How to use a bullet journal to improve your mental health
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A bullet journal or
A bullet journal or BuJo isn’t just an organization tool. It is also a tool that helps improve mental health.
A BuJo has a great advantage over a pre-made organizer.
Users tailor these journals to their needs. They are better than a checklist of to-dos and a calendar.
The creative process improves
The creative process improves your mental wellbeing.
Planning a new theme every month, watching videos of other people’s BuJo creations, and finally mapping and drawing out your own pages is cathartic.
Although it’s a time-consuming process, there’s little anxiety in your head as you blissfully draw out the new doodles and tracker styles you have seen online.
Track your successes and
Track your successes and improvements
Having anxiety and depression means you almost never let up on self-criticism.
Every day write down one thing you did successfully. It can be a hard task when your mind is your worst enemy. You’ve done at least one thing right every day.
Don’t make disparaging comments. This practice is to help you, not condemn you.
Improving your productivityUsing a
Improving your productivity
Using a productivity tracker helps you to see what you’ve done and what you’ve been neglecting.
Even if your list is long, but you believe that you do at least 7 of the items on your list every day, then you’ve been productive.
There are many other
There are many other things one can track in a bullet journal to help improve their mental health.
Don’t go overboard, because you can. Find what works for you.
Adapt different trackers and methods to suit your needs.
Track your diagnosis and
Track your diagnosis and symptoms to find trends in your mental health
All you need to do is google bullet journal mental health trackers.
The benefits of using a tracker are to see if there are any trends in your symptoms.
Using a bullet journal
Using a bullet journal to track your negative coping habits.
Is your worst coping mechanism binge eating? For some, it’s shopping and for others, it’s drinking.
There are a lot of coping habits we develop that are detrimental to our mental and physical wellbeing.
A bullet journal allows you to track when you are acting in a way that is contrary to healing.