Bullet journal use is significantly more rich and helpful when people are trying to focus on a particular area of their lives, he says.

One thing that stands out about 17-year-old Clara’s bullet journal spreads is the beautiful hand lettering and calligraphy. She also adds stickers, cutouts and her own illustrations as decorations.

Fed up with apps and online calendars, people are embracing a way of organizing and writing lists in a plain old notebook called the Bullet Journal.