Everyone makes mistakes! I try to avoid them at all costs, though they often sneak up and by the time I notice it is too late to turn back. Bullet Journal Mistakes are no different. Here are my latest mistakes I have made in my journal.
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First things first. I want to share a crazy, irrational fear I had and how it totally ruined my BuJo. So I bought this beautiful Leuchttrum 1917 dot grid journal. Oh I was in love with this thing. The pages are nice, thick, and smooth.
I researched and pinned so many ideas for different spreads I just had to include in my journal. Every month I saved new spreads. I planned the whole journal out in my brain dump, down to the final detail. So what is the problem you ask!?!
I was so afraid I would make a mistake and ruin my beautiful journal, that I never started it! Not one single page. I didn’t even write my name in the thing. So an entire year passed and when December 31st came, I had nothing to look back on. Nothing to show.
I knew this was so beyond ridiculous and something had to give. So that played a huge role when it came time to pick my Word for Year in 2019. Read that article here.
Bullet Journal Mistakes:
Mistake #1
In my very first two spreads, Hello 2019 and 2019 at a glance, I got so excited that I did not let the ink dry. I smeared ink all over! I was pretty upset, but I did not let it get to me. I took a breath and moved on. It was really to late to fix so I lived and learned from this mistake and moved on.
Mistake #2
So on the same 2019 at a glance spread, I thought using my calendar stamps would be so awesome! Not to mention, this would save me a ton of time, not having to write out each month by hand.
I used some silver ink and for some reason I still don’t know, it smears and rubs off. Seriously, almost a month later and I can rub my finger on this page and silver ink comes off! Grr… I even tried to heat the ink to set it and nothing. If you know how I can fix this, please post it in the comments! I am totally open to any ideas. These bullet journal mistakes sure tested my patience! lol
Mistake #3
When I drew out my Future Log Spread I decided to only have three months to each page. This gave me a ton of room for each month. I like to record birthdays, holidays, school stuff, and so on in this spread.
When I design spreads I always write them out in pencil first. I then trace them so I know how it will all lay out and I can totally erase anything not right.
So like I said already, I wrote everything out in pencil and things looked really good. I traced everything and added the small little calendar next to each month’s abbreviation. After I was finish the page and started to record dates I noticed I had went from June to August. It seriously took me a moment to realize I put June twice in this spread!
I used white out to change the ‘n’ in June to an ‘l’ for July. I also had to white out all the dates in the calendar and start over again. You can see what I am talking about in the picture below.
Mistake #4
After flipping back and forth to see my mistake #3, I realized my next mistake. I skipped a page between my spread! So This spread had a total of 4 pages (two page layout for a total of four pages). Luckily I skipped both back and front page which left me with a blank two page layout.
This was an easy no brainer fix. I used this two page spread to list my 2019 goals! Check it out. I think it worked out better then if I had planned it that way.
Mistake #5
The final mistake I make this month is in my January monthly spread. I wanted a plain design, so I did this cute cactus theme designed by BuJo and Cookies. Click here to watch her YouTube video.
Everything looked great until I realized I had left out a box in my calendar. January 2019 actually has 31 day and not 30…duh! Well my beautiful potted cactus picture was in the way and so I decided to just draw the box around it and role with it.
I hope these mistakes help you see that not everything has to be perfect. Everyone makes bullet journal mistakes. You will to, trust me. I totally laugh at all the crazy mistakes I made this month. It is even more funny when you think this was the reason I did not start this journal in 2018. It really is not a big deal. I just had to learn to give myself some Grace.
Resources
Want to see how others handle mistakes in their Bullet Journals?
- Shelby also shares how some mistakes could be a blessing. Read more here.
- Productive and Pretty has an article on different methods to correct your bullet Journal mistakes. Check it out here.
So you see mistakes happen to everyone, especially when creating custom spreads and designs.
Show me your mistakes and how you corrected them below in the comments!
Be Fearless!
Candace
