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My sister told me my bullet journal spreads were too perfect to actually use
She said it looked like something from Etsy instead of a real planning tool and honestly that hit different because she was right, I've been spending more time decorating than actually tracking my tasks - has anyone else struggled with form over function in their journals?
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abby18918h ago
Same thing happens with those cooking videos where every ingredient gets plated in these tiny bowls before they even start. It's like we're so focused on making things look good that we forget what the actual point was. Maybe it's just me but I've learned to let my spreads get messy and scratched out, because that's where the real planning happens.
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wade_perez13h ago
Did you ever see a friend of mine try to make a "perfect" vision board for a big move? She spent three hours cutting out pictures from magazines, arranging them just right, and gluing them onto a fancy poster board. Ended up with this beautiful collage that looked like something from a store. Then she lost the whole thing when her cat knocked over a cup of coffee on it that same night. She just laughed and grabbed a piece of scrap paper and a pen, and half her plan ended up in rough scribbles on a napkin. Guess what? That messy napkin planning actually got her through the whole move better than the pretty board ever would have. Sometimes the messiness is what saves you, isn't it?
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