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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SDSU chapter.

I am a big doodler. I have a short attention span, so when I’m in class I love to doodle when I get bored. I usually draw box letters, little swirls or a classic eye. Doodling is relaxing to me—  it gives me a break from the millions of thoughts I have running through my mind at once. One day I saw someone bullet journaling on Tik Tok. Combining doodles and planning out your schedule  — how could I not love it? Feeling inspired, I walked over to the bookstore and got myself a blank journal so I could try it out. 

 

A bullet journal is basically a planner, but everything is drawn out in an aesthetically pleasing way or accompanied by relevant little doodles. For example, some people like to draw the date to look like a little calendar (sounds cute, right?). It adds a little more flair compared to your average, straightforward planner. 

 

At first, bullet journaling was really fun. I bought little colored pencils that I would use to color code different things with. If I saw any cute doodles, or other people’s bullet journals on social media, I would try them out on my own. For the first week, I had a list of my goals for the semester, a daily schedule and a “To Do” list for the other organizations I am involved in. The journal was very colorful and aesthetically pleasing to look at.

 

However, as the semester progressed and my course load got a lot heavier, I had less time to write doodles and draw things out in my bullet journal. I stopped coloring things in, and I definitely put way less effort into organizing everything as a whole. I got busier, and I did not have time to just sit down and journal. 

 

I still use my bullet journal, but my doodling has limited to just drawing the date in block letters or something similar. I don’t have little drawings next to my grocery list, or my to do list— I don’t really have doodles at all. So, my end conclusion from my experience of bullet journaling? It looks cute, but I just don’t have the time to really put effort into it. 

 

Nonetheless, I am a person who always has my mind running, and it’s nice getting to control where everything goes in the journal and how I want to put things. It still feels good to cross everything off or to have everything listed somewhere in there. Bullet journaling is not exactly for me, but I definitely recommend that everyone tries it sometime in their life!

Renee Cabato

San Diego '22

Renee Cabato is a Journalism student at San Diego State University. She was born and raised in New Jersey, and came to California with her twin sister, Rachel for school. She is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta. When not doing schoolwork, she is hanging out with friends or behind a camera pursuing her passion in videography and photography.
My name is Katherine Chen, in HerCampus I was a writer and a Campus Correspondent. I really enjoy writing and it's a big part of who I am as a person. Outside of writing I enjoy ballet, playing the piano or guitar, I also enjoy hanging out with a good book and binge watching TV shows!