ANNE Frank, once, wrote in her diary: âThe finest thing of all is that I can at least write down what I think and feel, otherwise, I would suffocate, completely.â
Nowadays most youths are likely to share their thoughts on social media with their followers instead of taking pen to paper. Lately however, the trend of bullet journaling as a hobby, has caught on among a younger crowd.
A bullet journal is an analogue system to keep track of things and unclutter the mind by organising related tasks and writing entries in short sentences in a journal, which also brings back the joy of writing by hand.
One proponent of the bullet journal is model and motorsports beauty queen, Nur Liyana Mohamunny or Yana, 30, who shares her bullet journaling journey, experience and ideas via Youtube and her Instagram account @thelittlebujosteps, to inspire others.
The Downtown Motorsports Queen title winner in 2013 is also a talented artist. She decorates her journals with creative themes, while her hand-drawn colourful art and illustrations, doodles, as well as paper-cutting art on each page, inspires others to pick up the hobby as well.
ââThe bullet journal is a system that helps to track the past, order the present and design the futureâ, as said by Ryder Carroll, the father of the Bullet Journal system. It has helped me to be aware of matters I focus on, be it personal health, work tasks, and even captures, a moment in life,â said Yana.
BuJo (short term for Bullet Journaling) is functional as a notebook, diary or a simple to-do list book and also serves as a creative outlet to express art.
âI would encourage people to start bullet journaling to give attention, space and time for themselves. There are countless ways to improve or change yourself with the help of this system. My advice is to find your âWhy?â and take the time to understand what works best for you,â said Yana.
