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My 8 year old nephew saw my bullet journal and asked if it was my 'brain book'

I was setting up my weekly spread on the couch when he pointed at my messy task list and said, 'So that's where you put all the stuff you're thinking so it doesn't get lost?' It made me realize I'd gotten so focused on perfect spreads that I forgot the whole point was just to get things out of my head. Has a simple comment from someone else ever made you totally rethink your bujo approach?

4 comments

4 Comments

brianm662mo agoTop Commenter

Ripe like a banana," @leewalker? Kids just get it.

blakestone2mo ago

Kids are brutally honest like that (mine once asked why my 'pretty book' had so many empty boxes). I spent months trying to make my monthly log look like a Pinterest post before my friend saw it and just said, 'Looks like a lot of work to remember to buy milk.' It totally took the pressure off.

leewalker2mo ago

A buddy of mine had a whole color-coded system for his chores. His kid looked at the chart and asked if the green stickers meant the jobs were ripe, like a banana. It was a perfect, simple question that cut right through the fuss. Your story about your friend's milk comment, @blakestone, reminds me of that. We add so many layers that the main point gets lost.

amy_craig281mo ago

Kids do this all the time though. They strip everything back to what it actually is. Your buddy's kid asking if green stickers meant the chores were ripe, that's pure gold. We spend so much time making systems and rules and color codes that we forget the whole point is just to get the work done. Blakestone's friend cutting through the Pinterest nonsense with a simple milk comment, same thing. It's like we need a kid or a blunt friend to remind us that a chore chart is just a chore chart and a notebook is just a notebook.