![]() I'm a firm believer that a busy teen is a safe teen. Note: I still put everything in my phone as a back-up, and honestly most teens probably have everything in their phones, too, but it's a good habit to get started. We got lost like 3 times on orientation day. She can also draw a little map since the high school she is attending is huuuuge. High school is scary! Nell won't have her schedule memorized for a few weeks, so having it in the front page of her bullet journal keeps it easily accessible. Organization + Time ManagementĮven if your teen isn't naturally organized (Lord knows mine isn't), a bullet journal can help them get started with tracking their own appointments, upcoming events, etc. Keep track of the homework due in each class by creating class and date headings in your journal. I would recommend using a completely separate bullet journal for school and home, mostly because I love passing the bullet journal back and forth with Jenelle and I wouldn't want that one to get lost at school. One thing I would like to point out (it was mentioned by a few younger folks) is that you take a LOT of notes in high school, so your bullet journal probably wouldn't be the best place to hold them all… but note taking for test purposes or to learn a language, or something else like that might work. Learning to take notes is a critical skill your teen will need to master before college, so why not start now? Even if you breezed through middle school, something is bound to trip you up during your high school career. In high school, note taking becomes more and more important. I'm betting your teen will love mind mapping if they haven't tried it before! Note Taking I've talked about how mind mapping helps my ADD, and I 100% believe it does. If your teen has anxiety, ADD, or even if they're just absent-minded, mind mapping can help with that as well. ![]() Though I'm an old lady now *cough*, I still remember being a teen and feeling overwhelmed at juggling everything.īeing able to just dump everything from your brain onto a few pieces of paper and look at it later is a huge stress reliever. I use my bullet journals for mind mapping and brain dumps, in addition to all kinds of other fun stuff. You can start with a basic journal and pen. Jenelle doesn't use a whole lot of it on hers (though she does like this vintage washi tape), but she does like stickers and stamps. I never liked washi tape until I started bullet journaling, but now I love it. I splurge on writing materials, because Jenelle and I love pens. You want your bullet journal to be sturdy, with good quality paper so your pens and markers don't bleed through.Ģ. You can start your bullet journal with any type of notebook, but we love the ones with the “graph” design (like this one). There are tons of resources for the more organized teen (like these monthly layout ideas), or they can just fly by the seat of their pants. If she wants to draw her “to do” list, she totally can. Having a bullet journal allows her to express herself (and plan her day) without forcing her to write everything out. Jenelle loves to draw, but doesn't like to write. With some planners, teens might feel “boxed in” with no room to let their creative juices flow. Juggling school work, chores, sports, and a social life can be exhausting. Journaling is known to help relieve anxiety and stress, and can also help teens stay on track when they have a lot going on. ![]() So if you like a plain bujo, that's fine! If you want to washi tape the heck out of your bujo, that's fine, too. However, like I said in my other bullet journal post… bullet journaling is about making it yours. Our bullet journal experience is a bit more colorful than what the originator intended it to be, I think. Let me preface by saying that I call this bullet journaling, but bullet journaling by definition is very simplistic (aka boring).
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