What makes a bujo a bujo?

[fay_e]

Recently there's been a bit of angst on the other bujo communities I follow that the comms have become more about planners than bullet journals.

So out of curiousity, I want to ask this comm: What do you feel makes a bullet journal a bullet journal? And what part of Ryder Carroll's system do you find the most useful for you?

For me, the part that makes my journal a bullet journal is rapid logging, the way I use signifiers/bullets for each item and the way items get migrated between my modules/spreads. I do use different modules/spreads from the usual system though, since I feel the rapid logging is the most useful!

Comments

[ganseyisms]

Eh, I've done this for less than two months, and I've yet to tailor it perfectly to my needs, but I guess it's the same for me. I like that and the fact that it can be a low-effort journal and a tracker and a planner at the same time.

I also like having everything in the same place (I used to keep a lot of permanent lists spread across various places) and that it's entirely customizable, unlike the planners you buy in a shop. So I can make my daily page one line long or three paragraphs long or even skip it.

I haven't been able to integrate it in my routine as much as I would have liked, but it's definitely helping me.

[fay_e]

I think the ability to tailor a bullet journal is pretty important too. If there wasn't so much of my life I could shove in there, I probably wouldn't use it.

For me I'm the opposite - I used to not make lists at all and be really embarrassed when I forgot stuff. Now that I'm making lists I can rely less on my cranky brain XD