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Hello fellow studyblrs!

I’m Kim and I have been a part of the studyblr and bullet journalling for more than a year already. However, despite messing around from month to month and week to week, I still find myself not knowing what my personal style is. I usually browse through a lot of other people’s work and absorb them into one single piece. I’m also someone who can’t stick to just one theme per month like how other people do it because whatever I do is always spontaneous and I think I might get bored with having a similar theme throughout. However, I really love the aesthetic of those who are able to do it. Here are some of my work.

Starting a bullet journal - a tutorial

Tips for anyone who’d like to start a bullet journal but doesn’t know how/where to begin :)

Hi guys!

As you all know, in the bullet journal community, almost everyone is obsessed with stickers and washi tapes. And as much as I want to jump on the bandwagon of that trend, washi tapes are expensive as hell here in the Philippines. So as a cheap person, what I decided to do was cut out some pages from a magazine! Watch me as I cut out some pages. You only have to open you imagination to see which parts to cut - from dresses, to pants, and to random backgrounds, and hopefully this video shows you how! Happy cutting!

You hold the pen to your story. Never forget that. 

Yaay, it’s finally done! :D As promised, here is a tutorial for my weekly spreads. You seemed to really like the monthly one, I got so much positive feedback on it! I’m really, really glad you liked it, I did not think ut would get much attention, since I did it this way just for fun, but you guys said that it was easy to follow, and actually informative! :D I love making these tutorials, so if you have any other suggestion, I will be happy to make some more! :)

Hey! I am really late with this, but I though that some of you might like to see how I make my monthly spreads. I did this sort of “infographics” (??? am I even allowed to call this thing infographics??) and even though it looks like this, I had so much fun making it :D. I really don’t know whether this is helpful or not, I tried. In case you’d like to see more tutorials (and hopefully better ones) in the future, let me know please? And thanks if you read it till the end, it’s so long :D

So, I got an anonymous ask, wanting a tutorial on how I do my bullet journal. Here are some closer pictures of the spread. I do each week on two pages, so I can see everything in one place. One side is devoted to chores and daily habits. The other has my events, deadlines, and daily tasks. I use a moleskin extra large exercise book, because it’s got squared pages and it’s B5 size, which allows me to write lots of information. However, the pages are quite thin, and it’s not a pure white colour, which is a bit annoying.

first page

First I choose what colours I want the week to be. I chose green this week; I’m not sure how much I like having the whole thing being just one colour.

I start by writing a title. “Week Ten” refers to the tenth week of Spring Term, because that’s how my university structures the course.

Underneath, in the first of two columns, I write my weekly goals. 

Underneath that, I have a tracker of how much water I’ve drunk each day. Due to my activity and my weight, I need to drink 7 pints a day. I have an app on my phone, Plant Nanny, that also keeps track of what I drink.

On the right hand column, I write out my readings for each module. I usually have three subheadings, but I’ve finished my “sexualities through history” module. I use a circle to mark out the readings, to show that they’re different from tasks. 

Below that, I have weekly chores that I need to do at some point. These often don’t get done...

Below that, I have a record of how much sleep I get. I often get way too much, because I’m lazy.Too much sleep makes me feel really groggy so I try and get between 7-9 hours a night. 

second page

Then, I separate the second page into four columns. The first column has the day and date, and is smaller than the other three. The second column has my Events/Appointments in, and the remaining two have my daily tasks.

I write out my events at the start of the week, things like seminars, meetings with professors, and seeing my friends. Sometimes I put going to the gym there, as it motivates me to pack my gym stuff before going to campus. Each event is denoted with a triangle, to differentiate them from tasks.

The next two columns have my tasks. I write these out at the start of the day, apart from teeth and omeprazole (my heartburn medicine). 

I like to put stickers and other cute things in the blank spaces if I haven’t had enough tasks to fill both columns.