One Year in a Sort of Bullet Journal
What’s a type-A planner girl to do when she needs to fix her brain so she can write again but can’t handle the rigid structure of an actual plan? Well, that’s when a type-A planner girl has to get creative. And that’s why I just spent one year in a sort of bullet journal.
For me, 2023 was a rebuilding year. I mentioned a lot of this in my thirty-eighth birthday blog post, but I hit burnout so hard at the end of 2022. In true Marisa form, I tried to strong-arm my way through it-like I could just overwork myself out of burnout.
That was a very stupid idea.
So at the end of 2022, I knew a more intuitive approach to planning was in order. Some years I need a structured planner that allows me to outline goals and time block. Some years, I need a space to write a to do list and get my jumbled thoughts on paper.
This past year was all about the latter.
I decided a bullet journal was the best option for me in 2023. But know that I didn’t do the standard bullet journal. Instead of following Ryder Carroll’s method or doing something that would look at home on Instagram, I just made a super messy notebook and didn’t look back.
