Bullet journals are the ideal creative outlet for the tracking and planning obsessed. They allow you to come up with your own designs, fonts, layouts, and more while still being productive. Of course, all of these things can be tracked on your phone, but setting aside time each day to update your bullet journal allows you more necessary space away from technology. With that, here are 10 habits and events to keep track of in your bullet journal.
1. Your spending/saving
Yes, most people can see this through their banking app. But, when you have to write down each thing you are spending your money on, you become more aware the next time you are making a purchase that you will have to write the item down in your bullet journal. This can really help you decide if you need the item or not.
2. Your mood
Tracking your mood can help you see possible trends or patterns around certain times of the month or days of the week.
3. The birthdays of your friends and family
We've all forgotten someone's birthday. Not our proudest moments. A solution is to keep a tracker like the one above and remember to check it at the beginning of each month.
4. Books you want to read
A bookcase tracker is such a cute way to keep a running list of all the books you want to read. Then, each time you complete one of the reads, you can color in the spine.
5. Your skincare routines
Tracking your skincare can help you stick with a certain routine. For those who already do have a routine, it can be really helpful to remember when you did the steps that you don't do every day, like exfoliating or doing a face mask. It can be destructive to do certain parts of your routine too often.
6. Your sleep
Like a mood tracker, this can help you to see certain trends in your sleeping during certain weeks or months.
7. Your to-do list
This is just an organized way of keeping track of everything you have to do. You can organize it by deadline, by priority or by anything that will be useful to you.
8. Your water/food consumption
In tracking your water consumption, you will probably feel more inclined to meet your daily goals in knowing that you will be able to physically color in the water drops or mark in your personal way that you completed the task. On the other hand, not having to write down that you ate chocolate will probably help you to not consume food that really isn't necessary.
9. Your workouts
When and what you worked out and for how long is important to keep track of. It allows you to see when you did cardio or strength training, and helps you to space out certain exercises.
10. Your goals
Like the above tracker shows, writing down your specific goals and tracking their progress really helps you to focus on them and make them a priority.
Keeping track of your habits, life events, goals, and other things can be a really interesting thing to look back on months or years later, to see how you were living at a certain period of your life. Even more important, tracking these things allows you to see where your life is at, and can help you to change it for the better.
