Stopped using washi tape borders and my spreads actually got faster

I used to spend like 20 minutes putting washi tape borders on my weekly log every Sunday. Then last month I realized the tape was peeling off the page by Thursday and smudging my pen marks. I switched to just using a ruler and a fine liner for a simple straight line instead. Now my weekly spread takes me 5 minutes flat and I focus more on what I'm tracking rather than how it looks. Anyone else ditch the decorative stuff and find their journaling got more useful?

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olivere301mo ago

Nah, the decoration is the whole POINT for me though.

mason3611mo ago

Totally agree with you here. I spent months decorating my bullet journal with colored headers and doodles in the margins, then realized I was avoiding actually writing in it because I didn't want to mess up the art. Now I just use a simple black pen and a ruler, maybe a highlighter for priority items, and my whole setup takes under ten minutes. It's amazing how much faster and more useful the journal becomes when you stop treating it like a scrapbook project.