July 03, 2017

This Month I Enjoyed

July 03, 2017/ Kim Alvarez

Welcome to Day 91 of my #100DaysofBulletJournalIdeas Project!

Idea 91: This Month I Enjoyed

This Month I Enjoyed

Here's a fun collection that is all about commemorating the things you enjoyed over the course of the month.

Some ideas to include can be:

Books you read
Shows you watched
Movies you watched
Apps you enjoyed
Events you enjoyed
Favorite meals
Favorite songs
Memories with Friends
Accomplishments

And more!

This idea is in the same vein as idea 73, a log that spans the lifetime of your Bullet Journal, except that it's on a monthly scale. It's a coincidence that I received a comment on that article about how they enjoy doing that, but in a monthly scale, like I've described here! :)

I added icons to add a bit of extra fun, but it's really up to you however you decide to run with this idea :)

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Today marks the 3 year anniversary of when I first shared the FREE Bullet Journal Reference Guide. Thanks to your appreciation of it, sharing it, and translating it to 30 languages(!!!) it has become a much greater resource than I could have ever imagined. It’s exciting to me that in 3 years, we’ve grown this to 30 translations!

When I first created it, it took me hours of brainstorming, non-stop drafting, re-drafting, and lovingly handcrafting each part after revising all the resources I could think of to create something I thought would help synthesize everything Ryder @RyderCarroll wants you to know about getting started with Bullet Journaling, along with extra info added by me.
In 3 years, it has grown to 30 translations thanks to all of the wonderful Bullet Journalists around the world who took the time to create a translation that would help others get started Bullet Journaling.

It’s meant a lot to me how much this has spread, especially when Ryder took notice of it and welcomed it as part of the BulletJournal.com website. This is all thanks to your support.
Today, we have the guide in:

English
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Thank you to everyone who has seen this as a useful resource and shared it.
To download it in the language of your choice, sign up to my Sunny Newsletter (link in bio), or @BulletJournal’s newsletter (or both). To celebrate 3 years of the guide, I’m giving away a little something as a thank you (scroll to see what it is). Enter the giveaway in the latest article through the link in my bio.
Thank you! Feel free to send over a translation!
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Check out this cute feature I wrote for Jumpstart Magazine @JumpstartMag! I just picked up this issue they sent over and saw that they added these adorable illustrations! I like how they edited my photo to look like I’m holding the Nordic blue color Bullet Journal to match the color motif they were going for 😊. To clarify for step two, title the next 4 pages after the Index, Future Log 💗 Hope you enjoy and this helps you out! Thanks again for the feature, Min and everyone at @jumpstartmag! 🥰 #BulletJournal #BuJo #BulletJournaling #howtoBulletJournal

We discussed this over at @thebulletjournalmethodbookclub recently, thought it’s been a while since we talked about this here. Would love to hear your thoughts on which you prefer and why. If you use another, share that below also. 😊 Feel free to use the #taskbulletorcheckbox and the #bulletjournalkey hashtags to share visual examples and your reasoning if you’d like to as well! #BulletJournal

Here’s a little March in review. I set up a few topics that came to mind in order to log a snapshot of the month. I wrote a small snippet on how it went overall and logged the rest in bullets. Here are the topics:

How did it go? (An overall feel of how the month went).
Progress made (it can be hard to remember everything that was done. This is a great opportunity to reflect and log).
Tough moments (Experiences to sit with and learn from).
Happy moments (To balance out the tough moments, recall positive moments).
New (I tend to forget some things I buy and when. In order to be more mindful and aware of them, I’ve logged them here).
Notable (Most of the previous topics were logged by memory. This topic is where I flipped back through all of my pages from the previous month and logged moments that brought happiness, were notable, where progres was made, or that I simply wanted to capture here as well. It’s a catchall encompassing all of the topics so nothing got forgotten). Do you reflect on how your month went?
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Happy April! Hope my photo from yesterday’s April fools silliness gave you a chuckle 😜 I’m so excited to share with you my Monthly Log for this month! It’s inspired by notepaper and I love it 😍 I even put together a tiny tutorial on the blog on how to make it that you can check out via the link in bio. It’s pretty self-evident, but the tiny tutorial is there in case you’d like the step-by-step with tips, supply recommendations, and more photos 😊💛 #bulletjournalmonthlylog #bulletjournal #monthlylog #notepaper

I’m pleased to announce that @BulletJournal and @Leuchtturm1917 have sent me the first prototype of a gigantic Bullet Journal notebook! See how it dwarfs all of these supplies 🤪 #aprilfools #bulletjournal #leuchtturm1917 #silly

Every day is a new opportunity to begin again. #bulletjournaldailylog #bulletjournal

I saw this on r/fountainpens on Reddit and had to share 😂😂😂 This totally applies to all pen collecting and stationery gathering as well, though. This is definitely my brain and I when I window shop online or head to a few local shops that have stationery I can check out before I buy...anyone else? 😂😂😂 P.S. If anyone knows who created this I’d love to give them credit! I’m not sure if who I saw it from created it themselves 🤷‍♀️ I also can’t find the original post now #stationerymeme #meme #pens #notebooks #stationery #fountainpens #fountainpenmemes #bulletjournal #bujo #pen #brushpen #planner

This is what I see when I sit down at my desk: my beautiful yellow reading chair. It’s a happy burst of sunshine sitting below the window, where the sun and rainbow dance on it most days. I enjoy curling up on it with a good book. It’s been a bit gloomy the last couple of days, with bits of sunshine here and there between the rain showers, so I brought the sunflowers over from the living room. My boyfriend surprised me with these beautiful sunflowers a few days ago. I’ve been working on some sunflower infused projects so it’s been the perfect inspo and added brightness to my days 😊 I have an L-shaped custom desk I put together, so this is the view I most often see. What brightens up your day? #sunflower #sunshine #desk #notebooklove #leuchtturm1917 #ikea #readingchair

Happy first day of Spring! Here’s some fun header lettering for today’s #bulletjournaldailylog 😊 #bulletjournal #bujo #bulletjournalheader

Um, since when has this little detail been here?!?! 😍😍😍 I just noticed this after grabbing it from my bookshelf, or rather, my notebookshelf 😁 I cleaned up my desk and set it up there, it usually lives on my desk at the ready. A few months ago when I shared a short video of the Collector’s edition of The Bullet Journal Method box set, I mentioned how I’d love to see the little lightning bolt detail on the spine of the luxe edition on the regular Bullet Journal editions as well and...I guess someone was listening because look at this! 😍 @RyderCarroll was this your doing? Oh man, I love it! I recently picked this one up from Barnes and Noble, but I also picked up another one and that one doesn’t have this detail so...now I’m going to be looking out for this everywhere 😍 Details like this make me so happy! #BulletJournal #Leuchtturm1917 #lightningbolt #detailsmakeallthedifference #howcute

It had been a while since I’d drawn or painted, that when I created this a couple of weeks ago I stared at it for a little while afterward contemplating. Is this even my style? It’d been so long that sometimes something that was a constant activity can seem a little strange to you. This was a quick illustration with a bit of color. Perhaps that was it, it was something new-ish to me. I usually either sketch (with pencil) or play with color. Doing both (and with pen) is something I haven’t done much of. It was fun to put together this sunflower from memory. I enjoyed adding to it, one petal at a time. 🌻 #art #illustration #watercolor #sunflower

Yay! I’m SUPER excited to share that @RyderCarroll, author of The Bullet Journal Method, has answered some questions from @TheBulletJournalMethodBookClub! How amazing is this world we live in where we can have a global book club that’s easily accessible AND that the author drops in to interact with his fans. I’m very grateful to @RyderCarroll for taking the time to share this lovely Q&A video with us for Part I of the book 🥰 He discusses what he wants you to know about the Bullet Journal, more info about the Mental Inventory, and more! Go watch it via the link in @thebulletjournalmethodbookclub’s bio or my bio! #TheBulletJournalMethod #TheBulletJournalMethodBookClub #BulletJournal #RyderCarroll #bookclub #grateful

Happy Strawberry Day! Perfect day to try out my sunshine & strawberries jacket 😍☀️🍓 Visited the local hat shop with my boyfriend to get him a hat and thought this would be a fun photo once I saw this yellow number 💛 Just enjoyed some strawberries to round out the day hehe. Strawberries have always been one of my favorite fruits, my parents would always surprise me with them when I was little ❤️ #howperfectisthisjacket #sunshine #funinthesun #hats #yellow #strawberryday

Here’s a little #throwbackthursday to 3 years ago when I shared a fun and simple way to keep track of your reading. I enjoy Ray Bradbury’s stories, so I drew the spine of this special edition book and wrote out the chapters of The Illustrated Man. It was wonderful reading the stories, and added that extra bit of satisfaction to check off each story after I read it. Made it a more fun and interactive experience. And look at that, now I have this meaningful experience logged in my #BulletJournal 😍 #BulletJournalBookLog #fortheloveofreading #RayBradbury #theillustratedman #storytime #BulletJournalCollection

Sending out a bit of happymail for #incowrimo. Letters to giveaway winners counts, right? 😅 Are you participating in #incowrimo? I’m always happy to write back, though it may take me an inordinate amount of time to reply as I pick out the pen, ink, and paper to use...💌 #happymail #sendinghappymail #sendingsunshinemail #sendingsunshine #letterwriting #letters #waxseal

As we come to a close on Part I at @TheBulletJournalMethodBookClub, we’d love to know what questions you have or topics you’d like further discussed from #TheBulletJournalMethod. These are the sections in Part I: The Preparation, Introduction, The Promise, The Guide, The Why, Decluttering your Mind, Notebooks, and Handwriting. Let us know in the comments below! 😊 #BulletJournal #BuJo #TheBulletJournalMethodBookClub #bookclub #reading #book #notes

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We’re incredibly excited to share that @RyderCarroll has graciously donated 10 copies of #TheBulletJournalMethod for those who can’t afford the book! Enter for your chance to win through the link in our bio! You can also enter to give a copy to a friend, co-worker, or loved one you think would enjoy the book! Thank you to @BulletJournal for supporting our lovely #TheBulletJournalMethodBookClub! 😊🌟 Giveaway open until 11:59pm EST Feb 14, 2019. 📚📖📝✍🏼💖 #BulletJournal #BuJo #giveaway