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Diary:

This is another important part of a bullet journal. Having a space to record your dreams, memories or random invention ideas is a necessity, and again, the app stores are not short of solutions. The app that I use is called Diaro and it has a few features that I am very grateful for. Firstly, you can set a password, so even if an annoying sibling manages to guess your phone password, the contents of the app will remain hidden. Also, you can back up your diary entries to Dropbox which really helps when your phone stops working and you have to do a factory reset... Finally, you can put your entries in folders to make stuff easier to find. All the stuff I’ve written about mental health is in the folder ‘Mental Health’, and all the wacky dreams I’ve had are in the folder ‘Dreams’. Nice and simple.

School Planner:

Moving my planner from a physical planner to an app is one of the best things I did this year. I spent the first few weeks of Year 12 scrambling for my diary when the teacher announced the homework as the bell for the end of class rang and I ended up simply not writing things down and forgetting all about them. Now I use an app called Egenda which means I can write my homework down while walking to the next class and it sends you reminders so you can’t just pretend it’s not there... I also have an app called Timetable which (funnily enough) I use for my school timetable. You can put a widget on your homescreen which saves time messing around with a piece of paper.

Calendar:

This one is pretty self-explanatory. I have an Android phone so I use Google Calendar which is pretty decent. If I have a person’s birthday in their contact info then it automatically shows up on the calendar. You can use lots of pretty colours and it does lots of other cool stuff too like sending you reminders and can be viewed as a schedule, day, 3-day, week or month spread.

Miscellaneous:

Bullet journals have several other functions too but the digital world manages to keep up. There are apps for habit tracking, period tracking (download Clue), learning language vocabulary (Quizlet is amazing), keeping track of your finances (Money Lover is pretty good). You can personalise your digital bujo as much as you like, whether you’re into travel, cooking or fitness. Finding apps that fit you is fun and when they genuinely make your life a bit easier then that’s even better.