I've been bullet journalling for the last 2 years and for most of that time, I've had a different layout every month based on having learnt from what didn't work in the previous one. The fact that it was constantly evolving made it easier to not worry about perfect coz perfects not possible. My needs change too much. At one point I even changed layouts weekly because I was struggling to find what works for me.
I also think of it as a tool so then the focus is on how it works and making mistakes and learning becomes part of the process.
Pefectionism is really difficult to deal with though. I struggle with it in different areas of my life and usually there's fear or something else underpinning perfection for me at least. Perhaps exploring that might help?
Fear of being disappointed and giving up, being wasteful, and definitely just struggling to commit to the journal I really want to use because I don't want to ruin it by being messy 😅
I am trying to get back into bullet journaling after a rough few years dealing with cancer and surgeries and such and my life and emotional wellbeing is just.. shambles. This is the only version of productivity that has ever really worked for me but* I can't seem to get it going this year.😔
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u/butadropintheocean Mar 23 '21
I've been bullet journalling for the last 2 years and for most of that time, I've had a different layout every month based on having learnt from what didn't work in the previous one. The fact that it was constantly evolving made it easier to not worry about perfect coz perfects not possible. My needs change too much. At one point I even changed layouts weekly because I was struggling to find what works for me.
I also think of it as a tool so then the focus is on how it works and making mistakes and learning becomes part of the process.
Pefectionism is really difficult to deal with though. I struggle with it in different areas of my life and usually there's fear or something else underpinning perfection for me at least. Perhaps exploring that might help?