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Bullet Journals Are Saving my ADHD
I learned about bullet journals through the use of social media. I have seen similar notebooks before but never paid much attention to them. I was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) in my early 20s, however, my symptoms were overall manageable until recently. It got to the point where even when I was reliable taking my medication to help balance my brain chemistry, I was still having serious problems relating to both my relationships (friends and romance) as well as work (staying on track reliably, not getting distracted by texts from supervisors, etc.).
Desperate, I asked around in social media groups relating to ADD/ADHD for advice on what people did to actually keep them on track and being able to accomplish things and not feel like they wasted the day away. One recurrent item frequently mentioned was “bullet journals”. A few YouTube videos later, I felt like these would be a good fit for me. A person will buy a blank journal book from their local retail store where the pages only have dots on them. This way, a person can customize it to their heart’s content. Have daily tasks, medication reminders, random doodling pages, whatever you wanted!
Being the artsy person that I was, I felt like this granted me autonomy (personal control)…
