It has recently been brought to my attention that Travel Journalling isn't quite all it's made out to be; and that maybe I'd overlooked the benefits of Travel Blogging as an alternative. Anyways, here are my thoughts on both, to enlighten your little minds, you're welcome. xx

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Don't get me wrong, I love a good notebook. There's a certain novelty that comes with writing in a brand new notebook and sticking in Polaroids with travel themed washi tapes... but it takes time, and if you've spent the entire day adventuring are you really going to want to return to your hotel to spend an hour or so writing everything down. I suppose you could write as you go along, it would split up your day and you could write a little more 'in the moment.' But realistically are you going to get the chance? I suppose you'll have the time during the day if you maybe have an hour long train journey either side of your outing, but if not, then it's a little annoying to have to spend ages documenting everything down when you just want to shower and sleep. It's at this point that the novelty wears off.

Travel blogging is a little easier, you can just upload the photos from your phone and type up your thoughts as and when you can - it's less time consuming as typing is often quicker than writing, and can be a little more chatty and a little less formal. It's also cheaper due to the not having to buy washi tapes and pens and notebooks and a Polaroid camera and any other stickers or decorative fabrics you may need for a journal. Travel blogging also comes with the benefit of having your thoughts actually being read by other people, whereas travel journals often just end up sitting on a dusty bookshelf for years. 

Earlier this summer, I tried to spend a few days both Travel Journalling and Travel Blogging - blogging the bigger, more adventurous days, and journaling every bit of every day. Personally, even after only a few days, I established that I definitely prefer blogging; purely because it's less time consuming and more practical as I can blog wherever and whenever as long as I have my phone on me. However the novelty of the travel journal still remains, it would be lovely to look back on each summer and see what I got up to through the means of flicking through a notebook filled with leaflets and Polaroids. But at the end of the day, I think I'm going to have to ditch the travel journal and stick to the blogging, but hey, maybe I'll give it another go in the future.

Let me know your thoughts on this very serious matter in the comments pls xx

I started my bullet journal back in February of this year after taking inspiration from Ryder Carroll, the creator of the Bullet Journal, and Kara from Boho Berry, who features a lot of pages from her bullet journals on her blog. The idea behind the bullet journal is simple: to have every list, plan and collection of thought all in one place in order to save time, keep you organised and eliminate having a hundred to-do lists lying about all over the place. 

Since starting my bullet journal, I've become a lot more organised. I've also become a lot more motivated as I can see everything I have to do for the day set out on one page.

On the first blank page of my bullet journal, I have my key which has every notation I use in my daily plans. I also have a colour index which I no longer use as it ended up being too much hassle trying to colour code every task, besides it's not that hard to know that 'Geography revision' refers to 'school' and 'Run' refers to 'exercise'! Next to the colour index I have a note saying that for Future Planning, to use the Sticky-Note Method. This basically means that for events or notes that are relevant to the future, I just have to pop the information onto a sticky note, and then place it wherever it needs to be. This is an alternative to having a drawn out calendar for future months or using pages out of the back of the notebook for future planning etc. 

The next page is the Index. It's pretty self-explanatory in the sense that I just pop the page number in the first column and then the title or description of the page in the second column. (In the Leuchtturm notebooks the pages are all numbered, as far as I'm aware, and my notebook has 249 pages.)