Jules in Florence dan repost
Things I’ve learned from journaling for most of my life and also some input on bullet journals:
if you’re anything like me, you’re obsessed with having a perfect journal that looks tumblr worthy and when you’re famous people will use it to document your perfect life, FUCK THAT
1) don’t journal to have an aesthetic journal, journal because it’s an amazing way to keep yourself steady, have a place to vent, express yourself, or whatever you need tbh
2) don’t try to write every day if that doesn’t work for you
I highkey suck at routines and never wrote consistently, which would make me upset and give up on the whole thing. Don’t give up! Write when you want/need to, not when you feel you should
3) be true to yourself at the time, even if your goal is to look back on it later
When I was younger I used to glorify my own writing so when I reread it I would think my life was great, but now I just tell it like it is, and I honestly enjoy seeing what’s happened to me and how I’ve grown
4) on that note, write what matters to you and what you think is important, whatever you wanna remember
5) don’t force something you’re not good at, don’t make it a journal to keep track of your homework if you’re not good at keeping track of homework in a journal 😂 I’ve forced things on myself way too many times that didn’t work because they’re not me
BULLET JOURNALS:
1) fuck tumblr, have your own aesthetic
When I started my first one, I was super anxious to have a really gorgeous and creative and interesting bullet journal, but I started feeling like I was just using pages to have a nice presentation, none of it was actually me
If you’re creative, use that to your advantage and express yourself, use your own ideas
If you’re not typically into that artsy stuff, don’t force it! Let your journal be a reflection of you, the best journals serve function not aesthetic
2) don’t get overwhelmed by it being a bullet journal
This kinda goes hand in hand with the last one but I always feel anxious to make my bullet journals perfect because they’re BULLET JOURNALS 🙏🏼😭😩 but tbh they’re still just journals, if you mess up or something it’s not a huge deal, just keep going
3) the best way to express yourself is to put things in the bullet journal that you actually care about, I once put in a cute page that was a bunch of books on a shelf that I drew and I put the names of books that I wanna read, but at the time I hated reading and was never gonna do that so realistically it was stupid, don’t waste your time tbh
4) have fun honestly, that’s the best I can say, don’t pressure yourself, just let it flow, don’t spend a ton of money if you don’t need to, let it be your outlet for expression
if you’re anything like me, you’re obsessed with having a perfect journal that looks tumblr worthy and when you’re famous people will use it to document your perfect life, FUCK THAT
1) don’t journal to have an aesthetic journal, journal because it’s an amazing way to keep yourself steady, have a place to vent, express yourself, or whatever you need tbh
2) don’t try to write every day if that doesn’t work for you
I highkey suck at routines and never wrote consistently, which would make me upset and give up on the whole thing. Don’t give up! Write when you want/need to, not when you feel you should
3) be true to yourself at the time, even if your goal is to look back on it later
When I was younger I used to glorify my own writing so when I reread it I would think my life was great, but now I just tell it like it is, and I honestly enjoy seeing what’s happened to me and how I’ve grown
4) on that note, write what matters to you and what you think is important, whatever you wanna remember
5) don’t force something you’re not good at, don’t make it a journal to keep track of your homework if you’re not good at keeping track of homework in a journal 😂 I’ve forced things on myself way too many times that didn’t work because they’re not me
BULLET JOURNALS:
1) fuck tumblr, have your own aesthetic
When I started my first one, I was super anxious to have a really gorgeous and creative and interesting bullet journal, but I started feeling like I was just using pages to have a nice presentation, none of it was actually me
If you’re creative, use that to your advantage and express yourself, use your own ideas
If you’re not typically into that artsy stuff, don’t force it! Let your journal be a reflection of you, the best journals serve function not aesthetic
2) don’t get overwhelmed by it being a bullet journal
This kinda goes hand in hand with the last one but I always feel anxious to make my bullet journals perfect because they’re BULLET JOURNALS 🙏🏼😭😩 but tbh they’re still just journals, if you mess up or something it’s not a huge deal, just keep going
3) the best way to express yourself is to put things in the bullet journal that you actually care about, I once put in a cute page that was a bunch of books on a shelf that I drew and I put the names of books that I wanna read, but at the time I hated reading and was never gonna do that so realistically it was stupid, don’t waste your time tbh
4) have fun honestly, that’s the best I can say, don’t pressure yourself, just let it flow, don’t spend a ton of money if you don’t need to, let it be your outlet for expression