Journal Jam Fall 2022 Day 9

[lunabee34]

Day 9 Question:

How do you use your journal/planner?

Do you use your journal for productivity, reflection, as a record, or as a mix of these?

If you use your journal for productivity, describe your productivity system.

If you use your journal for reflection or as a record, do you revisit older entries? If so, do you review them on a consistent basis or just when the mood strikes?

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Comments

[moomintroll]

For me it's a mix of all three, I like to use several journals at once.

I have my weekly planner, which I try not to be too precious about and it's pretty much ongoing to do lists and upcoming events. Then I have a journal for my goals where I set my intentions for that month and then reflect on them at the end of the month and make plans going forward. It's a lot more introspective, and if I want to long form journal then I'll do it there. And then I have what I call my memory book where I stick photos and ticket stubs and things I want to remember that makes me happy to flick through.

I like to compartmentalize because I feel like my to do lists are too messy for the aesthetic I like to keep in my memory book, and I don't want my happiest memories potentially being dragged down if I'm having an unhappy time in my introspective goal journal.

I check my goal journal frequently to check in on myself and that I'm on track, and I enjoy flicking through my memory book when the mood strikes. I rarely flick through my weekly planner unless I need to remember something or want to know what I was up to at that time.

[lunabee34]

I feel the same way. I really don't like have everything all in the same place which is why bullet journaling has never worked for me. I like having a bunch of notebooks going all at the same time with each devoted to its own thing.