My bullet journal chronicle of a late ink delivery got out of hand

I ordered this blue ink online for my bullet journal back in January. The store said it would ship in a week, but weeks turned into months. I started a dedicated page to track the delivery, with dates and little mail truck drawings. Each delay made me add more notes, like 'still waiting' and sad faces. At one point, I even drew a dramatic saga of the ink's journey across the country. When it finally showed up last week, the tracking page was a chaotic masterpiece. Now I flip to it and chuckle at how something so simple took over my journal for so long.

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jessicac682d ago

Dealt with a late supply delivery once by making a whole spread in my journal. It started with just a date list, but then I added weather notes, maybe the mailman was late, silly stuff. My advice is to use a separate notebook for tracking long waits, so it doesn't eat up your main journal. Or limit yourself to one small box per update, no extra drawings until it arrives. When my thing finally came, I glued the tracking page into the journal as a funny reminder, kept the chaos contained.

stellac971d ago

Ever thought about turning those waiting pages into art later? You could cut them up for collage backgrounds or fold them into decorative endpapers. It makes the whole wait feel purposeful in the end.