2017 Bullet Journal Review

Hello! Wow, I haven't blogged for so long I had forgotten how to create a new post.

However, I have been quite active recently on Instagram and started uploading some Unboxings on my YouTube channel

I started my end-of-year leave end of November, so have had a bit of spare time (well, apart from all the end of school year activities for my 2 little boys) so been posting quite a bit of my bullet journaling on Instagram (you can find out what Bullet Journal is all about here, started by Ryder Carroll)

I started my bullet journal (in its true form) in June 2017. I bought a Leuchturm1917 journal (A5 dotted in orange), watched a LOT of YouTube videos on how to set-up one and scoured Pinterest for different ideas, layouts, trackers ...

And now, as we get to the end of the year, I have bought a new Leuchturm1917 (in berry) ready for the New Year 2018.

But before I say goodbye to my 2017 Leuchturm1917 journal ...

I thought I'd do a quick look back and do a review.

I went through each page and noted down what I liked/disliked, what I would do more or less of, what I would keep and not keep. And which new things I would like to try out which I didn't in 2017.

I wrote down a list and came up with the following:

Once I had written my list, like most of the pages you'll see, I added doodles and stickers to give a nice colour to the page and so it doesn't have too many negative space. This style may not be for everyone as it can look messy or over crowded, but I like looking back at how colourful and fun my pages are (stickers from WashiGang)

So let's start from the top: Future Log - I liked the layout, so did the same for 2018

Monthly cover pages - great place to be artistic using watercolour, sketching, drawing ... Watercolour paintings inspired by Jay Lee Watercolor Painting

Lists/Collections - I didn't do too well watching lots of movies or reading a lot of books. Maybe will keep this to a one-pager and add something else maybe, so not to have it so bare.

Monthly Trackers - Might change it up a bit in different months instead of keeping it to a vertical spread. As you can see from July's Monthly Tracker (middle one) I divided it into 2: Personal and Work

Trackers - include daily and not-so-often tasks, create new mood tracker using colour coding; have an income/expense tracker to really see my financial health and try to SAVE! (maybe make a fortnightly one for this to correspond with my pay cycle). PLUS I need to make sure to keep track of it daily, as you can see I missed lots of days there :/