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- Hello everyone. It's Amanda.Welcome back to my channel.
Today's the day, since it is June,
we are wrapping up thefirst six months of 2021
which means that I am almost at the end
of my current bullet journal.
To be exact, I think Ihave about five pages left.
So today I'm gonna be switchinginto a brand new notebook,
setting all of that up.
By the way, if you'reconfused as to where I am,
because I'm not in my regular background
or my regular apartment,
you probably haven't seen my update video.
I recommend you checkthat out if you're curious
or if you have any questions,
but yes, I'm not inToronto or my apartment,
which is kind of perfect for this video
because it's new bullet journal, new city,
fresh start, all of that.
I'm gonna be switchinginto this guy right here.
I chose this color.
This is the slate grayfrom Shop AmandaRachLee,
the new collection that we just launched.
It has the nice colored edges.
I feel like my bullet journals
always have kind of a color scheme.
Like last year, both of them were blue.
This year, we're going dark and sleek.
So that's what I'm goingto be switching into today.
We're gonna be crackingopen the new notebook,
which is always so satisfying.
Like just hearing the spine crack.
(spine cracks)Oh yeah.
So I'm gonna be showing you guys
what I'm transferring overinto this bullet journal.
All of these spreads, all of that.
If you're also switching intoa new bullet journal soon,
then let me know in the comments.
Also, I've done about fourof these videos before,
one for every year that I bullet journaled
because I always kind ofswitch into a new notebook
around this time of the year.
So if you still need some more inspiration
after watching this one, I'lllink all of those down below.
But I just kind of wanna getstarted in the new notebook.
So let's go.
Okay, so it's that time, timeto switch into a new notebook.
This notebook has done me wellfor the first half of 2021.
Definitely have filled itup with some fun spreads,
and a lot of memories, butwe're moving on to a new one.
Thank you, next, if you will.
This, for the second half of the year,
I'm using the slate gray ShopAmandaRachLee dotted notebook
with the colored edge.
I'm obsessed with the colored edge.
By the way, I'll leavea little coupon code
in case you are looking for a new notebook
for the second half of the year
and you wanna grab the same one as mine.
You wanna twin with me.
So check it out in thedescription box down below.
But let's open it up into the name page.
You guys know this is like,
I feel like this is the best part
about opening up a new blank notebook
is just like cracking open that spine.
Hearing the sound, and thenjust writing that first word.
So I'm just writing my name.
By the way, just as awarning for this video,
I don't have my usual lightingsetup in Vancouver with me.
So if the lighting changes a lot,
or if it's not as clear itusually is in my other videos,
that's why I wish I could have brought
all the lighting stuff, butyou know, it is what it is.
I just thought I wouldtry to get this video up
as best as I could.
So the first spread thatI am transferring over
in to my new bullet journal is,
of course, my handy-dandygrid space guide.
You guys know I always use this
and I always put it on the veryfirst page on the left side,
which makes it reallyeasy for me to flip to
whenever I'm creating a spread
and I want to referenceany grid spacing dilemmas.
If you're curious as tohow I use this spread,
because I always get so many questions
about grid spacing guides and all of that,
I will leave a video that I did
actually explaining how I use this,
but I just did the exact same setup
as the first half of the year.
Before I show you guysthe rest of the spreads,
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But with that beingsaid, back to the video.
A lot of the spreadsthat I make in this video
are going to be very similar
to the very beginning of the year set up,
just because I like to keepsome sort of consistency
amongst my bullet journals,at least for the year.
So that's why you'll see alot of repeating spreads.
The only thing that I didchange is the color palette.
Part of this is because I didn't bring
all my markers with me to Vancouver,
to a new city, becausethat would be insane.
Imagine if I brought1,000 markers with me.
But also I thought that couldbe like the fun switch up
for the new notebook, is justchanging the color palette.
On the right side of this spread,
I just created a little quote page,
and it says the best is yet to come.
Again, I'm using thosekind of pastel colors
and also this thin bubble letter font
that I use throughout this setup,
as well as the beginningof the year set up
that I did early in January, 2021.
So I thought it was pretty cute.
I have the little bubbles, Ialso have some crosshatching,
those like diagonal lines,which I think makes it pop.
You know, we love a drop shadow.
I know it's been a whilesince I've said that,
but I'm still loyal.
I still love drop shadows. (laughs)
Oh yeah, and then I just finished it off
with the Shop AmandaRachLee,
I think this is the lightneutral Washi Tape set,
which by the way, we'reworking on restocking.
So don't worry.
And then moving on to the next spread,
we have my future log,which basically just has all
of the future months for the rest of 2021,
so July through to December.
And in the old bullet journal,the one that I just used,
I did like this file folder thing,
because I had all of the months.
But since there's only sixmonths for this spread,
I divided each page into three columns.
And that's how I fit the calendar spread.
Also in terms of the pensand supplies that I'm using,
I'm gonna link them down below
but the markers are prettymuch all Zebra Mildliners.
The very thin pen that I'm using,
usually I would use a fine liner,
but because I wanted it to be super thin,
especially for when I'm doingthose diagonal drop shadows,
I'm actually using myall-time favorite gel pen
which is the Uni-ball Signo 0.38 Gel Pen.
And otherwise, I'm just using the classic
Sakura pigment microns,typically in 0.3 or 0.2,
especially when I'm trying
to get really small numbers like this.
But yeah, so I'm just writingout the mini-calendars,
making sure that I don'tmess up any numbers,
because I'm traumatized.
There's one year whereI messed up the numbers
and it kind of affectedthe rest of the months.
So I had to redo all of themini-calendars. (laughs)
That was a very traumatizing year.
So you live and you learn.
Now I always double-check
so that I don't need tofix anything, but yes,
I have July through December,and then underneath it
I left space for me towrite out any events.
And then I just decorated the rest
of the spread with anydoodles, Washi Tapes.
And there we go.
So the next spread that I'mdoing is my 2021 highlight reel,
which is actually whereI just put my Polaroids
for the month.
I think it's pretty cool
that I've been doing this type of spread
for the past three,three-ish years, I think.
It's just one of those things
where I think it's gonna be really special
to look back on when I flipthrough my bullet journals
as an old person, justreminiscing on the times,
and you can kind ofsee what you were doing
at each month during that year.
I just traced out a Polaroid that I have
and I fit six, one for each month.
And I just outlined thatlittle rectangular shape.
You guys always ask me about
like what Polaroid printer I use,
because you know, when you'reliving life in the moment,
sometimes you don't carry around
your Polaroid camera with you.
So I actually do use a Polaroidprinter for most of these
so that I can go through the pictures
that I've taken for the month
and print out my favorite memory
for this highlight reel spread.
I use the Fuji film in Stacks Share,
just in case any of you guys are curious.
Those ones are really good
because you can just printit out after the fact
and you don't need to worry about
carrying your instant camera everywhere.
All right. So movingon to the next spread.
I think this is my mid-year goal check-in
so at the beginning of theyear for my January setups,
I do a lot of goal setting spreads
just because it's thebeginning of the year.
You have New Year's resolutions.
I don't like to do asintense of a goal setup
for the middle of the year
when I'm switching into a new notebook
but I do kind of like todo a mid-year check-in.
So instead of creatinga brand new full spread,
like double page, andbreaking down all the goals,
what I actually wantedto do for the spread
is kind of check in and see how far along
I've been on the goalsthat I initially set
at the beginning of the year
and whether I wanna set new ones.
So I have divided thispage up into four sections.
I have my work goals, personal goals.
I have affirmations.
And then I also have manifestations,
similar to the spread that I did
at the beginning of the year,
except this time I added these columns
on the right side, as you can see.
And basically each individual column
represents whether I completed that goal,
whether I'm still inprogress of that goal,
or whether it's a new goal.
Maybe I want to writedown a new goal under one.
So I've written a column to indicate that.
And I think it's a good way to look back
at your beginning of the year goals
and see where you are at at this moment.
On the other side of this spread,
I have my content planner.
This time, I'm actuallyjust going to be doing
kind of like a brain dump section.
So I have YouTube and TikTok,which is the two platforms
that I've been focusingon a lot more recently.
And they're the platformsthat I really need
a lot more planning space for ideas.
So I just have a littlebrain dump section there
for whenever I have somethingthat I wanna jot down.
At the beginning of the year,
I had a more intense content planner
where I had charts to signify
like whether I was editing the video,
whether it's been posted, all of that.
But if you've watchedmy Notion set up video
where I compare Notionto bullet journaling,
you'll see that a lotof the content planning
is now done on Notion digitally,
just 'cause it's easier for meto communicate with my team.
So that's why all I needin this bullet journal
is just a place for me to jot down ideas.
So moving on to the next spread,
which is my things to check out spread,
I wrote this cute title that just says,
hey, you, check it out.
And I'm actually splittingthis up into more sections
than I normally would.
In the past, I've just done four
where I've had like TV shows,books, movies, all of that.
But as you can see, I cutout a panel on the right side
because I actually wanted six sections.
Recently, I've beenreally getting into anime,
K-dramas and books and all of that.
So I wanted to separate out TVshows into further sections.
So I have K-dramas. Ihave animes, TV shows,
movies, books, and audio,which is just like podcasts
or whether there's specificguided meditation tracks
that I want to check out.
So then on the next spread,
I have my Shop AmandaRachLeekind of main ideas page,
another sort of likedashboard landing page
in the beginning of my notebook.
So as you can see, on the leftside of that smaller flap,
I have this column that says Future Ideas.
And that's just where Ilist out any ideas I have,
whether they're small or large,
something that I wanna launch or work on.
And then on the right side,
I've split it up into four sections.
I have Q3,
Q4, Q1 and Q2,
which is just the thirdquarter, the fourth quarter,
the first quarter and second quarter.
And what I do is I will takeany of those small ideas,
those things that I'vejotted down on the left side
and move them into the general timeline
once I figured out whenI want to launch those.
So that's just a little lookinto the behind the scenes
of how I plan out my launchesfor Shop AmandaRachLee.
Next up, we have my package checker.
This is something that I implemented
at the beginning of this year.
It was a new spread that I had never done.
And I found it so, so helpful.
Although the beginning of the year one
kind of filled up quicklyso then I sort of switched
into doing monthly package checkers,
which I might continue doing.
So I have that,
where I just have theitem that I've ordered,
the date that I purchased it,
whether it's been sent, andwhether it's been received.
And then on the right side,
I just have my wishlist and my gift list.
My wishlist is just for things
that I have been meaning to purchase,
if it's on my shoppinglist, things like that.
And then my gift list iswhen I have ideas for things
that I want to gift to people,like for my family members,
for Christmas or for their birthdays.
Alright, guys.
So here's the flip through
for my brand new bullet journalsetup in the new notebook.
It's always exciting to switchinto a brand new notebook.
By the way, in case you didn't notice,
I filmed this on two days,which was why my nails changed,
but like, look at how cutemy strawberry nails are.
Just wanted to point those out.
Hope you enjoyed the setup again,
I'll leave the previous year's setups
in the description box below
in case you want any more inspiration.
Alright, guys. Sothat's it for this video.
I hope you enjoyed seeingmy new bullet journal setup
for the second half of 2021.
I already feel excited to use it.
I feel like whenever Iset up a new notebook
and a new bullet journal, itkind of like refreshes my mind
and keeps me motivated forthe second half of the year.
So again, as I mentioned,
if you are still in needof any more inspiration,
I'm gonna link all ofthe other setup videos,
mid-year setup videos that I'vedone in the past down below.
Thank you again to Aura forsponsoring today's video.
And I will talk to youguys in the next video.
Keep doodling, bye.
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