Cannabis Bullet Journal Layout: Flower

This isn’t an article for those looking for a combination grass guide / connoisseurs journal, there are ready-made products out in the market that will help you (specifically, Goldleaf has some pretty snazzy journals around a variety of special interests aimed to both inform and archive).

This article is aimed at others, like myself, that are interested in integrating cannabis journaling with other bullet journal style layouts. As I journal on a variety of topics in any given notebook, and have a weird little indexing method I use, I don’t want to be held down to only having cannabis layouts in a notebook, it’s simply too much to carry!

As I’ve talked about in other articles, I parsed my experiences with medical cannabis the way I parse the world — through my writing. Since I’m one of those tactile writers (and I have visual-based medical reasons for not using screens). After understanding what I was looking for in strains, my layouts essentially end up looking like the below for Flower (the product I consume the most).

Tasting Notes

My main tasting notes for cannabis are essentially floral, woody, earthy, citrus, pine, and spice. I know there are many others, but mainly a combination of those, in conjunction with my notes, it will really help me to remember whether or not I liked a strain.

Lab Values

If there are more lab values, I record them — some labs in the area have taken to reporting THCV and other values, which is exciting (but my local dispensaries don’t have them loaded in their computers, which is less so!).

Demographic Information

There is, of course, the standard demographic information such as strain name, place of purchase, creator, etc. I tend to also record harvest dates, and the testing date if it’s recorded. As some of the effects of terpenes and cannabinoids develop over time, it’s important for me to have a sense of how long the product has been cured, to understand if it will have some the physical effects that I’m seeking.

If anything, journaling is a way for me to be mindful about how I am consuming and using cannabis, and what effects it has that help me through the symptoms that I am using it for. It’s important for me as someone with PTSD to have a way to understand some of the terpenes and cannabinoids in play and how they affect my illnesses, and journaling those experiences in a structured way has been a vital tool for me to gain insight into how cannabis best serves me.