I wasted a full month of my bullet journal trying to make it perfect

For the first six weeks this year, I spent over an hour every night drawing elaborate weekly spreads. I used a ruler for everything, and if I made one small mistake, I'd tear the page out and start over. It stopped being a tool and became a chore. I switched to a simple pencil for my rough layout about three weeks ago, and it changed everything. Now I can move things around before I commit to ink, and my journal actually helps me instead of stressing me out. Has anyone else found that letting go of perfection made their system work better?

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riley_king1620d ago

See, I'm the opposite. "Letting go of perfection" just sounds like giving up. That hour every night with the ruler? That's discipline. My journal is a physical record I have to look at every day, and if it's sloppy, it makes my whole brain feel messy. A pencil sketch feels temporary, like I didn't really commit to the plan. The ink forces me to think before I act, which is the whole point for me. A perfect spread makes me want to use it.

lily8920d ago

So what happens when you make a mistake in ink, @riley_king16? Do you just live with it on the page?