Discbound Bullet Journal Setup: June 2017 ♡

 

Hi, everyone! June is almost here – crazy, I know! -, so it’s time for another Bullet Journal setup ♡

For June I am going to switch back to my discbound notebook because I miss it, and hopefully I’ll stick to it for a while! (no promises, though)

As usual, I will explain what I use each spread for, list the supplies I used, and link you to my setup video. So without further ado, let’s get right into it…

Welcome page

I randomly saw a picture of a wooden board with flowers acting as a border, so I took inspiration from that and made a cute little plaque to welcome June into my life. Inspiration is everywhere, guys!!

Monthly Calendar

You probably noticed my colossal mistake… 2010, really? hahaha

So for the calendar, I wanted to try Boho Berry‘s layout. I’ve been doing a list-format calendar for a while, and I find that, if I have more than one thing happening on a certain day, I can’t fit everything in that one day, so extending the calendar will definitely come in handy!

Like Kara, I created a column for all-day, AM and PM events, and also a column where I’ll write down my tasks/projects for the month. I’ll be using the same color code that I use for my Calendex, because it’s easy for me to quickly recognize whatever is happening on a certain day. I also added a tiny calendar, because it looks pretty ahahah

I think this layout is going to work very well, but I’ll keep you updated!

Habit & Self-Care tracker

Next up is my tracker, which looks pretty much the same as May’s tracker. I prefer to do it vertically instead of horizontally because this way there’s more space, and I don’t have to turn my journal around to fill it in each day.

I’m tracking the same things as always, but now I also track whether I take my vitamins/supplements. Like I did for May, I added the moon phases in the hopes of figuring out how the moon affects me, so I can maybe use it to my advantage??

Mood tracker

Last time, I drew 31 flowers with the intent of coloring them in each day. This time, I didn’t feel like drawing a whole page of flowers, so I’m going to draw one every day and fill it in with the color that corresponds to my mood.

I love the Mood Mandala, but I can never keep up with it, and I hate to color in the bigger circles, so I give up for now!

One Line a Day

This month I’m going to attempt to actually keep up with this page – I really like doing it, I just rarely remember to! The idea is to write one line about your day, every day. It’s very simple, and you can write whatever you want. It’s also fun to look back on!!

Supplies I Used:

• Discbound notebook I made myself (find out how)
• Staedtler Pigment liners in various sizes
• Tombow Dual Brush Pens in 772 (pink), 623 (purple), 373 (teal), 991 (yellow), 761 (lighter pink), 873 (coral), 761 (carnation pink) and 451 (light blue)
• Zebra Mildliners: various colors
• Circle template from AliExpress

 

Alright y’all, that’s everything I have on my journal for June. I will be adding more spreads, so if you’d like to see them, definitely follow my Instagram account!

I hope you liked this setup, and don’t forget to watch the video where you can see me do all of them.

If you’re interested in seeing previous setups, here are the posts for February, March, March (mini journal), April and May.

See you in my next post!! ♡

Bullet Journaling: my journey

Hello, everyone! Today’s post is about my journey through Bullet Journaling, featuring some pictures of my previous bullet journals and spreads.

I hope you like learning about it!! Let’s begin…

#1

I started bullet journaling back in January 2016 – although it seems like I’ve being doing it forever – and my first BuJo was a spiral a5 notebook from Muji with dotted pages.

I liked it a lot, and actually used most of it, but the spiral wasn’t really my thing, so I wanted to try something different.

Weekly spread style #1

Weekly spread style #2

 

My weekly spreads were very different from the spreads I do now, because I did the weekly and the daily on the same spread. I can’t do that now because I currently track my meals, my habits, my sleep, etc and it wouldn’t fit in just one spread. I love how simple these were though!!

#2

When Fall semester came about, I decided to start using a stitched notebook. That was when I got my dotted a5 Leuchtturm1917 in Light Blue, which is GORGEOUS but, unfortunately, being discontinued.

The Leuchtturm1917 notebook is a great pick for me because a) I can’t rip out the pages, so I won’t constantly keep redoing spreads that I don’t like, and b) everything is easy because of the built-in index and the numbered pages.

Experimented with Dutch doors – love it!

Inspired by Nicole’s Journal

A wreath I’m very proud of

A problem I do have with the Leuchtturm, however, is the weight. It comes with 249 pages, and it’s hardcover, so it’s quite heavy, especially compared to the Muji notebook, which is very light! I didn’t want to carry a lot of weight in my bag, so that’s why I let my Leuchtturm go 😦

#3

Next up is my discbound notebook. I had been watching Nicole’s Journal‘s videos, and I was amazed by her journal and how creative she was, so I decided to give it a try. I bought all of the supplies I needed, and just got started. I have a guide to discbound Bullet Journaling, if you’re interested!

I had so much fun with it, and I loved the system so much, but I quickly realized it would be impossible to carry it around when school started again. The paper I was using was 32lbs, so it made it very heavy. Sadly, it just wasn’t happening. But I do love the system nonetheless!!

#4

Since my problem was with the size and weight, I thought I’d try creating a smaller sized discbound notebook that I could carry around with me, and it would be like a complementary journal to the big one.

I did that, and I loved it, I even made cute little covers like the one you can see above!! Isn’t it so cute!?

Hello 2017!

Dailies

The issue? I found that I don’t like having separate notebooks. I wanted to have my schedule, my grade tracker, my meal planning, my birthday tracker, everything in one notebook. I thought “Why don’t I just transfer those spreads onto the tiny one?”. Well, I did that, and the notebook is just too tiny!!

It’s quite convenient to carry around, and the weight is just right, but I like to have space to write. I transferred the birthday spread, but couldn’t fit all of the dates, which sucked. I did weekly layouts, but there wasn’t enough room for everything that I wanted to include, and I was disappointed. Eventually, I gave up on the tiny BuJo 😦

 

#5

This past week I decided to give my Leuchtturm another try. The reason for this is I have been watching Boho Berry‘s videos religiously. Kara has been doing sort of daily vlogging, but with her Bullet Journal, and I’m honestly just so excited to come home every day and watch her planning videos, and after I watch them I just feel relaxed and inspired to finish all of my tasks, and to plan out the next day!

Last week’s spread – inspired by @boho.berry on IG

Seeing her plan in her Leuchtturm made me miss mine, so I just went for it. If it works, it works, if not, then it’s okay! So far, I’ve been carrying it around with me, sometimes in my hand (luckily it hasn’t been raining in Lisbon!), and it’s working pretty well, fortunately!

I might make an update post in a couple months, and I will hopefully not have changed my method again haha I’ll try my best to be consistent!

That’s all for today’s post guys, I really hope you enjoyed it.

See you on my next post!! ♡