It’s given me a relationship with myself.Įverything in my bullet journal, I put there. Not only do I feel better, I also *work* better because my working memory is freed up for actually working, rather than trying to remember all the stuff I’m supposed to do. I’m less overwhelmed, I have less anxiety - both of which are common issues for ADHD brains.
days I try to keep everything in my head. I notice a huge difference on days when I offload to my bullet journal vs. Here’s what I really love about the bullet journal, after having used one for a year, and why I will probably always keep one:
Which would have been terribly disappointing…Įxcept, in the time it took me to figure that out, my bullet journal was quietly doing amazing things for me. My bullet journal is not the One Tool to Rule Them All I hoped it would be. I still need a notepad on my phone to dump stuff when my bullet journal isn’t by my side. I still need a whiteboard to quickly hash out a show schedule for the month and make adjustments as necessary. Turns out, I still need a digital calendar I can share with my team. Which for ADHDers, happens…often.Ĭool, I feel super relaxed and confident about my schedule and…“wait, what do you mean we have a big important meeting today? It’s not in my bullet journal!” (The bullet journal is…not great at syncing schedules). What if my schedule keeps changing? There’s only so much white-out you can use without getting frustrated at yourself for not being able to stick to what you had planned. I dove in headfirst and never looked back.Īs I began to use my bullet journal, I noticed some limitations - what if I couldn’t find my bujo/left it at a friend’s house/am currently waiting tables and can’t carry it around with me? Where am I supposed to capture my awesome ideas then? You can see the full extent of my enthusiasm here.
So when I heard there was a system that could give me the organization my brain craved *without* sacrificing the freedom my brain needed…a system that didn’t require remembering passwords or paying a monthly subscription fee or buying refill paper or anything, really, except a notebook and a pen…a system designed BY someone with ADHD… I wanted to shout its praise from the rooftops. I usually give a new system 2 weeks before I’m back to the freedom of random post-it notes and lists and notebooks full of ideas and epiphanies that I will…never find again. Turns out, my brain is used to the chaos, and feels uncomfortably boxed-in by the same rigid systems I’m drawn to through the shiny promise of “you’ll finally have your s&*$ together.” It’s incredibly satisfying to me to “get organized.” But staying organized - that’s another matter. I’ve always been drawn to anything that promises to Tame the Chaos, because there is a staggering amount of internal chaos that comes with having an ADHD brain.
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