Planning can be terribly boring, but also very, very fun! Here you will find tips and inspiration for creating your own books completely based on your own needs. With paper and pen. What happens when you take notes with pen on paper is that the brain gets a sensible boost to both remember things but also a process to solve things more creatively. In other words, you can get even better ideas and solve things smarter.
When you write with a pen, it sticks in a completely different way than if you use a computer, mobile phone or printed books where you don't think about it properly. Things can then be done without you even really reflecting on it. You can accelerate towards a goal if you have given yourself the time to actually think about what you want. To let the brain process during a period when you probably don't even reflect that the brain is processing.
Eight years ago we started Bullet Journaling. It's a method where you use paper and pen and get the mess of what's going on in your brain into a notebook. Often you weave in a creative twist which makes it extremely fun to sit and plan, combining business with pleasure. When you master the technique behind Bullet Journaling, it becomes very easy to want a beautiful book for different things, no matter what you want to keep track of.
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Garden book - to keep track of everything you want to do or are already doing in the garden. Sowing, cultivation, when, where and how. Varieties of shrubs and trees, save info and note for future years. Make sketches etc.
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House book - to save memories, for example different layers of wallpaper that were removed during renovations. Keep track of the appliances, when purchased? How long is the warranty? And save receipts there. Look up when the air heat pump was serviced, what color code is painted on the moldings, etc. A book where you store everything important while it becomes like a biography of the house.
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UFO book (unfinished objects) is an excellent tool for those who start project after project. And rarely finish. To take inventory of everything that is on hold and clean everything out and try to complete what you actually really want to get done.
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Jul-BuJo is a book about planning Christmas. In it you fill in everything you feel is important at Christmas. Recipes, memories, things to remember for next time, etc.
- Making your own recipe book is incredibly fun. On the one hand, you can preserve older relatives' books that may be about to fall apart. Or make several copies for your siblings. Creating your own based on your favorite recipes is a really grateful source when your imagination runs out. But it is also a nostalgic and appreciated future treasure for your children.
