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My buddy the architect told me my journal was a mess and he was right
I was complaining to my friend Mark, who is an architect, about how my bullet journal never sticks for more than a month. He looked at my spread and said, "You are trying to plan a whole building before you have even poured the foundation." I got defensive at first, but then I realized he was dead on. I was drawing out these fancy weekly layouts with color codes and habit trackers before I even knew what I was actually tracking. He told me to just use the basic original system for 3 weeks: rapid logging, no frills, just tasks and notes. I tried it and the headaches went away. Now I only add a collection or migration when I actually need it. Has anyone else had someone from a totally different field blow up how you journal?
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joseph_martinez351mo ago
Yo did Mark charge you for that advice? Because honestly that's some pro-level insight right there. Tbh I had the same thing happen but with a car mechanic of all people. I was stressing over which fancy pen to use and what color codes meant what, and my buddy just looked at my spread and said "You're polishing the paint before the engine even runs." He told me to strip it down to the basics, just a daily log and a monthly log, nothing else. It felt wrong at first but I stuck with it for a month and now I only add a collection when I actually need it, like a shopping list or a project tracker. Ngl it was uncomfortable to realize I was overcomplicating something simple.
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