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(mellow music)
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- Hello everyone. It's Amanda.
Welcome back to my channel.
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Today's the day, since it is June,
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we are wrapping up the
first six months of 2021
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which means that I am almost at the end
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of my current bullet journal.
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To be exact, I think I
have about five pages left.
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So today I'm gonna be switching
into a brand new notebook,
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setting all of that up.
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By the way, if you're
confused as to where I am,
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because I'm not in my regular background
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or my regular apartment,
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you probably haven't seen my update video.
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I recommend you check
that out if you're curious
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or if you have any questions,
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but yes, I'm not in
Toronto or my apartment,
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which is kind of perfect for this video
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because it's new bullet journal, new city,
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fresh start, all of that.
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I'm gonna be switching
into this guy right here.
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I chose this color.
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This is the slate gray
from Shop AmandaRachLee,
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the new collection that we just launched.
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It has the nice colored edges.
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I feel like my bullet journals
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always have kind of a color scheme.
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Like last year, both of them were blue.
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This year, we're going dark and sleek.
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So that's what I'm going
to be switching into today.
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We're gonna be cracking
open the new notebook,
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which is always so satisfying.
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Like just hearing the spine crack.
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(spine cracks)
Oh yeah.
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So I'm gonna be showing you guys
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what I'm transferring over
into this bullet journal.
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All of these spreads, all of that.
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If you're also switching into
a new bullet journal soon,
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then let me know in the comments.
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Also, I've done about four
of these videos before,
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one for every year that I bullet journaled
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because I always kind of
switch into a new notebook
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around this time of the year.
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So if you still need some more inspiration
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after watching this one, I'll
link all of those down below.
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But I just kind of wanna get
started in the new notebook.
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So let's go.
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Okay, so it's that time, time
to switch into a new notebook.
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This notebook has done me well
for the first half of 2021.
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Definitely have filled it
up with some fun spreads,
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and a lot of memories, but
we're moving on to a new one.
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Thank you, next, if you will.
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This, for the second half of the year,
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I'm using the slate gray Shop
AmandaRachLee dotted notebook
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with the colored edge.
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I'm obsessed with the colored edge.
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By the way, I'll leave
a little coupon code
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in case you are looking for a new notebook
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for the second half of the year
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and you wanna grab the same one as mine.
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You wanna twin with me.
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So check it out in the
description box down below.
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But let's open it up into the name page.
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You guys know this is like,
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I feel like this is the best part
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about opening up a new blank notebook
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is just like cracking open that spine.
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Hearing the sound, and then
just writing that first word.
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So I'm just writing my name.
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By the way, just as a
warning for this video,
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I don't have my usual lighting
setup in Vancouver with me.
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So if the lighting changes a lot,
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or if it's not as clear it
usually is in my other videos,
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that's why I wish I could have brought
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all the lighting stuff, but
you know, it is what it is.
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I just thought I would
try to get this video up
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as best as I could.
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So the first spread that
I am transferring over
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in to my new bullet journal is,
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of course, my handy-dandy
grid space guide.
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You guys know I always use this
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and I always put it on the very
first page on the left side,
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which makes it really
easy for me to flip to
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whenever I'm creating a spread
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and I want to reference
any grid spacing dilemmas.
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If you're curious as to
how I use this spread,
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because I always get so many questions
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about grid spacing guides and all of that,
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I will leave a video that I did
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actually explaining how I use this,
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but I just did the exact same setup
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as the first half of the year.
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Before I show you guys
the rest of the spreads,
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I wanted to quickly think Aura
for sponsoring today's video.
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If you guys haven't heard of Aura yet,
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I love Aura.
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I recently started using it,
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and I think it's a really
awesome resource for you guys.
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We always talk about mental
health here on the channel.
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And I think bullet journaling,
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and journaling kind of goes
hand-in-hand with that.
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So Aura is a really awesome resource
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for any of you who wanna try it out.
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How it works is you just go on their app.
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You take their quick assessment
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so that they can find
out what your needs are
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and it'll automatically help you discover
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personalized tracks for you to listen to.
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And from there, you can
tailor it even more,
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and find your favorite coaches
that you wanna listen to,
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create playlists,
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and explore all of the
new content on there.
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It's kind of like having a
Spotify for your mind and soul.
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They have all different types of tracks,
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whether you only have
five minutes to spare,
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or an hour, you'll definitely
be able to find something.
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There's guided meditations.
There is life coaching.
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There is relaxing stories.
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My favorite section of the app
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is definitely the guided meditation app,
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which I've talked about briefly before,
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but I've been really
into guided meditation.
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It really helps me turn
off the rest of the world,
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Especially if I just have
a quick, like 10 minutes.
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You can kind of choose
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depending on how long of a
guided meditation you want,
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and what your goals for
that meditation are.
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Also, if I'm not in the mood
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for a full-on guided meditation,
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I really like that I can
just pop in my headphones,
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and listen to an
inspiring, motivating story
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kind of while I'm working
or while I'm drawing.
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I'm gonna leave the name of
my favorite meditation tracks
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on the screen right now, in
case you guys are curious.
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So if you do wanna try Aura for yourself,
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the first 500 people to click
the link in my description box
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will get a free
seven-day-trial of the Aura app
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and 25% off your first year subscription.
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I was really excited when they
reached out to work with me
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because I just love their
app and what they do.
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So thank you to Aura for
sponsoring today's video.
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But with that being
said, back to the video.
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A lot of the spreads
that I make in this video
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are going to be very similar
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to the very beginning of the year set up,
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just because I like to keep
some sort of consistency
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amongst my bullet journals,
at least for the year.
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So that's why you'll see a
lot of repeating spreads.
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The only thing that I did
change is the color palette.
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Part of this is because I didn't bring
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all my markers with me to Vancouver,
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to a new city, because
that would be insane.
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Imagine if I brought
1,000 markers with me.
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But also I thought that could
be like the fun switch up
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for the new notebook, is just
changing the color palette.
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On the right side of this spread,
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I just created a little quote page,
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and it says the best is yet to come.
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Again, I'm using those
kind of pastel colors
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and also this thin bubble letter font
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that I use throughout this setup,
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as well as the beginning
of the year set up
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that I did early in January, 2021.
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So I thought it was pretty cute.
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I have the little bubbles, I
also have some crosshatching,
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those like diagonal lines,
which I think makes it pop.
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You know, we love a drop shadow.
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I know it's been a while
since I've said that,
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but I'm still loyal.
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I still love drop shadows. (laughs)
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Oh yeah, and then I just finished it off
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with the Shop AmandaRachLee,
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I think this is the light
neutral Washi Tape set,
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which by the way, we're
working on restocking.
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So don't worry.
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And then moving on to the next spread,
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we have my future log,
which basically just has all
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of the future months for the rest of 2021,
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so July through to December.
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And in the old bullet journal,
the one that I just used,
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I did like this file folder thing,
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because I had all of the months.
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But since there's only six
months for this spread,
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I divided each page into three columns.
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And that's how I fit the calendar spread.
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Also in terms of the pens
and supplies that I'm using,
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I'm gonna link them down below
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but the markers are pretty
much all Zebra Mildliners.
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The very thin pen that I'm using,
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usually I would use a fine liner,
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but because I wanted it to be super thin,
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especially for when I'm doing
those diagonal drop shadows,
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I'm actually using my
all-time favorite gel pen
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which is the Uni-ball Signo 0.38 Gel Pen.
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And otherwise, I'm just using the classic
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Sakura pigment microns,
typically in 0.3 or 0.2,
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especially when I'm trying
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to get really small numbers like this.
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But yeah, so I'm just writing
out the mini-calendars,
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making sure that I don't
mess up any numbers,
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because I'm traumatized.
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There's one year where
I messed up the numbers
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and it kind of affected
the rest of the months.
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So I had to redo all of the
mini-calendars. (laughs)
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That was a very traumatizing year.
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So you live and you learn.
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Now I always double-check
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so that I don't need to
fix anything, but yes,
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I have July through December,
and then underneath it
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I left space for me to
write out any events.
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And then I just decorated the rest
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of the spread with any
doodles, Washi Tapes.
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And there we go.
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So the next spread that I'm
doing is my 2021 highlight reel,
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which is actually where
I just put my Polaroids
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for the month.
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I think it's pretty cool
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that I've been doing this type of spread
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for the past three,
three-ish years, I think.
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It's just one of those things
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where I think it's gonna be really special
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to look back on when I flip
through my bullet journals
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as an old person, just
reminiscing on the times,
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and you can kind of
see what you were doing
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at each month during that year.
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I just traced out a Polaroid that I have
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and I fit six, one for each month.
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And I just outlined that
little rectangular shape.
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You guys always ask me about
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like what Polaroid printer I use,
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because you know, when you're
living life in the moment,
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sometimes you don't carry around
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your Polaroid camera with you.
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So I actually do use a Polaroid
printer for most of these
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so that I can go through the pictures
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that I've taken for the month
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and print out my favorite memory
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for this highlight reel spread.
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I use the Fuji film in Stacks Share,
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just in case any of you guys are curious.
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Those ones are really good
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because you can just print
it out after the fact
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and you don't need to worry about
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carrying your instant camera everywhere.
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All right. So moving
on to the next spread.
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I think this is my mid-year goal check-in
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so at the beginning of the
year for my January setups,
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I do a lot of goal setting spreads
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just because it's the
beginning of the year.
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You have New Year's resolutions.
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I don't like to do as
intense of a goal setup
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for the middle of the year
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when I'm switching into a new notebook
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but I do kind of like to
do a mid-year check-in.
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So instead of creating
a brand new full spread,
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like double page, and
breaking down all the goals,
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what I actually wanted
to do for the spread
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is kind of check in and see how far along
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I've been on the goals
that I initially set
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at the beginning of the year
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and whether I wanna set new ones.
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So I have divided this
page up into four sections.
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I have my work goals, personal goals.
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I have affirmations.
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And then I also have manifestations,
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similar to the spread that I did
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at the beginning of the year,
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except this time I added these columns
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on the right side, as you can see.
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And basically each individual column
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represents whether I completed that goal,
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whether I'm still in
progress of that goal,
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or whether it's a new goal.
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Maybe I want to write
down a new goal under one.
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So I've written a column to indicate that.
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And I think it's a good way to look back
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at your beginning of the year goals
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and see where you are at at this moment.
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On the other side of this spread,
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I have my content planner.
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This time, I'm actually
just going to be doing
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kind of like a brain dump section.
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So I have YouTube and TikTok,
which is the two platforms
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that I've been focusing
on a lot more recently.
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And they're the platforms
that I really need
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a lot more planning space for ideas.
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So I just have a little
brain dump section there
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for whenever I have something
that I wanna jot down.
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At the beginning of the year,
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I had a more intense content planner
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where I had charts to signify
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like whether I was editing the video,
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whether it's been posted, all of that.
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But if you've watched
my Notion set up video
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where I compare Notion
to bullet journaling,
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you'll see that a lot
of the content planning
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is now done on Notion digitally,
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just 'cause it's easier for me
to communicate with my team.
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So that's why all I need
in this bullet journal
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is just a place for me to jot down ideas.
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So moving on to the next spread,
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which is my things to check out spread,
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I wrote this cute title that just says,
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hey, you, check it out.
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And I'm actually splitting
this up into more sections
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than I normally would.
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In the past, I've just done four
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where I've had like TV shows,
books, movies, all of that.
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But as you can see, I cut
out a panel on the right side
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because I actually wanted six sections.
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Recently, I've been
really getting into anime,
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K-dramas and books and all of that.
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So I wanted to separate out TV
shows into further sections.
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So I have K-dramas. I
have animes, TV shows,
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movies, books, and audio,
which is just like podcasts
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or whether there's specific
guided meditation tracks
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that I want to check out.
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So then on the next spread,
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I have my Shop AmandaRachLee
kind of main ideas page,
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another sort of like
dashboard landing page
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in the beginning of my notebook.
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So as you can see, on the left
side of that smaller flap,
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I have this column that says Future Ideas.
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And that's just where I
list out any ideas I have,
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whether they're small or large,
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something that I wanna launch or work on.
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And then on the right side,
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I've split it up into four sections.
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I have Q3,
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Q4, Q1 and Q2,
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which is just the third
quarter, the fourth quarter,
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the first quarter and second quarter.
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And what I do is I will take
any of those small ideas,
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those things that I've
jotted down on the left side
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and move them into the general timeline
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once I figured out when
I want to launch those.
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So that's just a little look
into the behind the scenes
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of how I plan out my launches
for Shop AmandaRachLee.
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Next up, we have my package checker.
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This is something that I implemented
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at the beginning of this year.
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It was a new spread that I had never done.
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And I found it so, so helpful.
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Although the beginning of the year one
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kind of filled up quickly
so then I sort of switched
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into doing monthly package checkers,
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which I might continue doing.
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So I have that,
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where I just have the
item that I've ordered,
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the date that I purchased it,
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whether it's been sent, and
whether it's been received.
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And then on the right side,
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I just have my wishlist and my gift list.
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My wishlist is just for things
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that I have been meaning to purchase,
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if it's on my shopping
list, things like that.
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And then my gift list is
when I have ideas for things
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that I want to gift to people,
like for my family members,
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for Christmas or for their birthdays.
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Alright, guys.
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So here's the flip through
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for my brand new bullet journal
setup in the new notebook.
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It's always exciting to switch
into a brand new notebook.
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By the way, in case you didn't notice,
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I filmed this on two days,
which was why my nails changed,
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but like, look at how cute
my strawberry nails are.
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Just wanted to point those out.
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Hope you enjoyed the setup again,
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I'll leave the previous year's setups
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in the description box below
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in case you want any more inspiration.
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Alright, guys. So
that's it for this video.
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I hope you enjoyed seeing
my new bullet journal setup
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for the second half of 2021.
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I already feel excited to use it.
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I feel like whenever I
set up a new notebook
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and a new bullet journal, it
kind of like refreshes my mind
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and keeps me motivated for
the second half of the year.
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So again, as I mentioned,
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if you are still in need
of any more inspiration,
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I'm gonna link all of
the other setup videos,
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mid-year setup videos that I've
done in the past down below.
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Thank you again to Aura for
sponsoring today's video.
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And I will talk to you
guys in the next video.
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Keep doodling, bye.
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