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If you’ve never heard of a bulletjournal, let me fill you in.
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The idea: You have one notebook that works as a to-do list, diary, and habit tracker.
You know, just the basics.
I added some swanky formatting, I bookmarked the spreadsheet, and off I went.
Nina Bahadur
It helped me get serious about meal planning.
For years, I was a consistent lunch packer.
Im still working on that.
Nina Bahadur
It gave me a better idea of how much sleep I ideally need.
I have always been someone who requires alotof sleep to function well.
Im a night owl, which doesnt help.
I did have a go at become amorning persononce, and it was an unmitigated disaster.
It made me more mindful of my alcohol intake.
But keeping myself accountable for every single unit of alcohol I consumed was pretty sobering (pun intended).
That said, I also tried to keep things in perspective.
What Im determined to focus on is being mindful about what I consume and how it makes me feel.
It made me consider branching out to different workouts.
Generally speaking, over two thirds of my workouts arebarre classes.
Guys, I’m intoZumbanow.
And I walked a 5K!
Much as I tried not to, I ended up classifying days as good or bad.
But thats not possible every single daysomething I logically knew but nonetheless felt super guilty about.
Life happens, and thats a good thing.
It gave me an idea of what I want to track going forward.
Im also thinking about tracking how many days a week Ieat meat.
But my two main goals are actually about self-care: being more mindful and feeling less guilty.
And because of that, I’ll keep going with it.
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