


“ I also use a classic Leuchtturm every year for my bullet journal, depending where you buy it from it’s about 15 dollars. “ I’m very much a minimalist so I committed to the 0.5 Muji black pen as my go-to for absolutely everything I do in my journal ,” Dekkers wrote.

Once they have established a certain comfort in the world of bullet journaling, journalers explore various stationary and crafting brands to find their favorite products, which can range in price from $1.50 per Muji capped gel pen to $35 for a larger high-end notebook, to create spreads with, according to Dekkers. Still, getting into the craft and turning it into a meaningful, productive habit takes dedication and experimentation, according to Lauren Olosky (SFS ’21), who has bullet journaled since her sophomore year of high school and runs a semiactive bullet journal account on Instagram titled journal started out where I would look at Pinterest and see how other people were doing it, notice different elements of things that I like and bring all of them together and try them out,” Olosky said in an interview with The Hoya. ’” | Along with a curated journal, a clean and beautiful study space can help set students up for success and peace of mind. “ Ryder Carrol, the creator of the bullet journal had a starters video on the internet that I watched, but I realized there were a lot of components I knew I wasn’t going to use or didn’t feel I needed. “ I saw a photo on Instagram or Pinterest in high school, and decided to go out and buy a journal and learn a little bit more about the method, ” Dekkers wrote in an email to The Hoya. The jump from being an ordinary note-taker to a full-on bullet journaler takes concerted effort on students’ parts to gather the materials needed and start making spreads, the highly customized pages in a bullet journal that hold information about the upcoming month or week.įor some bullet journalers, this initial push comes from seeing other study bloggers posting their own bullet online and learning from the resources available, according to Stephanie Dekkers (NHS ’21), who has kept a bullet journal since her junior year of high school. The constant balancing of these two goals creates the main tension of the burgeoning study habit, but some students at Georgetown University have devoted their time and energy to the practice of bullet journaling for years. Students have to make their bullet journals serve two purposes: not only to study more efficiently, but also to function as a valuable creative outlet in and of themselves. Bullet journaling serves as a method of organization, and its inherently adaptable nature presents ample opportunities for personal, creative agendas that document more than just homework and due dates. The practice of crafting beautiful, meticulous notes and planners gained widespread traction online over the past five years, especially on online blogging platforms like Tumblr and Pinterest.
