This number will be 5 or 6 98% of the time. Make sure the calendar you reference starts on the same day, and count the amount of rows in the calendar. How many full week-rows do we need to make room for?.The A&O A5 dotted journal is 26 across & 38 squares down. This is done by simply counting the squares across & down one page of your book. I’ll walk you through the steps for creating 2 types of monthly calendar pages…īegin by answering the following questions: When you’re ready to jump in, I suggest starting with the current month or next month’s monthly spread. I’ll help you along the way! How to Draw a Monthly Spread Calendar If you’ve been putting it off, I seriously think it’s time to reconsider. I got it at possibly the strangest time of the year: mid-October, but I couldn’t wait to start, so I just opened it up and drafted some ideas. I’d been slacking on my planning routine at the time, and this was a much-needed tool to get me inspired and motivated again. I recently got a brand new Archer & Olive journal with 192 dotted pages, and I fell immediately in love. If you’re wanting to decrease the amount of errors in your journal, I can’t stress this enough: draft with a pencil ! I share all of my weekly & monthly layouts on Instagram, and 95% of them I’ve drawn first with a pencil. I thought of want I wanted, measured out how much space I needed, and used a pencil to lay out my design.

Now, I didn’t just dive in with a pen and start drawing. I was the only person who was going to use it and really the only person who will ever even see it (before I opened my IG account). I had to make the decision to jump in and just start. I didn’t want to mess it up or put something in the wrong place, but that’s something I just had to get over. I was so afraid to make that first mark in my book. I immediately ordered my supplies, and received them a few days later. I was feeling overwhelmed and didn’t know how to stay organized or actually adult.

The concept instantly drew me in because I felt like this was something I absolutely needed in my life.Īt the time I was 29, I had a full-time job, I was raising my teenage brother, I was getting serious about blogging, and I had 4 dogs and a house to keep up with. The bullet journaling process was originally created as a productivity tool. You don’t have to wait until you get the best supplies, have hundreds of inspirational images saved on Pinterest & Instagram, or until your handwriting is perfect… You don’t have to wait until the beginning of the year, the beginning of the month or even the beginning of the week. Well, let me first get this out there: there is NEVER a right time to start your bullet journal. Or are you just waiting for the “right time” to begin? They may not be top-notch, but any pen will work in the beginning! Now the only thing you need is inspiration or maybe some motivation to get started. You’ve got the notebook - Archer and Olive, I hope. Now, it’s your turn!Īre you ready to finally start your bullet journal? Hey hey, it’s Whitney from &, and I am SO ready to help you get started on the bullet journal you’ve always wanted! I’ve been bullet journaling since 2016, and its drastically changed my life for the better.

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