Jiu Jiu’s note: This was written BY Jiu Jiu FOR jiujiubjj.com! I’ve been having a problem with a content theft, so if you do find this entire entry elsewhere, please let me know.
My friend, Jayne Fury, introduced me to Bullet Journaling. I looked into it in the past, but I wasn’t totally sold until I saw someone post one of their goal pages. It inspired me and I jumped in, two feet first.
Mid-composing my Jiu Jiu BJJ goal page in my new bullet journal!
Last year, starting around August, I began regularly attending BJJ classes with Diego Bispo at MAMMA’s Boys. I attended roughly 8 classes per month – 2 every week. I decided at the end of the year that, consistency achieved, I wanted to add 2 classes per month, bringing my grand total to 10 per month. That’s completely doable.
It’s already affected me. I missed Monday, January 9 because it was the last day my dad was in town, and I missed Monday, January 16 because I was recovering from a cold. This puts me at 4 for the month. In the next 13 days I need to hit 6 classes. Yipes. I can go on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. Whew. It’s doable. Had I not put that down on paper, I really would have missed my goal.
In the past, I used an app called Streaks, but it has disappeared into the aether. (ps. Did I really go that often – I hit 14 classes that summer in 2013! Being single + having no social life makes doing jiu jitsu a lot easier!
Yes, there’s a bullet journal blogging goal page in my near future as well. 🙂
Jiu Jiu’s Question: Do you bullet journal? How has it helped you keep your health and fitness goals? How else do you track your jiu jitsu? Please feel free to link to your journal or post a pic of it here! (Please don’t spam me, random bullet-journaler!).
Streaks disappeared?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pilanites.streaks&hl=en
Yep. That’s not the same app, or if it is, it has an entirely different feel to it. The other one was the epitome of simplicity. One calendar. Click the day for YES, unclick for NO. No fancy anything, but you could create different calendars, and you could add notes. These are…different, fancier, and look and feel like a different creature. The only thing they have in common is the same name and a similar concept.
I love this! I have been using my bullet journal for work and other personal life things but didn’t think of using it for BJJ for some reason. I have just started to consistently make it to training again so I am going to try to implement this soon!
Awesome! When/if you do use it for BJJ, please do post a pic or explanation of how you’re using it!
It’s me! Jayne Fury! Thanks for the mention, JiuJiu.
One of the things that Bujo has done for me this past year as far as my health and fitness goals go is that it helps me plan my meals a week ahead. This has helped me lose about thirty pounds. My weekly set up has a spot for my fitness goals for walking and hiking. I even wrote about it!
http://www.jaynefury.com/not-femme-friday-bulletjournals-have-nothing-to-do-with-artillary/
Yay! I’m so glad you’re here. I can’t wait to write for your site. Now I just need to reread Lilith’s Brood so I can have specific talking points! 🙂
I think if I start doing the daily Bujo that I will keep track of my daily food/fitness better in it, for example, how compliant I was with my diet.
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Married mum with two kids here, train 5-6 days a week. Secret is to get everyone in the family training then it’s not just you missing out if you don’t go. No journal needed, just guilt. Hahaha. ?? Good luck xx
That’s amazing! I’m so glad for you, Rachael! I envy the families that train together. It’s definitely harder to ditch class for no good reason when everyone else is going. 🙂