• This is great! I like that you have it split between AM and PM. Do you refer to this page often?

  • Cute! Great use of the space :)

    My small notebook is less of a bujo format and more like an assistant to the big one--that is, there are no calendar/planner elements in mine, just to-do lists under a fresh date if there's a lot to do on the road (mail this, buy that, stop by there, etc.). Thanks for asking, though!

    So I'm afraid I can't answer your "two notebooks at once" question since the small one is an as-needed basis, although I have seen people juggle two each day for work and home or whichever! I pretty much use the big one normally, and if I realize I have a lot of errands, I'll transfer them to the pocket one since I leave the big one at home (too personal to lose 😓).

  • I'm so relieved to finally see people who don't use washi tape. I just don't care for it.

    I use black ink pens for that reason too! Plus if I do add color somewhere on a page, it can have an impact and get my attention right away.

  • I'm right there with you on both habit trackers and washi tape. I've seen people do cool things with them, but then again I've seen people do cool shavings on the end of a pencil lead; doesn't mean it's fun for me to do.

    But it was nice getting to read your journey so far. Bullet journaling helps me learn about myself and discover what forms of organization work best for me, and it seems like you're learning more too! Hope you continue to enjoy it and share!

  • Cute notebook! Can't wait to see what you've done with it.

    I use a bigger notebook for my main bujo-ing, but I do have a pocket-sized one for the days when I need a lot of errands done. (I don't keep one for work.) Mostly I'm fine with the one at home. But I'm probably not as busy on-the-go as others are!

  • I think you could cross-post here? Might bring some life into this community. If it starts getting busier you could just cross-post your favorites or something. Meanwhile I'll check out your comm! I love this challenge.

  • There are some great points in there, but goodness, the ads...

  • I loved using OneNote as a student. It's awesome to it used for bullet journaling as well. Looks like it transitions smoothly. Thanks for sharing!

  • I mean, Jesus was a feminist, so I don't know who they're kidding. He stood for equality and included women to join Him as teachers, as leaders, as followers... It's all over the Bible. His first appearance after rising from death on Easter was to women. He revealed the truth to them first knowing they'd believe.

    And there's no way this was the decision of the high schoolers--this is a coach-level decision. The adults involved chose to behave this way.

    Good on Foothills Academy for letting the girls be on the team, but I am disappointed that they benched them even once. I hope they set a better precedent and hold it firm. More teams should be doing this. They're kids and their confidence is taking hits already. Let them play.

  • "[...] the research shows how much of a toll it takes on children.

    'Let's stop showing them boys are more important than girls, which is what we're saying if they're on screen more, if they're saying more, if they're doing all the interesting things.'"

    Perfect, concise, and reasonable. It says that to every child watching, too, which makes it harder for girls to gain confidence and for all the other kids to see them complexly. Movies and television can't be ignored in this movement... It's kind of everywhere, and it introduces a lot more characters than the number of people you get to know as a kid.

  • Ayyy, nice Girls With Slingshots icon!

  • I like the following article:

    http://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/blog/how-to-bullet-journal

    But I wish I could help you more! Just know that it can be as simple as turning a page and writing whatever you need. It doesn't need guy be fancy at all--you don't need any extra stationery or layouts unless you want.

    I tend to just use a monthly page--which is, I wirte the month on top and the dates down the side, so I can see when paydays and appointments are coming up--then I flip the page for a to-do list, and a new page for a wishlist, and a new page to write about my finances and do some math, and flip the page again to journal about my thoughts....for example. I don't make it any more complicated than how I regularly use notebooks, but the use of an index does improve my ability to find things later, that's all.

  • Maybe "solutions" to replace the "messy" tag? Although I like the "advice wanted" idea as well.

  • Jiji may do whatever they wish~

  • Not an answer to your question, but do you put anything in your planner/journal besides weeklies? If so, you could leave it blank for the next list, or doodle page, or whatever.

  • I can tell it comes up a lot! And I'm sorry to make you feel like this is another battlefield. Attacking this position was not my intention.

    As I said, I've had friends I treasure that are online-only. I don't think it's a last resort or that our friendship is any less real. I think we'd just as likely be friends if we met in person or online. Sometimes people just click. I used some examples there because I would like to be able to see my online friends in person, it just didn't happen that way, but that doesn't make it any less valuable. My examples were more like "sure, sometimes the best people you'd talk to are the online ones, for xyz reasons, and then there's no physical feedback." Does that clarify my comment a bit?

  • I agree.

    Anon, you're doing what you can, and I think accepting that in yourself is the real answer to your question. You know that hearing from someone online is enough, and that an online friend letting you vent is enough, even if they can't talk they're letting you talk. When it's you giving the comfort, it might be good to stop and consider that sometimes there's not much you can say, or that they might not have the emotional energy at the moment to give you feedback (as this comment thread has also said), and you accepting that will be the best thing you can do!

  • Oh, definitely--one of my closest and longest friendships has been strictly online, and we've never been able to meet, although we have sent each other videos.

    While I agree that that sort of bond is important, and sometimes the only thing that's possible--being in a new town or a bad home life, for example, and making friends online who just get you--sometimes I wish I could just hug her because that feels like it would be so nice to do.

    I got the impression that @Magess was saying that humans are social, and that we respond strongly to physical, present interactions. There have been studies that show people needing so many hugs for health, for example, and while everyone is different, I think they're saying that we can't strip away all in-person contact and rely solely on technological communication. (Unless I'm mistaken? I will stop and let you speak for yourself, sorry!)

  • Exactly--there are more options, and being in person (or even seeing faces, if video chatting is a thing you can do) will make a world of difference. Sometimes there just isn't anyone we can turn to in person though, and it has to be someone distant if that's all we feel connected to. But, good on @Magess for pointing out the hard answer. I do think in-person interactions feel best when possible.

  • I'm absolutely the blurt-it-out person too; I'm trying to learn from her, haha. Good luck!

  • It's great that you recognize what doesn't work for you, and that you don't want to make it about you when you're trying to help others. I think that desire will help you a great deal here.

    One thing to remember is that sometimes what people are going through won't have an easy fix, or it'll be something they have to do themselves, or it'll involve a huge decision on their part. There are far too many options to cover in a general post. My point is to remember that sometimes you just hearing them out is enough for the time being. Remember that you don't always have to do big things to be helpful or to make them feel better. That might take some of the pressure off that you apply to yourself in these situations, and that'll help you focus on them, knowing that you don't have to do anything.

    Another thing that a friend does for me that always helps is, when I'm upset about something, she stops and asks me if I want advice or if I just want to vent. If it's just to vent, then she listens, offers empathy, and that's it. She's off the hook and I got the comfort I needed without us butting heads over it.

  • What a great question! The short answer is that they need the same organs, but in smaller amounts. For example, they don't need as big a heart as ours, because they don't have to pump as much blood through a big a body as ours. Their lungs don't need to be as big since they don't have to get as much oxygen as we do. It's kind of like how you need a much bigger engine and wheels for a semi-truck than you do for a compact car.

    For the most part, the same organs are needed and operate in similar ways, but there are some differences. One example is in hamsters and smaller animals, their heartrate is much faster than humans, since again, they don't have as far to go. If you consider that the heart is a pump and follow a blood cell through the system, imagine it travelling from your heart, down the length of your arm and back again. Now imagine that going through a hamster's leg at the same pace. Not as far to go, so it comes back quicker, right? Then the heart can pump it back out again. Faster heartbeats! Other examples are when it comes to needed activities. Fish have swim bladders and we don't, etc. But that answers your question about sizes. It's basically proportion!

    Feel free to ask anything else!

  • I missed Earthbound myself, and it's such a big deal now in how it influenced people and other games. It's cool that you have such an early experience with it!

  • It was my favorite too! I loved the gimmicky levels, but I guess as kids we had more patience.

  • Such a sweet story! Great parenting and great memory.