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January 2019 Bullet Journal Set-up

December 31, 2018January 10, 20204 Comments

It’s 2019 tomorrow! Time to get ahead on planning and goal setting for the new year! My theme for January- stars and constellations- is one that I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I was really excited to set up this first month because I have so much room- 20 pages! This means no more cramped weekly spreads and much more experimentation;)

I searched up some constellations that are in our sky right now, and included those on my title page along with some stars. On the opposite page I have a quote and yet more stars. You’re going to see a lot of stars in this post! I used three different yellow markers here, as well as my black brush pen and fineliners.

Like I said, I went a little crazy with the stars! My monthly layout is one thing I kept the same as last year. However, I added a small blog post planner on the side. I think that my calligraphy has really improved from last year, and so you’ll see me do a lot more of it in 2019.

Next, I have my mood and habit trackers, which I could use two pages for! While my habit tracker is a simple grid, I tried something different with my mood tracker. Each day I’ll draw a star hanging from a string, and the longer the star, the happier I was that day.

Here’s my gratitude log. I have a whole page for it! There’s also a quote page that leads into my first weekly spread.

My first weekly spread is simple but pretty. I drew more stars and constellations, as well as writing out a quote and word of the week. I have a to-do section in there as well. I plan to use some black paper in my next few spreads, because my silver gel pen really stands out on it.

There you go! Hopefully you found some good ideas in this post;) You may have noticed that I haven’t done any book spreads yet. Well, I plan to use two pages at the end of each month for a monthly review, so I’ll include something bookish in there;) Have a Happy New Year!

Yours Truly, MyDayIsBooked;)

My 2019 Bullet Journal Set-Up

December 29, 2018January 10, 2020Leave a comment

Hi guys! Hope you all had a great holiday;) I’m super excited to share my 2019 bullet journal set up with you, because I feel like now I have the hang of the bullet journal system and can have a bit more fun with it. Last year was my year to experiment, and now I know what I like and can keep a more effective journal! If you’re new to the bullet journal, feel free to check out my 2018 bullet journal set up, because I explain things a bit more in-depth. Otherwise, let’s get right into my 2019 set-up!

Oh, about supplies, I’ve been using the Tombow Fudenoske Brush pen, as well as some Micron Fineliners and Crayola Super Tips. You don’t need any super fancy supplies to bullet journal, but these markers really help when it comes to calligraphy. You can find them on Amazon.

This year I’m using the Leuchttrum 1917 bullet journal. It’s hardcover and has 249 pages- which means I get 20 pages per month! Like last year, I wrote 2019 on some washi tape and stuck it on the front for some added decoration.

Last year I didn’t really use my index very much, so even though this journal already contains one, I don’t think that I’ll be using it. This means that the first couple of pages in my journal are my key and title page. I definitely simplified my key, because I didn’t use many of the bullets and colours that were in my key last year. also, I’m trying to keep the first pages of my journal pretty neutral, since each month I have a different theme and colour. So for my title page I wrote “Dear 2019, I’m ready” in black, silver and grey.

Onto my future log/year at a glance. As you can see, I have waaaayy more room than last year to plan out any future events! This is because I used four pages instead of two. The bottom was looking a little empty, so I decorated with some washi tape. I really want to get more crafty with my bullet journal this year, by using washi tape, paper, and even printing out pictures. I experimented with this in November and really liked the way that it turned out.

Next, I drew out a space to write the goals that I have for 2019. The opposite page is titled “This Year”. I haven’t filled it in yet, but basically I’ll just write some resolutions that I have for the new year, as well as some things that I’d like to do this year. There’s also a spot to write down one word that I want to be my focus in 2019. I love doing pages like these, because they allow you to look back on what you want to accomplish and help you get focused.

For the final two pages of my set-up, I have a vision board and a quote page. I recently made a vision board on a large poster and hung it up in my room, but I wanted to make space for one in my journal so that I could look at it at anytime. Basically, a vision board is just a spot to paste images of things and people that inspire you, and things you want to work towards. Throughout the year, I’ll add more pictures. I also wrote a sort of mission statement on the other page, and I think that I’ll add some more quotes around it because It’s looking a little empty. Hopefully these pages help me to stay inspired this year!

That’s all for my 2019 set-up! I’ll be posting my January set-up separately, but don’t worry, it’ll be out pretty soon. I hope that you liked my spreads and feel inspired for a whole new year of bullet-journaling!

Yours Truly, MyDayIsBooked;))

December Bullet Journal Set-Up

December 8, 2018January 10, 2020Leave a comment

Hey guys! I’ve had some people asking why I haven’t posted my December Bullet Journal Set-Up yet- I’ve been either super busy or super lazy. Sorry about that. But today I have the time and motivation to share my December layouts with you! This month my theme is Elf, the movie with Will Ferrel. It’s my all time favourite Christmas movie, and I thought that there’s a lot of fun stuff I can do with it bullet journal wise! Hope you guys like my spreads;)

My title page is cute but simple: a drawing of Buddy the elf (I decided not to include his face because I couldn’t draw a decent human face if my life depended on it) and on the opposite page I drew his hat with a quote from the movie that says, “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear”. That’s another great thing about this theme- there are so many awesome quotes that I can use!

This is my monthly calendar layout. Every time I write the word calendar I second-guess the placement of the e and the a. Anyways, here I drew sort of a north pole scene with snow and a little log house. I also included Leon the snowman and Mr. Narwhal from the movie. Oh, and I decided not to make a sixth row in this calendar because I needed the room for other stuff. Instead, the last Monday of the month is split into two.

I had some problems with this page. At first I was going to do something really cool with the mood tracker, but I just couldn’t figure out the logistics. So I did what I call a mood line- I’ll just write down the date somewhere on the line everyday. Kind of like a number line. Did I just compare Bullet Journaling to math? Ugh. On the opposite page, I have my gratitude spread (which is the same as always) and a handy dandy gift list. Which will be useful when I actually figure out what I’m going to get for people.

This is my first weekly spread. Nothing to fancy, I just had a bit of fun with the quote on the side. I always leave room to write down any homework or tests coming up. If any of my next weeklies look cool I’ll tweet them out for you guys. (@mydayisbooked)

And that’s December! Just to let you know, though, I’m super excited for the end of this month so that I can start on my spreads for the New Year. I might’ve started planning them in September. But I’ll post some super cool stuff before then, too. See ya!

Yours truly, MyDayIsBooked;)))))))

DIY No-Candy Advent Calendar

November 22, 2018January 10, 20203 Comments

Today is the one year anniversary of mydayisbooked.com! I have a super neat post to share with you guys today, but first I want to thank everyone who has supported and followed my blog in the past year! You guys are awesome:)

I started making this advent calendar a few years ago, and I really love it. Instead of getting a candy everyday, you have to complete an act of kindness or treat yourself to a favourite winter activity. This is a great concept because it invokes the true spirit of Christmas- giving! You make can this calendar as fancy or as minimalistic as you like; I love to get super creative with it! Down below I have laid out the instructions and materials that you’ll need, as well as some ideas to get you started;)

DIY No-Candy Advent Calendar

Materials

25- 31 envelopes (I used ones that are about 16.5 by 9 cm, but any size works)
25-31 index cards (or cut up pieces of card stock)
markers, crayons, stickers, pens, anything you need to decorate your calendar!

Directions:

Number the envelopes from 1-25 (or 31, depending on how many days you want your advent calendar to cover) and decorate them however you want! I drew a kind of christmasy drawing in the corner of each of mine, which took a little while, but it’s totally worth it! **You can reuse the envelopes from year to year to save time**

2. Once your envelopes are finished, take out your pieces of card stock or index cards. On each one, write an act of kindness or winter activity that you want to do in December. Here are 25 ideas that you can use in your calendar:

Call your grandparents
Bake cookies
Build a snowman
Write 5 nice comments on social media
Make a gingerbread house
Shovel your neighbour’s driveway
Leave a nice note for someone
Compliment someone who you wouldn’t usually talk to
Donate money to a Christmas charity
Give food to a food bank
Make Christmas ornaments
Send a letter to a friend, wishing them a merry Christmas
Do some extra chores around the house
Express gratitude to 5 different people
Watch your favourite Christmas movie
Make a gift for your teacher or a friend
Wear your cosiest sweater
Make a holiday playlist
Go ice skating
Make your favourite breakfast
Bake a new recipe
Look at Christmas lights
Make treats for your pet
Make hot chocolate
Read before the fire (my personal favourite!)

3. Fold each piece of card stock in half and spread them out randomly so that you don’t know which activity is written on each one. Then put one in each envelope and seal it. This way, the activity that you do each day will be a surprise. If you know that you’ll only have time to do a certain thing on the weekend, then you can make a pile of weekend activities and fill your weekend envelopes from that pile. Also, I like to use sticky tack and hang each envelope on my wall for a cool Christmas decoration, but you can display them however you’d like.

I hope that you enjoy this calendar throughout December! It’s super fun and easy to make and spreads lots of holiday cheer;) Thanks agin for making my first year of blogging so awesome!

Yours Truly, MyDayIsBooked

November Bullet Journal Set-Up

November 4, 2018January 10, 20202 Comments

I can’t believe it’s November already! This year is just flying by……. on the 22nd it will be the first anniversary of MyDayIsBooked.com! But first things first; I need to set-up my bullet journal so I can plan out my month. For November I’m going with a tea and book theme, because when I think of fall I think of curling up with a hot mug of tea and a good book. I added some leaves in there too for extra fallness (fallness in now a word). There are some changes within a few of my spreads because I want to so some experimenting, but I absolutely looooooovvvvvveeee how they turned out. So scroll down and take a peek already!

My accent colours for this month are light purple and grey. On my title page I have doodles of falling leaves, steaming mugs of tea, and a couple of books. There are some purple and grey dots just to fill in the empty spaces. I thought that my quote for this month is really cute; “leaves are falling, books are calling”, although books are always calling, so…….. Anyways, these pages look really good, except for the fact that I didn’t search up how to draw a book before I drew the big book that I wrote November on, and it doesn’t look the best. Whatever. It’s not like I want to smack myself on the forehead every time I look at it or anything.

One of my favourite calendar layouts yet! Just lots of doodles and dots. I’m really proud of how my calligraphy skills are coming along though! Also, I starting adding drop shadows to a lot of my drawings, and it gives a really cool effect. You’re going to notice a lot of black boxes with silver writing throughout my spreads this month, and this is because I made a lot of mistakes. Basically anywhere I messed up, I drew over it in black and then rewrote whatever needed rewriting in silver. #BulletJournalHacks

Here are all of my trackers for this month. For my habit tracker, I just reverted back to an old classic; numbering off thirty squares, and the filling them in if I did a particular habit that day. My mood tracker is a bit different from usual though, it’s more like a chart. Each day I’ll draw a dot in the square that corresponds to my mood. I don’t know if you can see it, but at the bottom of the page there’s a legend with different little faces; to the right is happy and to the left is not so happy. I’m connecting the dots so it looks like a graph of sorts. You may have realized that I didn’t include a space to plan my blog posts this month, and this is because I found that I don’t really use it all that much. So I just included another book quote to fill that empty space.

My first weekly spread has a bit of a scrapbookish feel to it. This is all due to the card stock I glued in there. I also printed of a black and white photo of leaves falling off of trees, which I love. Since school has started, I’ve also been including a place to write down homework that is due and tests that are coming up, so that I can see everything that I need to do in one place. The rest of this spread is pretty self-explanatory.

There we go! Now I can start planning my month.Hopefully you found my spreads inspiring! Have a great week;)

Yours Truly, MydayIsBooked:)))))))