- I feel like there will be a riot from Little doodles
if I did not put this in chef's kiss.
It's getting upgraded to a chef's kiss.
Am I gonna do that every time, put one under chef's kiss?
Probably.
(soft music)
Hi guys, it's Amanda.
So today is going to be a fun video.
We are ranking every single bullet journal setup
I've ever made over the past four and a little bit years.
So there is quite a lot to go through.
I have done a bullet journal setup every single month,
since February 2017.
And you guys always ask me, which setup is my favorite,
which setup I don't like et cetera, etcetera.
And I thought we would just do the ultimate tier list today.
This is something that has been going around in training
recently, people just making different tier lists
for different things like TV shows and cartoons
and all of that.
So you know, I wanted to do that
for my bullet journal setups.
Now my main criteria for ranking all of these
is basically just whether it sparks joy or not.
So that can mean whether the doodles that I did spark joy,
or maybe whether just the actual functionality
of the set have worked for me.
So let's go through the tiers right now
that I'll be ranking them in the number one tier,
the top tier, is the one for the ultimate faves.
I like to call them the chef's kisses.
Then the second one down is called the makes my heart warm,
which is self explanatory.
Third, right in the middle we have,
I call it would swipe right,
because it's kind of like on Tinder, you know,
you would swipe right on it,
you like it, you're not sure if you love it,
you don't hate it.
You know, there's still,
it's just middle ground.
And then the second one from the bottom
are the ones that I kinda forgot about
and left no lasting impression on me.
It doesn't spark negative energy
when I think about those setups,
but it also doesn't spark necessarily positive memories.
And then finally, the bottom tier, the bottom of the barrel
are the ones that do not spark joy at all,
maybe even sparks negative feelings
associated with those setups.
So those are my ranking criteria for today.
Just as a little disclaimer,
this is all in good fun of course.
Bullet journaling is very personal.
So when I say that something doesn't spark joy,
if it does for you
and if you set up your bullet journal in this way,
that is totally fine.
We're just having fun here and this is my personal opinions
on my own bullet journal.
Anyway, with that being said,
let's start ranking.
I have uploaded all of my bullet journal setups.
As you can see, there is 50 I think,
50 exactly.
So I guess we'll start chronologically.
February 2017, rose theme.
This is the very first full on monthly setup
that I've ever done on my channel.
Honestly, this one, just because it's so nostalgic for me
it,
I'm gonna put it in, makes my heart warm.
I actually recently, because this year
is my fifth year bullet journaling.
I mentioned this in my bullet journal setup video.
But I really took inspiration from my 2017 bullet journal,
the very first bullet journal
for this year's bullet journal.
Kinda like, going back to where I started
and I really liked the simplicity of the spreads
in the setup.
I think I was like 18 or 19, which is crazy.
I always say that my bullet journal
is kind of like a time capsule
and it's really interesting to see like how I grew up
and my art cell change and everything.
Next we have March 2017, which is the tropical leaves.
This one, honestly,
I'm going to have to go with ultimate faves/chef's kiss.
The reason why I love this one so much
is because these leaves, I feel like they've become a staple
in my life in my channel.
I literally ended up making wallpaper for my apartment,
kinda based on this bullet journal setup.
And it was also a favorite amongst little doodles
at the time and also still to this day,
I still see so many people recreating this.
April 2017, which is the constellation and start setup.
I'm torn with this one because,
I personally love anything to do with like
stars and constellations and stuff.
But setup wise, I'm not sure if it's my favorite.
Oh my gosh, I feel like I'm gonna say this
for a lot of my 2017 ones,
because they all really do make my heart warm
because it's the first year that I started.
I think the fact that I'm contemplating this much on it,
means that I would swipe right on it.
Okay, may 2017, which is the waves theme.
I already would say that I kinda forgot about it.
I remember the cover page,
like most of these I remember the cover page,
but just thinking to the setup,
like the actual setup and the spreads,
I don't think I remember,
I don't think I remember anything about it.
June 2017.
Oh,
this one,
okay, this one really makes my heart warm
for the longest time
when people would ask me what my favorite setup was,
I would say June.
Because I really liked the architectural drawings.
It was the city skyline and actually like In my art class,
in high school, I would always draw,
like architectural stuff.
I feel like it really works well with
my like loose drawing style.
And it was also like a fully black and white theme.
I literally can physically remember
the way the calendar looks.
There's like the negative space, and just the lines.
And I used a lot of like black backgrounds
with the white text on top,
which I think worked really well with this theme.
Just reminiscing about it, it's getting upgraded.
It's getting upgraded to a chef's kiss.
Am I gonna do that every time but when a new chef's kiss?
Probably.
Next we have July, which is this Daisy theme.
This one is really pretty.
I like the daisies.
I can kind of remember some of the spreads
that I did.
But I also kinda forgot.
So
I think we're gonna put in kind of forgot about it.
This August, also immediately can place
in kinda forgot about it, because I literally forgot
that I did a seashell theme until just now. (laughs)
We're getting to the end of 2017 here.
So moving on to September 2017,
which is this succulent green theme.
I actually do remember a lot of these spreads.
I would say this one is a wood swipe right?
I remember some of the weekly spreads that I made with this
and I like the different shades of green that I used.
So that goes in the solid wood swipe right.
Next up, we have October,
which is the autumn leaves theme.
Um,
oh, this is tough.
I would say also this one goes in would swipe right.
I would also maybe recreate this into an updated version.
I would love to recreate some of these super old ones
in my bullet journal now
and see like how my style has changed
and what type of setups that I can make with these themes.
Alright, moving on to November, which is the crystal
and I can already say, for me personally,
this one goes into an ultimate faves chef's kiss.
This one for the longest time was one of my favorite setups.
It's also been recruited by you guys a lot, a lot.
I've seen a lot of different versions of this
and it was really fun for me to make.
I also just like lilac.
I know a lot of you guys like lilac as well,
because when I made a lilac doodle planner,
that was sold out like immediately.
So yeah.
The crystals, a chef's kiss.
I think it's still so cute.
I would probably, if I were to do this theme again,
I'd probably just make it exactly like this.
So that tells you a lot.
We have December 2017, which is a snowflake theme.
And I really like this one.
I'm gonna put this one in makes my heart warm.
I actually remember a lot of the weekly spreads
that I made with this.
I played a lot with different styles of setups
and calendars and all of that.
And I just like the the layout of the cover page
as well with the little sparkles going down.
Next up we have January 2018, which is the fireworks theme.
I remember so many of these spreads.
I really like to doing this.
I also remember doing like some doodle tutorials on this.
Feel like I got to start being a little bit more ruthless
or else we're gonna have so many good ones.
My whole tier list is just gonna be chef's kisses.
This one I'm gonna go, makes my heart warm.
Start of a new year, I think it was a cute theme
for a new year theme.
And even if I go through my like weekly spreads
from that month, I remember some of them
and I really liked how they worked for me at the time.
And next we have February 2018,
which is this Valentine's Day heart theme.
Even though it's a love theme,
I don't know if I love it too much.
So I'm gonna go,
I'm gonna go kinda forgot about it.
kind of forgot about it.
Oh, that's kind of sad.
So March 2018, which is this cactus cactis,
cacti theme.
You know, I'm gonna go would swipe right on this one.
I like to the theme,
can remember some of the spreads that I made.
But I don't know if it gives me those tingly feelings.
Moving on to April 2018, which is the cloud theme.
I really really like this theme.
I actually remember pretty much every spread that I made.
I remember the mood tracker.
I did like a cloud
and then the raindrop length
was like the mood.
I thought that was pretty cool.
So, and I liked like neutral colors.
(indistinct), makes my heart warm.
Makes my heart warm you know.
May 2018, which is lavender.
I know a lot of you guys really liked this setup.
And I even had like a doodle tutorial
on how to draw lavender flowers, which you guys liked.
But personally, I kinda forgot about it.
Like I don't really remember any of the spreads.
I remember though my theme for this,
Like my overall word of that month was relaxation.
So I tried to focus on relaxation,
which I guess is kinda good.
Would I swipe right on it?
I would, I think I would swipe right on it.
I think I'm being a little too harsh.
I'm being too harsh on my own setups.
June 2018, which is the traveling around the world theme.
I remember making this setup
because I was actually traveling a lot during that year,
or that month.
So have really positive memories associated with this theme.
I just thought that was the doodles were fun to make.
I remember making some of the setups
from like actual hotel rooms and stuff
and live streaming from there.
So I feel like this one just I've,
since I have such positive memories associated with,
I'm gonna put it in, makes my heart warm.
Now we have July 2018, which is my sunflower theme.
I personally, really like this theme.
I remember a lot of the setups that I made with this
and I think I really liked doing it.
I think I did.
If I'm remembering correctly,
I did a lot of different types of weekly spreads,
and like trackers and stuff for this one.
And I played a lot with like washi tapes and stuff,
which was kind of fun.
And also just doodling sunflowers in general is,
you can't be sad while doodling sunflowers.
They're like the happiest flower of all time.
So I'm gonna put this one in, makes my heart warm.
August, fruit theme, 2018.
I liked it.
I think I'm gonna put it in, would swipe right.
I'm putting it in wood swipe right, because,
I think the colors are really fun.
This was probably one of the first themes
where I'd use like a lot of different colors
and a lot of different...
Oh, actually.
Now I'm just thinking back
and I remember some of the weekly spreads that I made
with like the mason jars.
That's kind of cute, though.
No, we're sticking to my initial,
my initial reaction.
I'm remembering some of them.
I like the lettering,
the lettering was kind of fun.
I'm gonna put this in makes my heart warm.
Okay, next we have September 2018.
I was waiting for the one,
because I already knew,
I was gonna put this in does not spark joy at all.
I don't know what it is about this setup,
but even,
I remember even when I made this in 2018,
I really didn't like how it turned out,
and I just didn't enjoy the spreads that I was making.
Maybe I was in a little bit of a slump or something.
Funnily enough, it made it into a doodle planner this year
and I actually like it better in the doodle planner
as like a coloring book type of thing
for the doodle plan.
But, for the setups and like my bullet journal,
I don't know if I like it that much.
This one, I'm so excited for this one.
This is October 2018, which is the,
magic wizardy Harry Potter theme
and this one is an ultimate faves, chef's kiss.
I love the setup so so much,
not just because you know like Harry Potter,
we all love a Harry Potter moment.
But it was so fun to make these spreads.
I remember every single spread that I made
and I remember having so many so much fun, making the setups
and trying out different layouts and everything.
The lettering was really fun for me to make.
And I remember drawing the scrolls and everything
and also besides that, this was when
I did like a little trip to New York for,
like actual Harry Potter fantastic beast
and it just lined up perfectly with this theme.
I also remember like making a lot of different spreads
that weren't just like bullet journal productivity base.
I made one about my Harry Potter, like houses
and all of that.
So this one is a really fun one.
And you guys recreated this one a lot.
So I'm glad we are in agreement.
I hit 1 million during this month too.
So that is another positive memory associated with it.
I didn't even remember so thank you guys.
We have November which is this like autumnal cozy theme.
And honestly, I'm gonna say kind of forgot about it,
right off the bat.
I like the cover page and like,
the doodles were really fun to make,
but I kind of remember.
Oh wait now I'm remembering it.
There was like sweaters and scarves and stuff.
Yeah, I remember making the weekly spreads
with the scarves and stuff.
Okay, and no.
You know I'm keeping it and,
I'm keeping it in kind of forgot about it.
I feel like I'm bashing my own children.
Moving on to December 2018,
which is this Christmas ornament spread.
And oh my God, I have negative memories
associated with this one.
I'm putting this in does not spark joy at all.
Just because I remember I was in such an art block
at this time.
And just a video creation block in general
and I remember having to redo this multiple times,
just 'cause I don't like the way it turned out
and I wasn't enjoying it.
This is like a true deep cut.
If you have been following me on Instagram or social media,
since that time,
initially, this spread was like a nutcracker theme.
And I hated it so much.
There's actually pictures of it somewhere.
But I hated it so much, so I ended up redoing it
and then doing this like ornament theme.
It turned out, okay,
but I just have negative memories associated with it
because of like the creative block.
And I don't know if I necessarily even remember
any of the spreads that I made during this time.
So,
okay, we have made it to 2019 we have my lantern theme,
kind of Lunar New Year inspired theme.
I liked this one.
I want to put this one in makes my heart warm.
I had fun making the different weekly spreads for this.
There's this one weekly spread
that I remember in particular,
actually I recently recreated it on the January theme.
And it had cool like, patterns that were a bit more like,
in the Oriental like lantern style.
So I remember this one, I love this one.
Moving on to,
cherry blossoms February 2019.
Ultimate faves, chef's kiss.
I love this one.
For the longest time whenever people ask me
what my favorite bullet journal setup was,
it was this one.
I remember every single spread that I made.
And I remember having so much fun making it
and, I just loved it.
It's a chef's kiss for me.
And I even made a doodle tutorial video
for cherry blossoms as well.
So this same is a great arrow on my channel.
Okay, we have March 2019, which is this like,
green abstract plant leafy theme.
You know what,
I wanna put this in would swipe right.
I remember some of the spreads,
particularly I just mostly remember, though,
like, I made a lot of quote pages with this,
that I thought were cool.
And I thought it was really cool using,
'cause usually I use like a fine line or a lot.
But with this setup, I didn't use the fine liner.
And I just did kind of, leafy shapes with my super tips.
So this one was a would swipe right,
but I don't really like, it doesn't spark joy.
It doesn't really spark joy.
I like it, but doesn't spark joy.
April 2019.
You guys love this theme.
I loved it as well.
Hot air balloons were really fun to draw.
And I saw so many different like color palettes
that you guys change it into.
It's really versatile, easy to draw.
And I remember a lot of the setups that I did
were kind of like fun and experimental and funky.
I am going to put this one.
I'm trying to decide whether
it is deserving of a chef's kiss.
But I think the fact that I didn't immediately know
that it was a chef's kiss,
maybe means that it should go when makes my heart warm.
Well, everyone in the chat is telling me
that since I'm hesitant, I should put in make my heart warm.
So we're doing that.
Ah,
no, wait.
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna give my chance at the end
to shuffle three around,
if there's anything that really sticks out to me.
So we're just moving on.
May 2019,
butterflies.
I really liked this one.
Butterflies were fun to make.
However,
I don't remember a lot of the spreads.
I don't really remember.
So I'm gonna put this in, I liked it.
But I kinda forgot about it to be honest.
Like, it was cute, don't get me wrong.
I really like the setup and the cover page
and the doodles were so fun.
But I can't even remember what the calendar look like
or the trackers, or the setups
or like the weekly setups I mean, the weekly spread.
That it's,
it's kind of hard because this is one of my favorite themes,
just because butterflies are super cute to do and like,
but I just don't remember the setup.
I literally only remember the cover page from this setup.
There's no other spreads that are sparking joy in my heart,
and that's the criteria.
It's the setup as a whole, like the different spreads.
This is what happens when you have 50 Kids.
Bulte.
I feel like there will be a riot on my channel
from Little Doodles if I did not put this in chef's kiss.
And personally, I agree this one was a chef's kiss.
It really was just kiss.
It was recreated a lot by you guys
and also I had so much fun making these setups,
like the weekly spreads.
One in particular that I remember
is when I made each day, just like a full on bubble tea.
I remember that we could spread so clearly.
And I just really liked the pastel colors,
I remember the calendar spread for this.
I love this one.
I think it's really fun and quirky
and also ended up making it into the doodle planner.
So there you go.
Okay, July which is the fish theme.
July 2019 is kind of funny.
It's like this fish, under the sea theme.
Really cute.
However, there are two spreads that really stand out to me,
which is the iconic wavy Dutch door to this day.
I think it's still one of my most liked pictures
on Instagram for some reason.
So that one just really stands out to me.
I think it might actually also be one of the first times,
like I started doing Dutch store spreads more frequently.
So that really stands out to me.
I also remember I did this spread
and a lot of people said the waves ended up
looking like bacon.
So that was kind of like a funny memory.
The spreads, like the actual layouts
of the spreads that I made
are so memorable to me.
So I'm gonna put this in makes my heart warm.
We have August 80's theme
and I love this theme so, so much.
This one goes in the chef's kiss.
This set up was so fun for me to make.
I love the color palette.
It was also surprisingly really easy and fast
to do in terms of like the setup
because it was a lot of doodles,
I experimented a lot with the doodles
and even the actual like spreads and setups.
The weekly spreads in particular,
I can remember some of them.
Another one
that ended up making it into the doodle planner this year.
I remember making like a throwback Spotify playlist
to kinda go along with it.
And you guys had fun with this theme as well.
So I like this one chef's kiss.
September stationary theme.
A lot of people love this theme.
I've seen this theme be recreated a lot.
Personally, I kinda forgot about it.
I'm sorry.
I know some little doodles
are gonna come for me for that one.
Like, okay, actually, you know what,
maybe I'll put in one swipe right.
I liked it, but I just don't know if I remember a lot of
the spreads.
I liked the style and it was fun for me to draw,
especially it's kind of meta, you know,
I was like drawing stationery with stationery. (laughs)
I'm keeping it in one swipe right.
Moving on to October 2019,
which is the moon lunar phases theme.
First of all, when I look at this,
I just keep noticing that I messed up the moon phases.
It's wrong.
Like the bottom two are the top two.
So that's kinda funny.
That's the first thing I immediately noticed.
But I also remember how fun this setup was
to make because I use a lot of like black paper in the setup
with like the white gel pen and like the white on black.
I think this one deserves a chef's kiss.
Well, this one's a dark horse.
I didn't expect this one to be in chef's kiss.
But now that I'm thinking about it, the black paper,
which I don't really ever do
and I also don't really ever do
fully black and white themes.
So this one was fun to make also,
because it was easy for you guys to recreate
since all you really needed was literally just
a black pen.
We have November coffee theme.
I kinda forgot about that one honestly.
Just I literally forgot I did a coffee theme
until seeing this,
until seeing this picture.
Now that I'm looking at it, I remember making it.
But the setups,
like the spreads,
I don't remember any of them.
All right, we have December 2019,
which is the Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights theme.
This one, I love this theme so, so much.
I think this one goes into chef's kiss for me.
I feel like I'm putting a lot in chef's kiss.
But again, we're gonna do a shuffle afterwards,
once I see everything laid out.
I just love this one
because I had a lot of fun with the watercolor.
It was the first time I actually did watercolor
in my bullet journal and I think it turned out so well.
It was also really easy to make
because if you watch that video,
I just did the Aurora Borealis, like the Northern Lights
a few times on watercolor paper
and I just had it ready to go to cut out for my setups
and I also use a lot of stamps for this one which,
stamps are some of my favorite stationery items to use
in my bullet journal.
And I try to use it sparingly
so that I don't get tired of it,
because every time I break out those stamps,
it just, I love a good stamp, you know.
It's more of like a wintery theme
that can be applicable to everyone,
nondenominational unlike the other December theme
which sparks a lot of anger and hatred in my heart.
Okay, we have finally made it to 2020
which feels like ages ago.
We have January Art Deco theme.
I'm gonna go, would swipe right on this.
I remember some of the spreads and stuff
and it was fun for me to make and I like the gold pin
and the lettering stuff, but I'm just gonna go with swipe,
just swipe right, that's it.
Okay, February 2020.
This is the month
that I took the first extended YouTube break on.
And I feel like a lot of people might think
that I would put February 2020 in does not spark joy at all
because I was going through such a hard time.
But on the contrary, this one actually makes my heart warm.
It was the to all the boys I've ever loved before,
inspired the like the Lara Jean doodles.
And the reason why this one makes my heart warm,
is because, I was on break making bullet journal spreads.
So I think in,
this was my fourth year bullet journaling
and obviously, as you guys can see from this tier list,
there's a lot of different spreads.
And I've mentioned this before,
but it's kind of, when you make videos
about bullet journaling and when you showcase your spreads
to the internet, it becomes this weird.
It becomes this weird thing where you don't know whether
you're making something for yourself or for the viewers.
I've really had to figure that out over the years of like,
what I make for me and what I make for other people.
And this was fully for me,
because I didn't do a full on plan with me video.
So I just had fun with it.
I had no pressure, I just made whatever I want
and it was pretty fun and simple.
And I also remember being on break, traveling,
that was actually the last time I traveled,
was February 2020, because then the world shut down.
So this one just makes my heart tingle, makes me warm,
makes me feel warm and happy and I really like it.
We have the march monstera theme from 2020.
I love this theme, I think it's really cute.
It's almost like really therapeutic to make.
I like the color palette,
the leaves were, to this day are still fun to draw.
It's still fun for me to draw monstera leaves.
Yeah, I'm gonna put swipe right as well.
April 2020, you guys already know,
you guys already know.
I feel like I've talked about this so many times.
April 2020 is a chest kiss.
This is the LoFi theme,
one of my all time favorite themes, also very special to me,
because this was like around the second month of quarantine
and I feel like a lot of people were struggling
and people like recreated it
but added different things, from their workspace,
which I thought was really special.
And it was just a very comforting theme
and it's crazy that we're kind of a year from that,
is coming up soon.
So and we're still in this pandemic.
Moving on to May,
which is the Animal Crossing flowers theme.
This one, I'm going to have to say makes my heart warm.
I remember being so obsessed with Animal Crossing.
That was another era of quarantine,
was just when everyone was playing Animal Crossing
and it also sparked me to create Twitch and Stream,
which has been such a lovely discovery for me
and has been such a fun part of the community.
June.
We have the like 50's diner theme.
I think this was so fun.
I liked,
I had so much fun with the doodles.
I think I just like this color combination
slash like anything retro because the
August one was also kind of similar.
And I remember using like the checkerboard,
the checkerboard paper a lot and the setups,
like the spreads were really fun.
So for me, this one's gonna go in ultimate chef's kiss.
I like this one, personally.
Okay, July I think a lot of you guys
will already know that July
goes in, does not spark joy for me,
July 2020.
I think I even talked about it in the setup video
that I was just having such difficult time
during this time period,
not only from like quarantine and the pandemic,
the Panini, the panoramic if you will.
But also I was just going through a creative block
and this is what I squeezed out of my blocked body.
This creation,
it's still my child, so I still appreciate it
and where it's gotten me, but it does not spark joy at all
so we're putting it down there.
Next we have August, which is the Studio Ghibli
Miyazaki inspired theme.
And I already know this one is going in
ultimate chef's kiss.
It's also a lot of your guys' favorites as well.
But even just personally, I've mentioned this before.
Studio Ghibli Films have been such an inspiration to me.
Even growing up as a child, it inspired me to draw
a lot of like anime style things,
which in turn made me be more interested in art.
And I was really like the beginnings of me
as a creative human being, a creative small.
It almost felt like I was doing an homage to
Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki
and also just that part of my artistic background
as a child.
So it was super special for me to make and I love this one,
it just,
oh, this one gets a chef's kiss, makes my heart warm,
it would swipe right, it gets all of the above.
Next step, we have September 2020 impewter theme.
I,
personally I like this one.
I thought it was really fun to make.
It was also kind of like simple to make.
I also experimented with a lot of different spreads.
I remember doing the rolling weekly a lot.
And I specifically remember,
I remember a lot of the spreads actually.
So I'm gonna say this one goes in swipe right.
I didn't fully Forget about it,
probably also because it's more recent.
But I don't necessarily get the warm feeling in my heart.
October 2020, which is like the goosebumps Halloween theme.
Green neon slimy.
I love this.
It's actually,
it's not necessarily a favorite on my channel from like,
viewer perspective.
But personally, I had so much fun making this,
I like cut out all the slime and use neon green
and it was just such a different style of spread
from my previous ones.
And I experimented a lot as well with the spreads,
there's this once weekly set up in particular
that I remember, it was like Dutch door.
I also did a lot of Dutch doors I think during this time.
So this was really fun.
I'm gonna put this in.
I'm gonna put this in...
I'm gonna go with chef's kiss
just because I was really proud of myself
for experimenting that much.
And I got inspiration from a lot of different cool things,
like goosebumps and wicked and Billie Eilish,
so there's always a fun one.
November 2020, among us another phase in quarantine
when everyone was just playing among us.
And this one,
this one's a chef's kiss.
It's got to be a chef's kiss.
It's kind of iconic, if I do say so myself,
I had a lot of interactive spreads, like the,
I remember the one where you slide stuff out,
is kind of like a pop up book.
And I,
whenever I think of this theme,
I just remember like playing Among Us
on stream with you guys
and also drawing your guys' Among Us characters,
I did drew Among Us characters a lot.
I feel like I could draw Among Us characters
in my sleep if I had to.
But just even like the colorful aspect of it,
it was such a fun time and it was so special
to see everyone connecting
with so many different types of people,
just through this game.
And besides that, the setup itself was a lot of fun.
Some spreads in particular that I remember,
I had started doing like more category type spreads,
instead of like a full on monthly calendar.
Like I had a monthly calendar,
but then I had different categories for to do lists.
Same with like my weekly,
my weekly spreads as well.
So the categories were really nice
for this month in particular,
because I was getting really busy
for the 2021 doodle planner launch.
And then besides that, the trackers itself,
those were like a game to play in my bullet journal
and it was just so much fun, it was a blast.
We have December 2020, which is this vintage parcel,
I like to call it like my brown paper package,
is tied up with string.
That's my December 2020 theme.
I liked this one.
I don't know whether it necessarily makes my heart warm.
I think I'm gonna put it in kinda forgot about it,
which is sad because I do like it.
I liked the aesthetic of it
but that's not the only thing we're evaluating here,
right guys?
So I think I'm gonna put kind of forgot about it.
We're finally in 2021 which is not a full year yet,
but we have three setups to include.
So first up, we have the January paper crane theme.
I am gonna go, if I'm being super honest with myself,
I'm gonna go makes my heart warm,
makes my heart warm strictly because of the backstory,
the backstory in honor of the paper crane society
in Sindaco that I just remember when I was a kid
in fourth grade, my class made 1000,
attempted to make 1000 paper cranes.
So getting inspiration from like a past memory,
I feel like that's what makes my heart warm.
But the setup itself, it was fun to make,
like the paper cranes were fun to draw,
but I don't know whether it's a chef's kiss yet.
Maybe it deserves a chef's kiss just for the story itself,
because I know what's coming up,
I'm going to put this one in chef's kiss.
So speaking of which, February 2021,
this is also I was on my second YouTube break,
it always ends up happening around February.
It was actually pretty recent.
I made this one on Stream.
It was really fun to make on Stream.
Like I did this completely live
for the first time like I didn't actually edit it down
into a YouTube video.
So that one was Fun just in terms of the process,
so it makes my heart warm.
And again, I was focusing on like just making fun stuff
that I wanted to make.
So that was the candy hearts theme from February 2021,
pretty chill, easy to draw.
It's colorful, it's bright,
no notes,
no notes.
If you guys watch "New Girl,"
you would you would understand that reference.
Finally, we have this month's theme,
which is this host plant, greenhouse full of leaves theme.
I think it reminds me a lot of my old stuff.
Like even,
I think I even use the same like markers
as this September 2017 one, now that I'm looking at it.
I'm not sure if it's that chef's kiss here yet,
because we're still currently making it.
You know what, we'll put it in chef's kiss for now.
Okay, so I have sorted everything into a tier list.
This is what I have so far.
I'm going to try to see if I
need to shuffle anything around.
I'm giving myself a chance to shuffle anything
if I think so.
I feel like there's too many in the chef's kiss category.
Chef's kiss is for when it's like truly topped tier.
And there's a lot up here.
You know what?
I'm gonna downgrade October 2019
to makes my heart warm.
I'm sorry, I had to do it, I had to do it.
They're all my children.
How am I supposed to pick between my favorite children?
I think it's kinda nice that there's only three
that really don't spark joy for for me.
I know this might be a controversial move,
I'm gonna have to put the cactus one
in kinda forgot about it,
now that I'm thinking about it.
If I'm choosing between the chef's kiss ones,
the ones that I met about are,
the June,
like the 50's diner theme
and the March.
Just because March is most recent,
like I'm not finished the spread yet,
so we're biased right now, 'cause we're currently in that,
I think June should go in makes my heart warm.
We're in the honeymoon phase with March 2021
'cause we're currently in it.
I think we'll put it in makes my heart warm for now.
And at the end of the month,
if I decide that it is deserving of an upgrade
to ultimate chef's kiss, then we will do that.
But for now, you know, it's just it makes my heart warm.
Alright guys, so here's the definitive tier list
of Amanda rigidly bullet journal setups.
In my opinion, the opinion of AmandaRachLee.
I can actually link this tier list down below,
the website is public, so you guys are actually able
to rank my bullet journal setups as well.
I'm really curious to see how you guys would rank it
and see if there's any crossover or any differences because,
a lot of the criteria for, whether
I put something in certain categories
was whether it's sparking joy
or whether I had good memories associated with it.
So obviously that will be different for you guys.
So if you guys end up doing the tier list then,
send me a picture on Instagram or Twitter or something
because I want to see how you guys end up ranking them.
Alright, I think that's it guys.
Have a good day.
Keep doodling and I will talk to you in the next one.
Bye, everyone.
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