Bullet Journal is always by my side whatever happens

Minako Masubchi
Nov 1 · 3 min read

Finding “The Bullet Journal Method” on Audible made me excited. Now I writing this listening to the English version.

When I knew about this book is going to release, I bought the Japanese edition soon and read by Kindle. Actually I wish I could have read in English, but I didn’t have any confidence to understand.

I really respect Ryder Carroll who designed an amazing method, named “Bullet Journal(Bujo)”. I’m bipolar and have some troubles, but I wish I could do something for somebody worrying troubles like me helped by Bujo.


Bujo is also booming in Japan, even though there are a lot of ready-made planners. Autumn is a season a lot of planners released for next year. After knowing about Bujo last year, I tried some of them. Although It’s tough for me to use some planners.

And I also use various kinds of notebooks for Bujo. Most bullet journalists are using A5 size notebooks, but I love smaller ones. I was working as a freelance illustrator. When I change my workplace, a small notebook is easy to carry and I could work with it even though a desk is not wide.

Every morning, I opened Bujo and write something about today. It was getting my habit, and writing something on Bujo helped my busy days. I felt my life will be good. Working is difficult for me because of my illness for a long time. Although I couldn’t imagine that I have to stop working again. My illness was getting terribly bad.


About half a year, I had to stop working. Even though I write Bujo, but getting decrease my tasks especially about working made me sad. I didn’t understand how to make better my life again.

Fortunately, I could read “The Bullet Journal Method” at that time. The experience of knowing about Bujo deeply was a big hope for me.

There are a lot of books and webpages about Bujo in Japanese, but I wanted to know thinking of Mr.Ryder. Actually I’m not fascinated to decorate pages. I can imagine somebody loving to decorate is happy to use beautiful pages by hand. Although I was engaging Bujo is absolutely original method for everybody, and I often see somebody feel hard to decorate.

Bujo was made to solve Mr.Ryder’s worries by himself. And as he did, Bujo can help everybody. His amazing book also helps a lot of people using or have interesting in Bujo. Of course, I was so moved to know about Bujo. All Bujo is perhaps different, and it’s great because your Bujo is just for you.


Kindle, Audible, My Bujo

Now my favorite notebook is “MIDORI Traveler’s notebook”. This can hold about 3 thin notebooks. So I use one of them for collections like wish lists, and monthly log and the daily logs are written on another notebook. It’s good for me because I can write more freely.

My tasks are still not many every day, so I write my feelings quickly when I want to write. It’s great way to keep me happy. My illness needs me to take counseling sessions, but I can’t take it some time for the clinic’s reason. As written in “The Bullet Journal Method”, Bujo is always my friend. I can write on my Bujo anything about my feeling. It’s huge help for me.


Bujo is always by my side if I was busy or not. I can’t know my future because of becoming an artist. And mu illness will is not cured, but I manage to spend a happy life with Bujo.

Today is a special day because I can listen to Mr.Ryder’s voice. I can’t understand clearly, but I’ll listen to this again and again. And I hope I could know about this fantastic method more deeply.

MinakoMasubuchi

Artist in Japan

Minako Masubchi

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Artist, JPN https://www.instagram.com/minakomasubuchi_jpn/

MinakoMasubuchi

Artist in Japan

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