The number one reason why I love bullet journaling is because you can adapt and change your layouts whenever you need to. It really feeds into my personal needs for efficiency, aesthetic and novelty. Each month I identify what really worked for me previously and what I can get rid of for the upcoming spread. I’ve been bullet journaling for a year and a half now and I still alter my layouts each month!
The only page I’ve honed to my liking is the first page of the month. I usually take some time to color or paint something fitting for the month. Then, I list out my bills, birthdays, important dates and monthly goals. I posted my first page for October on my twitter (@caro_marcella) when I finished it last week.
October is just around the corner! #bulletjournal #bujo
Game Plan For October
- Daily gratitude and spark joy entries. These are coming back from my August spread. I didn’t do it in September and I feel like I missed out on that opportunity for emotional self-care for an entire month. I have a list for gratitude numbered 1-31. A “spark joy” entry is simply this: What did I do today to spark joy?
- Condensing my handwriting. In September, I took up too many pages by spreading it out too wide and writing too unnecessarily big. I use a 0.38 pen, so there is really no reason for me to take up so much space!
- A real monthly spread. My entire bujo journey I have only done weeklies. The problem is similar to above where I feel like I’m wasting space! I’m going to see if a monthly spread works for me.
- Symbols/Shorthand. A heart for self-care, a box for twitter, “SPARK” for my spark joy entry. It’s like using emoticons, but drawn out!
- Meal Plan For Work. When Dennis and I try to meal prep for every meal of every day, it is too overwhelming for me. But I spend money at my work for lunch every day, so I am going to try to prepare lunches ahead of time this month.
I am excited to see what works for October and what I’ll have to alter for November. But until then, lets have a great month!
Paints: Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colour Sketchers Pocket Box
Journal: Moleskine Watercolor Album Sketchbook – 5″x8″ (Spanish Edition)
Your bullet journal pages are goooorrrgeous! I’m in awe. You’ve really lovely handwriting/handlettering, and I like your watercolors. Your month spread with the rectangles of color are simple and very pretty. x
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Thank you, Kaiya! I really appreciate the love 🙂 I always change up my bullet journal but I’ve really fallen in love with watercolors lately!
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I’ve wanted to dabble with paints and am feeling inspired. 🙂 x
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My next post is actually going to be about watercoloring & mindfulness! I am just a beginner as well, so let me know if you need any recommendations!
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Ooh, I’ll look forward to it! I’ll probably have questions after your post. 🙂 ❤ x
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Seeing your BuJo layout makes me want to create!! What pen do you use??
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I use Tombow Dual and Pigma FB & MB. I bought all of them on amazon! For the super thin writing, my all time favorite pens are still Pilot G-2s, but in 0.83.
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