Ranking Every Bullet Journal Setup I've Ever Made

- 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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