Why is that still bitter
all the ice melted and it's room temperature
but it's still very bitter
Maybe this is a sign I should just drink water.
Hello my friends, it's Nina. Good afternoon
Good really late afternoon.
It is currently 4:30 p.m.
I don't know what day it is
It is the 24th of April
which means we are nearing the end of this month
which means it is appropriate for me to set up my May bullet journal spread
Now honestly, I actually didn't think about making a video on this spread
just because I'm not a bullet journal channel or expert
But I enjoy watching these videos and I always think they are a nice chill time
So today I just want to chill out with you guys and set up my may bullet journal
But because I didn't actually plan to make this video
I don't really have a plan
We're kind of winging it
but sometimes when you wing stuff you get the best ideas
I am going for these colors
These are these Zebra mildliner pens that I
always used in my past bullet journal videos
I'm using the same bullet journal that I've always used
a bird just flew by my window. That was scary
this month
I am going to return back to my more minimal setup
even though my setups are pretty simple as they are
I don't really feel like using all these washi tapes right here.
I have my makeup and washi tapes over there
boop
all I know is that I just want to draw a bunch of tulips this month
So as you guys know I love drawing flowers in my bullet journal
just because that's the easiest thing for me to draw
this month I want to draw tulips.
I have the perfect colors for it.
They're not the flower for May
But I think that tulips just represent spring very well.
And even though we're almost entering summer already
I kind of want to cling on to whatever spring we have left.
So that's why I'm going to draw some tulips
We'll see how this goes.
I just want this to be a chill Sunday.
I have my iced americano
It looks like I drink iced americanos all the time
That's not false.
But I also promise that I take one or two day breaks from this
get whatever you need
We're just going to chill out
and set up our spread for may
The angle is going to change now.
Let's bring over here
We are first going to start out with our monthly set up.
I'm going to start out by writing May
How should I go about doing this?
It is just so short that I'm trying to figure out the spacing
just like life, I'm just going to go for it
Oh okay.
that could have gone better.
I almost wrote 2019
kind of wishing it was 2019
and then as always we're going to make our little header
We're going to draw a straight line
then I'm just going to write in May in small letters
It's a little quirky style that I like to do.
And then you guys know how I like to make my fake washi tapes
So I drew a tiny little tulip and circle
we're going to keep doing this
We're basically making a heart and a little bud in the center.
I think it's cute.
There we have our fun little header
We're going to just add a few accents
going to draw a little tulip.
I don't actually know what a tulip's stem looks like
Oh, wow. Okay, so they have really tall leaves
I'm going to just draw a really tall leaf like that.
There we go
So I'm going to fill out the rest of this empty space with tulips
I like to fill out the marker first
and then outline with pen
just to give it a sort of watercolor effect
We've got a nice little tulip there.
You can alternate colors as well.
Now I'm going to add my blue
are tulips blue?
Actually, they might not be
I read somewhere that tulips are only warm colors.
That's okay though. We're using our imagination
It's nice to use our imagination.
We're going to pretend that there are blue tulips
now we're quickly just going to outline it
It doesn't have to be perfect.
Just nice and cute.
Those are some cute tulips
I'm going to just add a few dots of color over here.
They're like little sprinkles
Let's make our header stretch out
really just have fun with this
I feel like bullet journaling is kind of like a little art project
You're creating something cute and pretty
now we're going to move on to our month
We're going to skip two columns starting here
And then we're going to make this sort of box
even take it one by one then
we're going to make our days
These are going to be six by six
and this process is just really calming to me
go and use a ruler if you like
But I like this sort of organic kind of look to it
finally moving on you're going to finish this up
there we have our finished grid
i'm going to put green here.
And this is where the title of our days will go
I think it's a nice contrast from that coral red
and then over here we have our goals
and we have our future
and then we have our little notes section
I'm really enjoying the colors for this month
next we're going to fill out the days.
So May starts on Friday
I'm just going to start over here.
We're going to make these little red dots for every day
This is where the numbers are going to go
And then we have an extra day
I'm just going to divide this day
and then this day is the 31st
here I'm just going to draw some tulips
cuz why not
and then now we're going to fill this out
starting with Sunday
I'm gonna write it in lowercase
just for the aesthetic
now we're going to draw these tulips
add some lines if you want
there really is just something relaxing about drawing flowers
and we're just going to fill away
We've got our flowers for the days that were in April
and then we have may
and that was very quick and simple to do
Moving on
I am moving on to my habit tracker
I'm going to simply write out habit tracker
and then back to our little header
going to just draw some tulips sticking out from the side like this.
I'm hoping that May is a time of growth and healing
it's why I wanted a nice calm spread
I'm going to just draw some blue dots
these flowers are staying hydrated
and then we're going to outline it
filling it out
the little tulips look like hearts.
I think that's really cute
earlier today
I ate pineapple
my tongue feels kind of weird
I don't know why I felt like mentioning that
but I just had to tell you guys
next we are going to make our little habit trackers
I'm using my green marker
and we're going to mark a line that is seven dots long
one two, three, four, five six seven
That's perfect.
Let's make one line
then we're going to skip two dots and then make another
skip two dots, make another
fill this out with whatever you like
I am going to track how much I upload
how often I post on Instagram
and then how often I exercise
we're going to make these little tables but instead of five rows
we're going to do six
one two, three, four, five six.
We're making a six by seven table
and just go for it
Then we're just going to cross out the days that aren't in may
Perfect, and then just repeat
I remember I actually did all this with ruler
It took a really long time
and then I just realized I can make these boxes freehand
We're going to skip two lines and then starts our next row.
i track nine habits
next we've got vitamins
Honestly, I'm also just gonna add tik tok here.
I've been on tik tok more often
So I'm just going to add that see if it actually adds up
and then walking my dogs
I don't know why it curved over here actually
Finally one more row
I track how often I water my plants
skincare
and studying Korean
I'm going to go an extra step and just kind of cross out these days.
Just another pop of color
I think it's pretty
and there we have our finished habit trackers
So with the red marker
for instance, I assume I'm going to upload a video on this Sunday
So I just put a dot there
this day actually hasn't happened yet
So let's hope that I actually upload on this day
and then quickly we are going to do the brain dump
This is basically where I just let my brain go
I can plan out things. I can write lists down
It's just a page that allows me to do whatever I want
I like to plan out videos or write little lists here
I haven't gone grocery shopping in a very long time
but for those times when I do find a way to go grocery shopping
I will write down a list.
She's adorable
next we're going to do our a week
This is probably a simple and minimal as it gets.
I am going to make a big straight line.
i did not breathe
and then somewhere half way we're going to make another straight line
Okay i breathed
Then with the fine tip, we're making quadrants.
I'm going to go half way and then just stretch it all the way out
All the way down
And there you go, you divided the page.
We are dividing these two pages into eight boxes.
And that is our weekly spread
here we go again
Here we go
Wasn't that so fast?
and halfway down
We did it
and then in this eighth box
we're going to divide it in half
we're going to draw a line right here
This is going to say future in lower case
and then we have our notes section
so easy to do
and then we're going to fill this out
So I start my weeks with Monday
despite me sticking with a Sunday-starting month
Is it confusing?
Yeah a little bit
but it's a system that works for me
I'm going to write the first three letters of the day and then May 4
and we're going to continue on
I like to space out the letters per box
It kind of just looks good to my eye
I'm going to just close this up
And if you want, you know this by now
we're going to add a little flower
You don't have to do this
especially if you need more room
But this little flower is there to say hi to you
give you some motivation
make you feel less lonely
In fact, this tulip is smiling
am i okay
look here it is, it's smiling.
I think it's just a cute little surprise
for when I actually get to this day
It's so cute
It's excited
and I would just continue that for the rest of the week
I am going to skip a few pages
and this month I'm actually bringing back my reflections page
I have been reflecting lately
writing in my journal writing my feelings out writing my thoughts out
I'm going to give it a quick title.
This is basically where you can write your feelings out
anything you want
It's kind of like the brain dump
but more focused on your feelings your thoughts
If you have a separate place for your thoughts, that's good
but I also like to add my personal thoughts
to my journal just to kind of see how the month went
and see what I was thinking.
What went on my brain
you can write your thoughts out digitally but
something about writing it down just makes
thinking much more clear for me
writing out my thoughts just lets me engage with those thoughts more
It's kind of more work to write out your feelings with pencil or pen
So it kind of makes me look at those thoughts more
and then you could kind of look at everything
cross things out, move things around
Write little bullet points here and there
draw, whatever you need to
I think there's just something satisfying about writing your thoughts
There's something kind of precious to it as well
There was this one night when I actually wrote two pages worth of thoughts
But most of the time I usually just write little, they're kind of like tweets actually
I'll write down the day. This is actually from April, but who cares
this is the 24th
I'll write the day
sometimes I like to write the time as well.
I'm actually going to write the time
6.06p.m
And then you can just write away
It can literally be just a few sentences
a few words, a whole paragraph
whatever it is
But it's all there for you
And then sometimes when I write something out
I just stop thinking about it after
so it really is just like it cleanse
your thoughts don't always have to be super deep either
Sometimes you should also just write positive messages for yourself
Sometimes you just need these things written down
and there you have a reflection
You can even divide it with a marker
and then you can just keep going
and then this will be the next month
I will give you guys a final look at what we've done.
I've returned to a more simple minimal style
No, washi, tapes none of that.
You can achieve this with any marker or pen that you'd have
It's practical and it's kind of like a little buddy for you
There really is just something comforting about having a bullet journal
and we have reached the end of this bullet journal session
This is always a chill relaxing time for me
so I hope that this video was a source of relaxation or
chillness for your week
bullet journaling and journaling in general has just been a good source of comfort for me
I hope that you guys can enjoy this as well
whatever system you have, whatever style you have
let it be a time for you to be creative
spend some minutes or hours like me to organize yourself a little bit
or make something pretty for yourself
Listen to some good music while you do it
have some nice refreshments
maybe add some more water to your americano
I really like the way that my spread turned out this month
I hope that you guys enjoyed this little bullet journal session with me
I also hope that you're taking care of yourself and staying healthy.
I will just see you guys in the next video
Thank you guys for watching and for being here as always
and I will see you in my next video.
Let's bring it in!
Goodbye my friends :)