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My daughter said my bullet journal looked like a 'work report' and it made me ditch my color-coded key.
She pointed at my March spread and asked why my fun hobby had so many rules, which made me realize I'd stopped enjoying the process about six months ago when I tried to make it 'perfect'.
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christopher_singh922mo ago
Why not just make better rules?
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michaelrodriguez2mo ago
Rules are just words on paper. The real problem is getting people to actually follow them.
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nathan_thompson621mo ago
That hits hard, man. Sounds like your kid accidentally did you a favor by pointing out the thing you were too busy to see yourself. @michaelrodriguez is right that rules are just paper, but when you get so deep into your own system, it stops feeling like a choice and starts feeling like a chore. I had the same thing happen with a garden planner app I used to love - I turned it into a spreadsheet with all these growth targets and it stopped being fun real quick. The whole point of a hobby is to let your brain breathe, not to stress over whether your handwriting matches some Instagram grid someone posted. Getting out of that rut can feel like breaking a habit, but the fact that you noticed it means you already took the hardest step.
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