Despite the name, BuJo isn’t some killer dog or a new slang term. It’s short for bullet journaling and it’s an art.
Bullet journaling is an organizational style that combines a calendar, a planner, and even doodles into something extraordinary.
“[Bullet journaling club] is a little community and we try to figure out how to organize our lives through journaling and doodling and writing. It’s a release,” president and junior Andrea Glenn said.
The club meets every Wednesday after school in Tricia Erickson’s art classroom. For many, it is a way to sort out their day, for others it’s a way to keep a schedule without the distraction of technology.
“I have three children,” Erickson said. “I’m busy. So for me, it’s a way of organizing but it’s also a therapeutic way of doing something that’s mindful. On my phone, I am constantly distracted and so as a way to gather my thoughts, I can just take a few minutes of quiet to think about things.”
The process of scheduling out your day can help to break up huge “ToDo’s” into more achievable ones, and even help you find time to relax. Which, for many, is a daunting task in and of itself.
“I see teenagers overwhelmed with stress and anxiety. And I know as an adult that life doesn’t just slow down and get easier, it actually gets more and more busy as you get older,” Erickson said. “If they never learn to take a pause and organize, stop and reflect on things now, it’s only going to get worse. So I felt like this was really important for teenagers to start that good habit of time management.”
The bullet journaling club meets every Wednesday after school at 3pm in Erickson’s art room, room 1114.
