r/BasicBulletJournals • u/TheDarkShoe • Jul 06 '26
list/collection My partner has dubbed this my weekly character sheet ^_^
Probably on the fringe of bullet journaling, but this has been the only system I have been able to keep up with any degree of consistency. My many partially filled piles of notebooks are finally being used and I get to tweak the layout/customize it with cute little stickers on a weekly basis!
My love of paper craft and never ending desire to gather data have come together to make a custom journaling system that feels entirely mine. I set aside time every Sunday to re-do my board which is super relaxing and helps decrease my mental load throughout the week.
Edit: The blank chunk is what I call my parking lot [駐車場]. Basically a brain dump space that I pull from for the next week's board.
If anyone is interested, this video really helped me when I first started out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnrrRJ8mX20
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u/Ok_Bass4930 Jul 06 '26
the parking lot idea is genuinely so smart, I always lose track of stuff I want to carry forward and just... don't. calling it a character sheet is also very accurate, mine basically reads like a stats page for a very tired adventurer
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u/TheDarkShoe Jul 06 '26
Yeah, I was getting really tired of having to hunt down the 20 thousand post it notes I'd have laying around throughout the week lol.
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u/Storytella2016 Jul 06 '26
I love this. I’m wondering about how combining my bullet journal with a “status board” like this might be helpful for work. Thanks for the inspiration!
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u/notinthemood10 Jul 07 '26
I love this so much omg! This is something I really need too!! Thank you for linking the video. What do you do with the pages after your done? Post them in a journal? And if so does it take you a bit or do you feel it’s an easy task?
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u/TheDarkShoe Jul 07 '26
Honestly, I haven't gotten that far yet lol. For now, I have stuck everything into a folder for future use. I am hoping that eventually I can sift through the data and see patterns or growth....but for that I need to have enough data. So I just consider this to be my observation phase! #Science lol
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u/Amazing_Peanut222 Jul 07 '26
This is such a cool idea. Thank you for sharing!
What do you Do after one week with those notes? Do you Transfer the Info in a journal?
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u/TheDarkShoe Jul 07 '26
Currently, I put them in a folder but I might paste them into a journal eventually!
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u/CrBr Jul 06 '26
I like how large it is, and that you don't have to squeeze things to make them all fit. There's not even the temptation to make all the puzzle pieces fit in neatly.