Hey guys, Masha here from Masha Plans. With 2021 quickly approaching it’s time to think about setting your goals and evaluating your life, and that’s exactly what we will be talking about today. One of my favorite techniques to figure out where I am and set my goals is level 10 life. WHAT IS LEVEL 10 LIFE This is a technique that came from Hal Elrod’s book My Miracle Morning. The idea is pretty simple. You measure your success in 10 areas of your life and according to that you then build up your goals to create a level 10 in all your areas. A quick note here - it’s kind of impossible to have 10 on all the areas all the time, so when you start thinking of a few areas you want to build up a bit and start from there. Instead of doing 10 for all the areas try to make them all equally good. I really love this technique because I know I can end up putting too much time and effort into just one area and totally forget about others. When this happens, your other areas usually go down and whether you know why or now you’ll end up not being that happy. So this is an amazing way to remind yourself to think wider, to think about your life as a whole, not just one area. LEVEL 10 LIFE AREAS What are the areas we are talking about here? Well, here are the original areas as they were presented in the My Miracle Morning book: Friends and Family With the pandemic and general business of life, it’s pretty easy to forget about human contact, and put your relationships at the back. But you really shouldn’t do that. Contact with your friends and family is very important for general happiness and mental health. So evaluate how you’re doing on this front and set goals to be more mindful and contact more with the loved ones. Personal development This is about growing as a person, about mental growth, about building yourself into the best version you can be. I found that this is also an area I usually struggle with. But honestly, I probably struggle in most of the areas, apart from my career. Spirituality This can absolutely be about religion, but it doesn’t have to. This area is about finding your inner peace, whether it is praying or meditation. This is about learning to be kind to yourself and the world around you. Finances Money can’t buy happiness but it surely can make you more comfortable, so it’s definitely an area you want to work on. It’s important to think long term, to consider investments, savings. Financial stability really is so important for your happiness, wouldn’t you say? Career When you have to go to a job you hate every working day - this chips away so much from your happiness. And think about how much time you spend at the office, do you really want to keep spending that much time on something you hate? Think of what you’d like to do instead and set goals on how you can improve your working situation. This obviously isn’t going to happen in one day, it took me about 2-3years to fix my situation, but as long as you’ll keep at it you’ll see the result and your levels going up. Fun and Recreation These two are just as important as any other area. If you don’t have a good rest and reboot your brain you won’t be good for anything, so be sure to keep this area up as well as all the others. Giving or Contribution This might not seem to have anything to do with your personal happiness, but it actually does. The act of giving and helping people actually does help you to feel happier and more fulfilled. It doesn’t have to be anything too complicated either, if you don’t have any money to donate, simply donate your time to a local shelter or a charity organization. Physical Environment Dark cluttered space will keep you down, while a bright organized will help you feel lighter and more motivated. It seems like not much, but it’s actually very important, so take a moment to evaluate the environment around you and think about how you can improve it. Heath and Fitness This is kind of the obvious one - you should do your best to keep your physical shape. When you’re healthy you’re happy and can spend the time on some more fun things. So take a look at what you’re doing for your health and figure out what you can do better or more of. SUPPLIES Before we get into setting up level 10 life in your Bullet Journal let me tell you what I used. First is my Archer and Olive square journal, which I love so much and it’s absolutely perfect for such a spread. Then I also used some of my acrylograph pens. If you want to buy anything from Archer and Olive be sure to use code MASHA10 that will give you 10% off your order. LEVEL 10 LIFE SPREAD Here is how you set up a level 10 life spread in your Bullet Journal. On one side, you create a wheel with all the areas and use it to evaluate your life. On the opposite side, you write the name of an area and set a goal or two on how you can improve it. Pretty simple! But I know circles aren’t that easy to draw, so here are a few more ways you can create this wheel. Square Level 10 Chart This way is much easier to set up and it still looks pretty nice and easy to understand. Level 10 Life Chart You can also create a chart instead of a circle. I love how professional the charts look and you can play around and design them very differently. Level 10 Life Mandala Mandalas are so calm and wonderful to draw, so you can implement this practice into your level 10 life chart as well. You can create a full mandala and just color the parts for evaluation, or just create as many layers as levels you have in each area. Creative Level 10 Life Think of the theme you have currently in your Bullet Journal and I bet you can use that to create your level 10 life spread. If it’s florals - use little flowers with 10 pedals to keep track of your life levels. And of course, for a boba tea theme you can draw boba cups and add as many boba balls as the levels you achieve in the area.. PLAN WITH ME Want to see me setting up all those different level 10 life pages? Check out the video below! If you decide to create a level 10 life spread in your Bullet Journal, be sure to tag me @mashaplans and @archerandolive on Instagram, we would love to see your creations. Keep Bullet Journaling and Don’t Be A Blob!
Hello! Today I will show you my reading journal spread ideas, and especially how I document my favorite quotes from all the books I have read. I love keeping track of my reading with a book journal. I can look back a book review spreads, make reading goals and keep a reading log. Documenting it in a reading bujo keeps it all in once place!
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Hello, Amanda here, and today I’m going to show you how to make a visual Bucket List spread in your bullet journal for 2024. While it can fun fun to make separate bucket lists for each season (ie. Summer Bucket List, Fall Bucket List), this bucket list I'm showing you a yearly bucket list for long term goals and ideas!
Hello! Today I will show you my reading journal spread ideas, and especially how I document my favorite quotes from all the books I have read. I love keeping track of my reading with a book journal. I can look back a book review spreads, make reading goals and keep a reading log. Documenting it in a reading bujo keeps it all in once place!
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Hello, Amanda here, and today we’re going to talk about creating a monthly summary page in your bullet journal. Memory keeping and scrapbooking is one of my favorite ways to use my bullet journals. So I added a monthly review page my memory bullet journal, allowing me to recap my memories each month to see a snapshot! Here's how:
Hey again! It’s Hayley here (@hayleyremdeart on Instagram), and today I wanted to talk about a big trend in bullet journalling - dutch doors. If you're curious to what these are, or simply want so inspiration - keep on reading! Supplies For Making Dutch Doors: Archer and Olive Journal – The lovely and thick mean the Dutch Doors are stronger than those in journals with thinner pages. Craft Knife and Cutting Board (Or Scissors) – See below why I recommend using a craft knife over scissors. Pencil – It is really important for these spreads to carefully plan out your ideas so you can make sure it has everything you need. Fineliners – My favourites are the Unipin fineliners as they’re waterproof, affordable and have a strong nib. Decorative Touch (optional) – This could be anything from washi to watercolour, or of course, nothing! I usually like to add a personal touch to my spreads so they’re more fun to use and look at. But First Up, What Are Dutch Doors? A big trend in bullet journaling the past few years has been something called ‘Dutch Door’ spreads. In short, these are spreads where some of the pages have been cut down, giving the illusion of literal Dutch Doors (a door that is cut in half horizontally, meaning the top half can open independently of the bottom half). Here’s a picture of one to give you a visual idea: I’m not sure who started the trend (and I did really try to find them but I couldn’t, so if you know the originator of this trend please let me know!), but these spreads have been really popular. They’re extremely fun to make, and as well as making a spread look really unique and aesthetically pleasing, they can also be really useful! Depending on how you make them, they can give the illusion of more space on one spread, as the cut down pages are ‘enclosed’ in the outside pages. For example, in this spread the cut pages are decent sized dailies, but they’re perceived as one weekly spread: Dutch doors have completely evolved from one horizontal cut, and now any spreads that feature a cut page are usually referred to as Dutch Doors. There are some amazingly clever and unique spreads influenced by this trend, and later in this blog I’ll show you some of them! But first, lets talk about how they’re made. How To Create Dutch Doors Dutch Door spreads are extremely pretty and functional, but maybe you’re seeing all these gorgeous spreads with cut pages, and thinking: “surely this will ruin the binding” or “what if I make a mistake and ruin my journal?” I thought the exact same thing when I first saw them. And I’ll admit - that first cut I made in my journal was absolutely terrifying. But now I’m hooked! Whilst there are many ways to cut your journal to make Dutch Doors, these are the supplies I recommend, and also some important tips to keep in mind when you’re cutting near the binding. Tip One: Use A Craft Knife For cutting the pages, I really recommend in investing in a craft knife and cutting board. It is much more precise, so it is a lot easier cut pages close to the binding rather than through it (it is almost impossible to do this with scissors without also ripping the page). By making a clean cut, you can leave a small margin of paper so the page is still attached at the binding, and you are ensuring the page doesn’t rip past the binding and through to the other side of the page. When this happens, the other page becomes loose, and can even fall out. This may be ok if the other page is later in the journal and hasn’t been used yet, but you don’t want to lose a page that has been written on! Tip Two: Don’t Cut Too Many Pages In A Row There is not hard fast rule for how many pages you can cut, but I find the Archer and Olive Journal can manage at least 4 pages being cut at the binding, but I haven’t pushed it further than that. For other journals this may be less, but the key is when you’re trying it out, be flexible with your plans so you can cut less pages if needed. Tip Three: Space Them Out When you’re cutting over 4/5 pages in a row, try and have at least one or two spreads in between the Dutch Door spreads to give the binding a little break. If you keep using them, the binding remaining will have more and more pressure on it and have a higher likelihood of breaking. Tip Four: Placement Matters Ok, we’re about to get technical here… so try stick with me. Most journals are usually made in folio format. This means that for an A5 book, A4 pages are folded in half (each half is a leaf) - creating four pages of a book when text is printed on each side of the leaf. Usually, several folio sheets will be inserted inside one another to form a group or "gathering" of leaves, and binding several of these gatherings together forms a book. Are you still with me? Well basically the pages at the edge of the gatherings are usually stronger when some of the page is cut. This is because it has more pages between the folios holding it in. Whilst you can still cut pages near the middle of a gathering, I would try not to cut as much in a row, as the remaining page has led support and it is more likely to become fragile. Different Types Of Dutch Doors Now you know the basics, lets have a look at some different Dutch Door spread ideas! (Also, I am totally making up the names of these variations; so don’t think they are official names!!) The Original Dutch Door This layout it what I would consider the ‘standard’ Dutch Door, and you can see why these spreads got their names! This layout is great for fitting more room for your daily boxes into your weeklies. You can also include more sections such as trackers or memories. The Vertical Dutch Door Here is an example: This layout allows the first page to be ‘extended’ so you can fit more on it, but as you can see, the next page is still visible so it feels part of the same spread. This means you have more room for different sections – I used the first page for a graph, and then a section for listings and plans. The Combined Dutch Door One of the best functions of a Dutch Door is to connect related spreads together. For example, you can make several vertical Dutch Doors in a row for your weeklies. I love to add tabs to allow you to easily flick through them or pick the right week instantly. Another example is for pairing similar collections together. This saves time as I only had to make the header of the section once, but it is visible from all the separate sections! The Extender Dutch Door As you can see, this allows one spread to fit all 12 months of finances with one spread by cleverly creating a Dutch Door to show January - June or July - December depending on which page you have open. The Decorative Dutch Door These Dutch Doors are definitely for aesthetics rather than function, and they really show you how much fun you can have with these layouts: In this spread the left page is cut down into the shape of a Harry Potter character, and as you can see a weekly is on the next page. Similar idea to the previous one, this layout was super fun to make and use! The ‘Door’ Dutch Door Exactly what it says on the tin really. This door: is Dutch Door! The Hidden Dutch Door Can you see where it is? Here you go: Now this one is so extra, but it was so much fun to create – and use! The Booklet Dutch Door Now I just want to say, I really don’t recommend this one as the pages were cut very small, putting a lot of stress on the one binding at the bottom. But look how fun it ended up! More Dutch Door Inspiration That’s enough of my spreads. Here are some amazing examples from other people: Lisa did a month of amazing Dutch Doors. Here's one, but you NEED to check them all out! (Created by @the.whimsical.journal on Instagram) Liddy was actually the person who inspired me to do more out-of-the-box Dutch Doors, so you should definitely check out more of her creations! (Created by @instaliddy on Instagram) I love everything that Susanne makes. This Dutch Door month that she created was so different to all her usual creations, and it was so amazing! (Created by @isabelhoops on Instagram) I love this spread by Susanne, it gives space for a few more days! (Created by @plansbythildra on Instagram) Serena has really gorgeous spreads, and she regularly creates some really lovely and functional Dutch Doors. (Created by @sea_journal on Instagram) And finally, these staggered Dutch Doors by Marie are so helpful! You can easily see the sections and all her theme ideas are in one section! (Created by @metro_boulot_bujo on Instagram) Hopefully I’ve given you some confidence and inspiration to get out the craft knife and create some Dutch Door spreads in you bullet journal. If I have, I would love to see your spreads, so tag me on Instagram (@hayleyremdeart) and use #hayleyremdeinspired to get the chance to get your creations featured in my stories!
