Its Only a Notebook!

Its only a notebook. A Leuchtturm 1917, metallic silver A5 dot grid notebook. Its only a notebook…

Except it isn’t only a notebook to me. Its my bullet journal. Its the centre of my life. I record everything in it and its the main way I manage my mental health alongside my  crazy overloaded life.

Its where I record the good bits of the day, record notes, incoming things that are coming up, plan out my week, month etc. It is where everything goes so I can see it – work, personal, study, social media, blog drafts, YouTube ideas (this list goes on).

Last week, I hit a low point and had the first anxiety attack I have had in months. A can of coke exploded in my bag and ruined my bullet journal and work planner. It has left me reeling for a week now and I am just starting to come out the other side.

This event showed me just how wonderful the planning community is and I am so glad that I found it. I shared a very personal post in a Facebook group about the event and how it left me feeling. I shared the statement that it probably sounded silly because it was only a notebook. The comments were overwhelmingly supportive and made me very emotional (there will be more on this in another post).

But the thing that came out most of all, is that it definitely isn’t just a notebook and will never be just a notebook. And that fact that I am not alone in thinking that is one of the best feelings I could have had in the past week.