Hit 100 pages in my bullet journal last night and it surprised me

I started a new journal in January and figured I'd be lucky to get through half of it by June. But I looked back last night and counted 100 pages filled with daily logs, habit trackers, and random doodles. It just made me realize how much tiny stuff adds up over time - has anyone else flipped through old pages and been surprised by how much life you actually recorded?

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the_elliot1mo agoMost Upvoted

Oh man, YES. I found an old journal from two years ago and was shocked at how much random stuff I'd written down. There's this one page where I just doodled my dog's face and wrote "she looked at me funny today" and honestly that's more memorable than half the big life events I thought I'd remember. But yeah, most days really are just boring routines. I flipped back and saw like three entries in a row that were basically "woke up late again, coffee was cold, work was fine." Not exactly treasure (you know?). I think the trick is just accepting that the boring pages are fine too, they're still your life even if it's not Instagram-worthy.

wyatt_mitchell261mo ago

80 bucks for a notebook that I'll never look at again after filling it? Hard pass from me. Those daily logs become clutter fast when you realize 90% of entries are just "ate toast, went to work, tired." I'd rather forget the mundane stuff and let the actual highlights stand out in my memory naturally.

joel_jones1mo ago

Do you find yourself looking back at old stuff and actually WISHING you had more of the boring daily details written down? Because I sure don't. Most days are just the same old grind, and I'm with you on that. Those expensive notebooks sound like a trap to me too, another thing to collect dust on a shelf. I'd rather just remember the stuff that actually mattered, the rest is just noise you don't need to hold onto.