This journal, I’m challenging myself to avoid setting concrete themes for the months. Instead, I’m focusing instead on colors and patterns. It’s kind of a fun change, and also harder than I expected. For my August 2021 spreads, I started with the blue and black color scheme, and everything just kind of flowed from there. […]
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How would you describe your dream job? For many, it’s doing something they love and getting paid for it. In order to reach this goal, you might decide to monetize your hobby (or hobbies) so as to gain income from something you would do anyway because you love it. Earning money from a hobby does
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In my last post, I mentioned that I had transitioned to a new productivity platform for time management and organization. That platform is called ClickUp. In this post, I want to explain my ClickUp system, and some tips and tricks I’ve learned along the way. I’ve been using ClickUp for a few months now, and
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It’s that time of the year: time to move into my new bullet journal for the second half of 2021. This is only part of my six-month reset process, but it’s a big part. This year especially, I felt that I needed to re-evaluate some of my processes. I’ve done some of that already, but
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As I gear up for my second bullet journal for the year, I thought I would take some time to share some of my favorite bullet journaling supplies. These are things that I use consistently, month-to-month, and often day-to-day. Some of them, I’ve used since I started bullet journaling in 2017; others I found more
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Transitioning Into the 2nd Half of the Year When it comes to routines that keep me organized and focused, resetting at regular intervals is probably the most important. As I’ve written before, I rely on several different “levels” of resets that I set time aside to complete at certain times. Now, as we head into
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As we head into June, I’m coming to the end of my current bullet journal. While I haven’t written about the past few months’ spreads, I haven’t stopped making them. Here’s a quick peek at my themes for March, April, and May: April especially was a favorite of mine, because of the color combination and
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How & Why To Check In With Yourself How much time do you spend with yourself? And I don’t mean just by yourself — how much time do you spend in self-reflection or self-care? See, just like relationships with others, your relationship with yourself takes work and quality time. So making a point to check
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Setting Up My Bullet Journal with a Lunar New Year Theme for February February is an interesting month for me now. After living in China for four years, the beginning of a new year feels a bit more spread out than it used to. The school year there always extended into the first week or
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I’ve been keeping up with my bullet journaling habit ever since I first started it in 2017. That’s four years. Here’s what I learned. In January of 2017, I started my very first bullet journal. Prior to that, I had spent years trying to establish better habits and planning, to varying degrees of success. But
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