Starting out the new year with ambitions to keep a planner but don’t know where to start or which one to buy? This beginner’s workshop will introduce you to the bullet journal, an analog handwritten system created by Ryder Carroll, which allows you to create a custom journal that works for you. Want to just keep a diary and a food log? Great! Want a habit tracker and a budget? Great! This customizable form of keeping your life in order is a life changer.

During this class you will be introduced to the basic concept of creating and keeping your own bullet journal (or bujo as the converts call it). Class materials fee will include a new journal (color choice will be communicated with the teacher), pens, washi tape, stickers, and other forms of decorating.

The class will cover bullet journaling basics, tools, how to customize the journal for your personal, professional, and creative life, and will also discuss real life examples of different journals.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a materials fee of $30 which includes a new journal to take home, a ruler, and pen. Rubies, this is payable at the start of class. We’ll have an assortment of colors to choose from! Nonmembers, this is included in the price of your ticket.

About the teachers, Anisse Gross & Rachel Khong

Ruby member Anisse Gross is a San Francisco–based writer and editor who would be lost without her bullet journal. She began bullet journaling several years ago when nothing else worked and is passionate about spreading the word of productivity structures that are customized to suit each individual's unique needs.

Ruby member (& founder) Rachel Khong has been keeping a bullet-esque journal since circa 2016; it is basically the only reason she is able to maintain her writing & exercising habits. Before that, she tried and failed to keep yearly planners, usually buying a new one every new year and then abandoning it. She has hesitated to call the notebook she keeps a bullet journal, because she doesn’t follow the rules exactly, but this is the beauty of bullet journaling, as you will learn in this workshop!