What to write in bullet journals
How To Bullet Journal for Beginners! 2019 Setup & DIY Easy Ideas for Maximum Productivity!
hey guys welcome to bullet journaling
for beginners now I'm gonna show you the
basics of this system that's main
purpose is to keep your entire life
organized so what is bullet journaling
so this system staying organized was
designed by Ryder Corral in his words
the bull journal is meant to help you
track the past organize the present and
plan for the future so grab some snacks
some tea light up a candle and let's get
ready to create so a little embarrassing
fact about me I literally buy a new
planner on a weekly basis here are some
of the planners I've purchased
throughout the end last year alone and
beginning of this year I know I'm very
much obsessed with stationery but also
I've realized I've never quite found a
system organizing my entire life that's
worked and that's where my love for
bullet journaling has really come in so
you know I can customize my own journal
planner or whatever you want to call it
into whatever I like which is amazing so
I'm curious to know comment below your
favorite way to stay organized and give
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huge shout out in my next video so let's
start off with the basics so begin by
thinking of what kind of journal you
want perhaps a blank page align a dotted
or grated one it honestly does not
matter we're kind of notebook you have
it truly is all about your own
preference so I recommend you to do some
research so by this I mean find
inspiration for what kind of spreads
speak to you and what inspires you look
into some ideas on how you want to set
it up
what kind of fonts you want to do etc
look at Pinterest YouTube and of course
Instagram here I'm going to be showing
you some of my favorite Instagram
accounts that always inspire me there
calligraphy skills is on point there
bullet journal skills is on point I
highly suggest you guys to go check them
out now I think it's important to
mention that although bullet journaling
is meant to be a fun and a creative way
to stay organized it's also supposed to
be functional so the best thing I've
learned is to not worry that much about
how cute it is and honestly instead just
focus on making it simple enough for you
to where you are actually gonna use it
on a daily basis so for supplies all you
really need is a notebook and a pen but
if you wish to get fancy like myself
here's fun list of supplies and
everything in this video and what I used
will
be link down below so honestly you can
do colored pencils rulers calligraphy
pens stickers washi tape watercolors and
even a little Polaroid printer what you
guys will be seeing throughout the video
and little print out anything that you
want to add to your brilla journal that
will just make it feel more personal and
help you express yourself and stay on
top of your life I personally really
like these micro pens they go from super
fine tip to a perfect enough tip for
calligraphy and these can be expensive
but definitely worth the quality and
with all the supplies I like to swatch
them and save the paper so that
throughout my creative process I can
refer back to it and see the way that
each supply writes and the individual
look that each one gives off I'm
starting off with the gear at a grand
spread so this is the overview of the
year so guys let me just tell you
drawing these little calendars oh my god
it is tough
it made me sweat writing off all these
little numbers and whatnot ain't easy it
could be so tedious so I'm actually
gonna reference down below a printout
that you can use to assist you and trust
me use it it will help you out so much
so for this you can add anything you
want any spread you want to your bullet
journal but I like this page as an intro
to my New Year bullet journal because it
kind of sets you up for the rest of the
year which is great so this page is for
your Keats oh I like a page on the
inside of your journal to use as a
legend when using symbols so these
symbols can be used as signifiers to
give extra context to your journal
entries assign a unique symbol to
represent tasks events appointments so
for my legend the symbols that I use are
I used a little circle for a task an X
for a completed task a right arrow for a
migrated task meaning something that I
did not get to complete left arrow for a
scheduled task anything crossed out is
something that I just cancelled and got
off my schedule a little triangle is an
event an asterisk is important and a
little star is a little note so that way
you have a little key for the way that
you're gonna be organizing your entries
so now I'm working on creating a future
vlog so this will help me keep track of
future events generally you will only
use and create monthly and weekly
spreads at the beginning of each month
or the week so you can just use your
future log to record items that are
happening further into the future so
then when you're ready to create your
monthly or weekly spreads this page will
allow you to look back at any important
dates to better assist you in planning
for each month on the calendar so once I
write in my dates I can just kind of
quickly say okay I have this going on in
February or March is nice and easy
perhaps I can travel in the month so it
kind of just gives you a little future
log on what's happening so as you can
see I'm using a pencil and a ruler a
pencil so I can erase my mistakes and a
ruler to keep me aligned and help me
create the boxes that I want then I can
start by adding some spice to it like
adding titles and colors but of course
remember this is meant to make your life
easier so don't worry about getting too
fancy just make sure it's functional so
throughout the bull journal you can
randomly add quotes that speak to your
heart and will inspire you so not only
do I want my board journal to you know
help me stay organized but I also want
to use it as a way to motivate me and
have it as sort of a tool for my
creativity so this is where you can
practice your doodling skills or your
calligraphy skills and just kind of see
what kind of fonts you like writing and
play around with your own art style
alright so now we're gonna be doing my
Year in Review now this is supposed to
save 2018 but you know mm-hmm your girl
was a little excited about 2019 so I
literally I'm just seeing this little
mistake which will likely happen
throughout your bull journal experience
you're gonna be making mistakes if
you're worried that goes on so adding a
Year in Review is just a good way to
stay reminded of your accomplishments
and of course your highlights the year
before you know this gives you a chance
to see all the good things you did at
the end of the last year and you can
compare and kind of add to all the
wonderful things in your life so to me
it's like a little highlight reel of all
the special moments I thought that by
adding pictures was just kind of a cute
way to personalize it and give my bullet
journal a little bit more life so some
of my accomplishments included going to
Hawaii on a little retreat it was the
first time I ever did something for
myself and this trip literally changed
my life denizen I also hit one year of
being married yay and I got the chance
to go on a 22 different city tour and
meet you guys like all throughout the
United States it was amazing and you
know honestly a huge thank you and I
have so much gratitude for 2018 and if
you think about it this is kind of a
chance for you to say thank you to the
year that has passed
let's close this chapter in a good way
and say hello to 2019 so for these two
spreads I want her to focus on my 2019
bucket list so the things that I truly
want her to come back to at the end of
the year and check off because I
accomplish them so I decided to write a
little quote on this page which I posted
this on Instagram and once again little
ole Mew did a mistake
I literally misspelled Buddha oh my god
yeah that was embarrassing
aside from that quote and you know
getting reality check by you guys and
getting a little pretty Kuehl on my
Instagram beside all of that you know
this quote represents a push for me
because tomorrow is never really a
promise and we only really have today
the President to do the thing that we
want to accomplish so I wanted to set
this I like my little mantra for how I'm
gonna be creating my bucket list this
year as for the font I decided to do
this style font that is a little bit
long with one letter being higher and
then the next one is lower so it kind of
creates like a really cool effect like
this once you are done it's pretty nice
it's simple it's cute I liked it so your
bucket list doesn't have to be anything
crazy just things that you want to
achieve this year and that excite you I
actually wrote out 25 different slots
because this year I'm turning 25 can you
believe I'm feeling kind of old just
kidding I'm 25 years young well I'm not
25 yet in March but whatever I decided
to do 25 things that I want to focus on
this year and accomplishing in the end I
decided to add some color with my zebra
liners which are the best and I really
love how simple and functional this page
turned out so this page overall is just
kind of placed to help me collect ideas
and gather inspiration for when it comes
to you know actually planning a trip you
can always just write down where it is
that you want to go or you can literally
plan out your whole trip like adding a
packing list itineraries budgets
whatever you want
by the way comment below where you want
to go in this 2019 I'm really curious to
know but you know I kept mine simple
with just little drawings of the places
that are calling my name which I can
later on of course get a little bit more
detailed on new year new me right okay
so this is the time where we make our
new year's goals so for this spread I
took major inspiration from Pinterest I
wish
I knew who the artist was but that's the
thing with bullet journaling is if
you're lost and you don't know what to
do the best thing that I found to do is
literally look after other people's
bullet journal spreads emulate them
change them up make them your own these
are my goals for the year of 2019 so by
adding your list of new year's goals
I'll help you stay focused and motivated
to attain them I think writing is such
an incredible exercise it sets the tone
for okay I'm writing it down to make
this a reality so I thought I'd keep
this spread really nice and simple
there's no rules to this remember it's
all personal choice and I personally
think that's the beauty of this so I
would love to know if you could share
with me some of your goals for 2019 in
the comments I would love to read them
though I've always loved reading but you
know life is a little crazy sometimes
and we forget to do the things we love
well no more of that for me one of my
goals for this year is to read two books
a month which you know honestly that
doesn't sound like a lot but it's all
about starting small so I decided that
if I track my reading each month it'll
help me track my reading habits and
motivate me to keep reading so the
layout I chose is quite simple as you
could see just a title and I added a
border and a little drawing I wrote out
every month with two little squares for
my goal of two books a month and this is
where I write out the title and the book
followed by the little area where I'll
color in and kind of log how many pages
I've been reading so currently I'm
reading the medical medium a fantastic
book all about how to heal chronic and
mystery illnesses I've only read 25
pages so far so I'm gonna log that in
there sometimes we need reminders so
this is what I'm gonna do with this page
I'm reminding myself of what my perfect
morning routine would look like so I can
literally turn back to this page when
I'm feeling kind of out of routine or
when I have seemed to kind of like
forgot to prioritize my needs all I did
was just chose a single column on the
side of the page with the hours of the
day's listed out then I just kind of
thought of my perfect schedule you know
to me this is a really powerful exercise
because this will not only help you
focus on your goals but it'll also help
your thoughts become a reality you can
make it fun by drawing little images
that come to your mind and inspire you
or you can also just add some stickers
to make it pop even more and if you
don't want to draw or you're feeling a
little lazy it just add some stickers
it's always kind of fun so here's
another option I played around with for
a goals layout so this is for my more
specifically I want to reach so
have ten boxes for ten goals so that way
there's more structure and I decided to
make it kind of cute and add some
doodles a good tip I learned is to
utilize your ruler like literally that
is what it's for use it really I'm
telling you it makes a world of
difference it helps create a cleaner
layout that at the very end I was very
much happy with so now I'm using this
layout for my monthly goals where I have
different categories such as personal
fun events health relationships self
growth so this is my January monthly
goal so I have so many goals for the
entire year but I thought that you know
if I break them into monthly I'm not so
overwhelmed each month and I can just do
a few small goals that in the end add up
to one big yearly goal so this is my
page for a monthly spread this is where
I'll write out important dates I have to
remember for January and it'll help keep
me on track now just remember that you
can always just use a pencil first and
then go back in and trace it to your
color of choice or markers and start
decorating and making it look fun so the
theme for January that I chose was
celebration to welcome the new year so I
decided with my gel pens to go for a
very simple look and create little
colorful confetti zazz if it's a party
and I'm excited to partay my way into
January and it's also super simple it's
clean and overall I really love the
results so I love adding a weekly spread
because I'm able to plan track and of
course glance at the week ahead of me
there's a ton of ways to create a weekly
spread but I chose a simple one which
was just the days of the week listed I
added some life to the pages with
pictures stickers that help me stay on
track by creating certain habits
throughout the week and some washi tape
I love tracing letters in black with
colorful markers so just to give it a
little extra pop of flavor so I recently
got this Polaroid mobile floating menu
printer ooh that is a tongue twister so
I can connect my phone and print out
cute little Polaroids to add to my
bullet journal so I decided to take some
pictures that I took myself through my
camera roll and print out pictures that
just made me happy so I printed out this
cute little cactus garden that I painted
and I created myself because I wanted to
continuously inspire myself to create
this month as a printed out a picture of
you bury myself because he makes me
super happy and one of my little family
Jupiter Dennis and myself enjoying a
beautiful day in Miami and it's
just kind of a little reminder for me
that this week is a week to also take
breaks to allow myself to rest and to
allow myself to take time off because
that is totally okay do you see how cool
this thing is like I am shook now only
can I print out cute pictures but I can
also print out two quotes I like that
way I'm able to cover up my little
mistakes like this bird I'm so in love I
added more affirmations to this page to
help me build confidence remind me of my
goals encourage me in the right
direction towards achieving them this
year and I just continued adding some
stickers this tape is the bomb calm it
is so cute little drawing or just
whatever little things that made me
smile so now that we've completed some
of our pages we can actually go back and
start filling out our index that's the
very first page in the bullet journal
so if throughout the year we forget
where certain pages are we can just go
back turn to our index and find what
we're looking for it makes it that much
more easy the most wonderful thing is
that any page could be wherever you want
it to be so every day is a new
opportunity for a new spread well here's
my completed bullet journal so far oh my
gosh I hope you guys gathered some
inspiration and that I've motivated you
to start bullet journaling into so much
fun if you enjoyed this video make sure
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way I know that perhaps I'll do a little
February bullet journal spread video I
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have to have any rules I just simply
wanted to help you get some ideas
flowing so please remember it's not
about aesthetics it's really about
making you organized and more productive
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for watching and as always don't forget
to live weird or die normal bye
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