So maybe my individual notebooks aren’t housed together in a single traveler’s notebook cover, but having multiple notebooks feels very much like a TN system to me. Work Bullet Journal – I keep a notebook on my desk at work for task management.Project journal – I have one journal specifically for everything it takes to make Stationery Nerd a success.Learning journal – for taking notes at conferences or online classes I take.Travel journal – day trip, big dream vacation, weekend adventures – they all have a place in this journal.Primary Bullet Journal – this is where almost everything goes on a daily basis.None of them are small like inserts in a TN, but there are a few key areas of my life that require a journal of their own. It’s not in an elastic band, but it’s in the notebook cover and I carry those two things together.īut I think why I identify with the TN method is more of a mindset thing, rather than the physical system. Inside I have a couple of pockets and carry a small cahier-style notebook that is “The Measurement of Things” – house-specific measurements, clothing sizes, car tire size, etc. I have a leather cover for my bullet journal – it’s by Galen Leather and I love the amazing workmanship of this leather journal cover. How is my journal like a traveler’s notebook? All those individual inserts are held together in a single cover that is closed with an elastic or leather band around the outside. The possibilities for insert topics are endless. One might be a calendar, one might be for drawing or sketching, one might be for tracking habits or expenses. Each notebook (officially called “inserts”) has a specific purpose. I picked that up from Galen Leather – a brother/sister team who makes the most beautiful hand-crafted leather goods from their hometown in Istanbul, Turkey.įirst, let’s start with explaining the different types of things I just mentioned above then I’ll tell you about my own hybrid system.Ī traveler’s notebook is a leather cover that has elastic bands on the spine to hold smaller paper notebooks in place. In the picture above you see my leather notebook cover.Plus there are 3 bookmarks, a back pocket, and an extra wide elastic closure band. I love this notebook because the paper is really good quality (it’s 100gsm, so nice and thick) and the construction of the book is solid. In fact, I just finished my first journal and bought another. Tekukor A5 Dotted Journal – after testing more than 30 journals, this is the notebook I picked. For details about my current set-up and the exact journal, pens, and supplies I’m using, be sure to visit the page for My Setup. It works for me and it’s helped me become more organized, productive, and given me mental space to be more creative than I ever thought I could before. I’ve actually developed my own hybrid system that takes elements of bullet journaling and combines it with a traditional traveler’s notebook system and thrown in a bit of “commonplace book” for fun. I hope by sharing my system with you, that you’ll find nuggets of value here that can help you develop your own hybrid bullet journal and planning system too. Eventually, I end up with a hybrid system of journaling and planning that works for my life. As I try different systems I figure out what I love about that system and bring those things with me to the next. I’ve tried a lot of different planner and task management systems over the past 15 years (probably more than 15 years, but let’s not focus on that too much as it reminds me of my age!). I’ve found that writing out what my actual bullet journal system looks like has helped me understand more about why I do the things I do and how my system has evolved over the years. Whenever I’m around other bullet journal enthusiasts, I feel like I need to justify why I’m different than everyone else. But I’m a rebel and I decide to call myself a bullet journaler anyway. In fact, I probably shouldn’t even be called a bullet journalist.
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