Monday, February 26, 2018

More Bullet Journal Collection Pages

Hey everyone!

So I have been trying to post bits and pieces of my bullet journal over on my Instagram. This led to a friend of mine asking if I wouldn't mind setting one up for her so that she could get a little more organized. Of course I agreed because drawing spreads is a great sort of therapy for me! So far we have gotten through her collection pages and so I wanted to share them here as well. I am pleased with these spread and am even thinking of adding them into my own journal in some spots that I have left blank thanks to my OCD and knowing that I will appreciate the space to add in more later. Here are the spreads I did for her:

I also have a Wishlist page, although mine does not have a price column and I simply check off the items like I would a task. But my friend saw this, and for her it helps to see what she wants to save up for. I think it is a great idea!
She was even forgiving of my drawing of the dandelion; something I am going to have to practice since I plan to use the design in one of my future monthly themes!












Nearly all of my social media accounts have the same password. Or I manage passwords based on theme, like the email account I use for my writing and my Goodreads page both have a literary themes password. So I didn't feel the need to put something like this in my journal, espcially as we are currently in a place where I fear my journal could be looked at. Perhaps in my next one I will include this spread.
For now I did this page for my friend who manages not only multiple social media accounts but many small businesses as well. This page will definitely come in handy for her!
It was quiet interesting finding the symbols for some of the accounts she needed, and as you can tell I am no artist. But one thing I told her, was that this is about functionality foremost. So as long as she could tell which logo was for what site, she was set.
Another thing about this layout, if pressed, depending on the length of some of her usernames and passwords, she could add a second column of sites. As it is I gave her 2 additional spots at the bottom in case she created more accounts after I send the journal to her.

This is the last of what I think of as the organizational collections for my friend's journal. She needed a place to keep up with her daily medications. I actually found and tweaked the layout as she simply knew that she wanted one, not what she wanted it to look like. This one is far more simple than my other spreads tend to be, but we were really looking for functionality here.
In case you can not see the titles of the columns, I included a space for each medication, dividing that by name and dosage. The next section is for when she would need to take it, int he morning, evening, and if multiple times a day. Then we made sure to include a spot for refills, because that can be one of the most challenging things about have a prescription, remembering when to get it refilled.  Each prescription has 3 refill date boxes. While I am hoping that will be enough to get through the journal, there are additional rows for her her to rewrite a medication on a new line for additional refills. Finally I made sure to have a Notes section. My friend wanted a spot for the prescribing doctor, I wanted her to have a spot on the effectiveness and/or side effects of each medication. Notes was our compromise in the space we had. We are both happy with this layout.


My friend really fell in love with this page when she found it on Pinterest. She finds joy in doing little things to make other people's days brighter, something I love about her. So I took the spread she had found and grabbed a couple of the things I knew would be easy for her to do. The rest of the space on the page is for her to fill in more of the random acts that she would like to do, would feel comfortable doing, and even a few that I would consider bigger acts that she might be interested in doing.
I love this spread and am considering doing something like it in one of the blank spots later in my journal as a sort of list my children and I could accomplish this summer. When you have it down on the page, it makes it more difficult for you to forget about it. I like the thought of having my journal hold me accountable for doing a little something that could brighten someone else's day.


This last spread was something that I pushed to put in the journal, actually. I wanted to make sure that my best friend took time to make sure she was ok. This spread gives her a few ideas of what to do when she might need a little pick up or a chance to focus on herself for a minute.
I am also looking forward to putting this spread into my own journal in the first available free space because it is a great one! Everyone needs to make time for self care and having a page with ideas for that makes it a little less overwhelming when you might be too stressed to think beyond your need to simply stop and think about yourself.
I also love this particular spread because it makes you slow down and think about what you might need when taking time for yourself. Instead of a spread that simply lists a variety of activities, this one is more focused, something I need in my journal.
As you can tell I wrote down plenty of ideas for my friend, things that I know will help her, things that she would be comfortable with doing. However, I also left plenty of room for her to write in her own activities, things that she has found work best for her over the years. I highly recommend doing something like this in your own journal!

That is it so far for her stuff. Besides a calendar I have left blank for birthdays and anniversaries that I may post a picture of later, depending on if it is actually requested, and a rather long private note that I wrote for her to help remind her how incredible she is. We haven't made it far in the prep for her journal, but I have time to kill so I can wait for her to be ready. I have also been using that time to begin working on my May spreads already! Y'all, this journal thing is so incredibly relaxing for me. I love doing it!
So today I leave you with another of the notes I have added to the free space I have in each daily spread. It was something I have heard plenty of times and loved and when my mother shared it on Facebook when I was having a bad day, I knew it was something I had to include in my journal. The scrap of paper I wrote the words on is part of the wrapping my bullet journals from my mother were wrapped in. She said they came that way when she ordered them and the colors and designs are so incredible I had to save them for my journals. Keep these words close to your heart, guys! And I hope your February ends on a high note!

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