My mom saw my bullet journal and said it looked like a chore list

We were having coffee last Tuesday and she flipped through my March spread. She pointed at my habit tracker and said, 'All these little boxes to fill in just look like more work to me.' It hit different because I'd been feeling burned out on tracking my water intake and sleep for weeks. I realized I was making my bujo a taskmaster instead of a tool that helps me. Has anyone else scaled back their trackers when they stopped feeling useful?

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max38818h ago

My March spread looked like a prison sentence by the end. I had a tracker for everything from flossing to positive thoughts. I ripped out half the pages and just use it for grocery lists now.

elliot_ross16h agoMost Upvoted

That whole productivity trap turns self care into a second job. Watched a friend color code her life until the stress of keeping the system became her main hobby. The grocery list phase is the natural end point for most of those elaborate setups. It's like we're all trying to hack our way into being better people instead of just living. The freedom of a blank page beats a full chart of failed goals any day.