s important for you to focus on?

M

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