How I Bullet Journal Using the OG BuJo Method | The Stationery Junkie

[@katlero28]

The amount of aesthetic or art based bullet journal videos versus functional/low maintenance drives me UP A WALL! Been seriously considering starting my own channel to help build the functional bujo/planner community so I’m so excited to find your videos!

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@katlero28 yes please push those videos out! We need more OG bujo content. And thank you so much for your kind words. I hope you consider setting up a channel and sharing your bujo experience! Will definitely watch and follow you. 😊

[@syddlinden8966]

These kinds of trad bujo spreads are usually described as minimal of that helps your searching.

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@syddlinden8966 I've tried using the term "minimal", but it still shows drawn up, aesthetic bujos but the difference is that there's less artsy/drawing layouts.

[@Coley31]

Like you, I’ve had trouble finding content that shows the official method. Thank you for sharing!

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@Coley31 Thanks for watching! There really should be more content on the OG method. It took me a while to find them. The decorative ones still overpower the OG method, but the ones that are available are extremely helpful!

[@nasceris]

After years of bullet journalling on and off (because as a perfectionist ADHD-er, I was never satisfied with how it looked), I'm finally starting a bujo today. Very excited to finally commit to it and try and adapt the bujo method to my own life. So even if you say there might be KZbinrs with better content, what matters is there are people who find YOUR content valuable and refreshing, and in the sea of artsy bujos with more art than practical value, there sure are 💜

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@nasceris wow thank you for your kind words. ❤️ I wish you all the best in your bujo journey!

[@PatyLavir]

Bullet Journal changed my life forever. I have been implementing this method for years.

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@PatyLavir I'm always in awe of people whose lives are changed by this method. It's such a great system!

[@MomofCurt]

I love this!! A much needed video on bujo. There is a big difference between drawing a planner in a dotted notebook and using the bujo method. You highlighted this so well while allowing room for all opinions.

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@MomofCurt Thank you for your thoughtful comment. That was the intention for this video. ❤️

[@syddlinden8966]

I'm planning to try the trad method in coming years to fill up notebooks I bought ages ago and use up pens i need to de-stash, and this was a wonderful look at what dailies can be. Thanks for sharing! Your minimal method is also really really aesthetically pleasing and easy to parse on review at end of week or month.

[@thestationeryjunkie]

Thank you! I never really considered my bujo as aesthetic, but I am glad you think it is. 🙂

[@pinayknitter]

I love a functional bullet journal! So fun seeing what goes on in a planner’s mind… how one plans and pivots/changes layouts, etc. When I start watching a “plan with me” video and the person takes so much time just describing stickers and shops and washi etc, I feel like I want to cry. So glad I found you here!

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@pinayknitter Hello hello! I always see you liking my IG posts...thank you! ❤️❤️ haha I am also annoyed at flip videos where it's like 8mins in the video and it's only just a litany of shop names of all the deco. 🤣 It's also why I don't watch PWM videos. 😅😅😅 This is why I love the OG bujo: there's always room to experiment with layouts and sections without having to abandon the book. I'm happy that was your takeaway as it was also one of my intentions. Thank you so much!!

[@roheryn]

I loved LOVED this video ❤. The OG bullet journal method should be more known to the general audience.

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@roheryn So true! We need more content to tweak the algorithm. Thanks for being here!

[@BlushnBlue]

Thank you for sharing a minimal/functional way of bullet journaling. Contentment is the goal!

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@BlushnBlue I appreciate your comment, and you are so right; contentment is happiness. 😊

[@MsNeal2023]

love love love!!!

[@Scribbleicious]

Very helpful! Thanks for sharing

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@Scribbleicious thanks so much!

[@makaylar.6722]

this is an awesome version of the OG method

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@makaylar.6722 thank you! 😍

[@giuliaplans27]

Thank you so much for sharing a real-life, no-frills bullet journal!

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@giuliaplans27 thank you for your kind words. ❤️

[@extraneousnaz]

I needed this video. I really struggled with bullet journaling in the past because I was also introduced to bujos by KZbin, and the need to be "aesthetic" and creative on every page created so much contempt with planning and journaling. I've started planning how I'm going to plan (inception!) to make sure I'm more intentional with what works for me.

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@extraneousnaz @extraneousnaz that's great! I've always been an advocate of this method for its intentionnand purpose. When you know your "why", the aesthetics don't really matter. Planning how to approach planning is a great way to put your needs first. ❤️

[@Jojournals90]

I’m not a bullet journaler (never managed to keep up with it) but this video is so needed for the BUJO community. Your books are so lived in and you can tell it’s working so well for you ❤

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@Jojournals90 thank you so much, that means a lot to me! May I ask if you are using any planner system? Curious to know if something else works well for you.

[@Jojournals90]

@@thestationeryjunkie I’m using the hobonichi cousin as my main book, and a travelers notebook as a companion for extra space. I have videos on my channel of my system if you wanted to peruse. Xx

[@ABCLife693]

Your videos are really healing~ I love watching your videos and I can watch them for a long time!☺

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@ABCLife693 thanks so much! You made my day! ❤️

[@ishabol]

You had me at "Ayaw ni Tomas ng paulit-ulit" Great video and thanks for sharing!

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@ishabol haha omg you saw! 😅 thanks for watching!

[@wahinepaddler4]

* new subbie *

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@wahinepaddler4 thanks so much! 😍😍

[@csprays264]

Can you share where you got the monthly decorative pages in the first journal?

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@csprays264 Those are freebie vellums from Sterling Ink. You can get them by signing up for her newsletter. She shares them every month. 😊

[@nahaiatours]

I love the rolling weekly! Although at the moment I don't have enough going on that I need to use it, but for a specific busy year it was essential. The video that helped reconnect with the intention I wanted for my bullet journal was this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3rcZoWkedp8fc0

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@nahaiatours The rolling weekly is something I cannot do without. It's more for "dumping" the tasks swimming in my head. It's very cathartic to put them all on paper. Thanks for sharing that video! There are so many insights in there! 😍😍

[@princelanguages8924]

Unfortunately, what you've called the "Index" isn't actually the index, it's the Table of Contents - or Contents - for short. The Index goes at the back of a book with a list of topics / themes / key words and the relevant page numbers where that particular topic can be found withing the book. I think this was an error that was in the original bullet journal and sadly almost everyone seems to have copied it exactly.

[@thestationeryjunkie]

@@princelanguages8924 I'm merely following what's written in the official notebook. Most in the bujo community and even Ryder calls it an index. The TOC like in regular books already state the location of the content, but the index, to me, is a WIP list--you build it up over time as you write on the notebook. Anyway, it's what the community calls it. 😅 I didn't invent it. 😅😅😅