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My kid asked why my bullet journal pages are always so empty
He said, 'Dad, you just write a few things and then turn the page.' It made me realize I was so focused on the 'system' that I stopped actually using it to think. How do you balance keeping it simple with making it a useful tool?
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the_sandra5mo ago
Did your kid also ask if you were 'done already'? That's what happened to my buddy Mark. He had this whole elaborate system with trackers for sleep, water, mood, everything. His daughter watched him color in a square for '15 min of meditation' and goes, 'Daddy, are you still doing homework?' He laughed but it stung. Now he just writes his meetings for the day and one goal. His kid thinks he's 'a fast worker' now and it's way less stressful.
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the_charlie6mo ago
Oh man, I totally did that. I had a whole color code and was tracking like ten habits a day. It was a chore. I scrapped it and now I just write three things I need to do and one thing I'm grateful for. That's it. If I try to add more, I stop opening the notebook. Keeping it stupid simple is the only way it works for me.
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