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Today I thought I would show you guys how I set up my Bullet Journal, how I did it and where I get inspiration from! I hope this helps if you are wanting to set one up and gives you some inspiration on how to set your own out!
So I used to use two bullet journals, I have an A5 one which you will see mostly in this post but I wanted to show my other one which I don’t use anymore but I wanted to show how it can help if you need to organise your life.
I started using my small bullet journal as a day to day diary in July and I set it out myself. I knew I wanted enough space to write what I needed to do and it really helped me. I colour co-ordinated what highlighter meant what. For example, Blue meant an Event, Orange meant important, Pink meant VERY IMPORTANT and Yellow meant a new post or video. This really helped me in terms of Uni and Blogging as I needed to stick to a schedule of when to write a new blog post and upload it. I don’t use this anymore but I do use the small notebook for lists if I don’t wanna take my bigger journal out.
So onto my A5 Bullet Journal! I really love this! My dad got me both this one and the smaller one shown above for my 18th Birthday and I wanted to wait till University to use them because I was in my A-Levels and I wanted a fresh start when I got to Uni. I did kind of use it but up until July/August time, I didn’t know how I wanted to set mine up and I wasn’t really creative with my pages as you can see below.
I knew I wanted to make a schedule and basically organise my life more but I wanted to do in a creative way and this is where Pinterest helped me so much. I literally scoured for hours trying to come with ideas for pages and luckily, it worked. I owe how my pages are to Pinterest because, without the inspiration that I got from it, my pages wouldn’t look like they do now. So I’m gonna talk about a few pages below and what they mean and then just show you guys what else I have done in my journal!
So as you can see by the OCT on the second page, I started to create my pages in October and I started with a schedule as you can see on the left of the photo. It was getting to that point in the semester at Uni where I needed to crack down on studying and come up with a schedule where I could fit Uni, Blogging, YouTube and other activities into my day. I did stick with this a little but I feel giving myself timetabled things to do just put pressure on me so I won’t be doing it this year.
I saw a monthly page on Pinterest which tracked followers and so I started with the basics of that and created my monthly page which I do at the end of the month for the start of the next. I track my Instagram and Twitter followers on this page. I do how many followers I am at and recently have incorporated what Social Blade rank I am for Twitter (p.s. spoiler alert, I’m like 767 million aha…). I also set myself 4 minor goals for the month to keep me going. I do have goals for every year that I want to achieve but they are major goals that may take up the whole year. These minor goals help me achieve what I want to do for that month. So for December, completing Blogmas was a minor goal of mine!
These pages are where I track my blog views for the month and who has their birthday when. I really like these pages as they last a long time and I can use them for a long time!
These three pages were what I started 2018 with. One was my overall goals for 2018, another a bucket list that I wanted to complete by Christmas 2018 and the January monthly page. I am so happy I got to create goals pages as I use my bullet journal a lot so I see the pages every day!
The most current page I designed was my languages pages. One has my goals for languages for the year and the other is a language tracker where I can see what days I studied each language! I found this in an article which had a link to someone’s YouTube channel but I can’t remember the name so credits to her for giving me the idea for this one!
I can’t wait to design more and if you guys want, I can make a 6-monthly Bullet Journal post where I show you what I have added to my journal!
I hope this gives you some inspiration to start yours and if it does, I would love to see what you come up with!
Till Next Time!
Your bullet journal looks amazing! I’ve always wanted to make one but it’s confused me a little, may try now as yours as really inspired me! Definitely would be interested in reading 6 monthly posts xx
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Thank you! Definitely, I was so confused when I started! Aw thank you my love, I would love to see when you do! Oo okay I will keep that in mind xx
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Hoping when I play around a bit i’ll get hang of if! Of course will let u know if I need any tips hehe xx
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Yeah do message me!xxx
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This looks fab, if you’re looking for any inspiration I definitely recommend watching AmandaRachLee videos on YouTube. I’ve taken inspiration from her for my own bullet journal as I’m new to it this year. I’d love to see a 6 month post on how you are getting on with yours!
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Thank you!
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I love your bullet journal! I am so not talented or creative enough to do one! It would end up a mess! Lol
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thank you! I can’t draw to save my life but pinterest, a ruler and a pen and you’ll be okay!
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I love bullet journals!! I use them. My bullet journal post is coming soon. It’s well written and your bullet journal looks very creative and well written. Thank you for sharing! I look forward to reading more of your posts xx
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Aw thank you! I can’t wait to reach your post on yours!xx
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I love your bullet journal! I’m definitely less talented than you are haha! I do have one as well though, but I’ve only just started so still need to work on it! Your post is a great inspiration!! 💕 😄
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Im not very good at drawing so Pinterest is amazing for this kind of stuff! You can do it!! thank you my lovely xx
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Really helpful post! I’m really excited to start mine, think I’ll have to order some cute pens! x
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I definitely recommend fine liners! I would love to see when you do start it!xx
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I LOVE seeing other people’s bujos! I find it so satisfying aha! I loved this post as I’ve considered starting one myself but had no idea where to start! Thanks for the inspo! Xxx
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Literally same!
Awh thank you and I would love to see it if you start it! Xx
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Love your bullet journal! I have always wanted to start one but I always found it confusing or I didn’t have time, your tips have really helped, thanks xx
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Thank you! Im glad they help and I hope they help you push to start one!xx
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You’ve done a great job, deffo need to try this 🙂
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Thank you! I would advise it if you need an organisation tool!
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I definitely got some inspiration for the bullet journal I’m just starting from your post ^^
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Good!! I hope it helped!!xx
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