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Updates

Hello, August!

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So . . . I just checked and saw that my last post was on July 5 – a month from the day that I’m writing this post. Yikes.

What happened, you ask? July happened. July went by so fast, I feel like it was only yesterday I was watching fireworks on July 4. Somehow, that was actually a full month ago.

I think I feel like July happened so quickly because it was a really busy month for me – well, as busy as you can be in this COVID pandemic. I was more busy in July than I have been in all the months since the beginning of quarantine!

So, I didn’t write any posts this month. I started one, but didn’t finish it. And I’m really sorry. I know I keep promising you guys more, more, and more posts, but sometimes life just goes by too fast!

So, I think to catch up today, I’ll just do a more relaxed version of my usual monthly recap.

July Summed Up

Three big things happened in July, plus a few other things as well.

ONE: I stayed at my grandmother’s house for a week, which ended up being really relaxing because I got to kind of take a break from everything that was happening at home.

TWO: We painted my room! I’ve been waiting to do this for a little while now, and we finally did it (once I finally made up my mind on the color 😉 )!

THREE: I got my learner’s permit! Usually, in the state where I live, you get your permit at age fifteen, but I decided to wait a while. So here I am, a year and a few months later, and I’ve finally gotten up the courage to go take that test! And I passed! Now I just have to actually, you know, drive.

One little thing is a book I got off of Amazon: Create This Book. Create This Book is a book made by one of my favorite YouTubers, Moriah Elizabeth. It’s basically just a book full of prompts for artists (or people who know they’re not quite artists, but their drawings are OK; like me). I may show a few pictures in upcoming posts, I’m not sure. (By the way, you should totally go check out Moriah Elizabeth’s YouTube channel. She does lots of cool art and I really enjoy watching her videos. She did a series on this book that I’m starting as well.)

Another little thing is another book I got off of Amazon, but I’ve been waiting for a while for this one: Keeper of the Lost Cities: Illustrated and Annotated Edition!! Oh my gosh, I’ve been so excited for this, and it finally came a few days ago! I’ve already read this series, and when the author announced she was selling a special edition of book #1, I was on Amazon faster than you can blink! Ok, that was an exaggeration, but you get the point. I LOVE this series. A lot.

So, What’s In Store For August?

In August, several things are happening:

  • School starts! I start school on August 10, which is pretty early, but at least I’ll get done earlier next spring!
  • I’m also going to get some dental work done in August, so that should be *fun* (laying the sarcasm on thick, here).
  • I’m starting a new bullet journal; this one will only be for school.
  • And, I’ll obviously be learning to drive!

As for blog posts, I’ll just try to get one out whenever I can, since I’ll be adjusting to a new schedule with school almost here.

See Ya!

That’s it for today’s post! I hope you all are excited for me to be coming back!

If you all have any post suggestions, please let me know in the comments! I’ll definitely take your suggestions into consideration!

Also comment and let me know, how was your July? Are you excited to start school back (if you’re a student)?

Thanks for reading! Happy writing!

And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and never tempts anyone else. James 1:13 NLT

Monthly Recaps

July Monthly Recap

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Hey, everyone! July is officially over, and August has begun! School is about to start back, and I am super excited! Let’s get started!

Reading/Books

This month, my goal was to read four books. Unfortunately, I only read three.

  • A Common Life (The Mitford Years book six)
  • Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities book four)
  • Lodestar (Keeper of the Lost Cities book five)

I was supposed to have finished two more books by the end of this month, but I just didn’t have enough time.

Writing

Unfortunately, I didn’t get much writing done this month either. 😦 We’ve definitely had a busy summer! My goal was to do twenty minutes each day, two hours each week, and ten hours for the entire month.

  • July 1-6: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • July 7-13: 2 hours
  • July 14-20: 45 minutes
  • July 21-27: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • July 28- August 3: none
  • Entire Month: 5 hours 5 minutes

My excuse for the last week is that I didn’t have access to my writing since I was staying at my grandmother’s house. 😉 Overall, I’m pretty proud of myself for sticking with it and getting it done.

Bullet Journal

I was super pleased with July’s pages! They were exactly what I needed, and I’m probably going to stick with the same design for next month. If you missed the pictures for July’s bullet journal pages, click here to see.

I am very proud of myself because I bullet journaled almost every day this month! It’s been a struggle for me to find the time to fill out my journal, and keep up with all the habits and trackers, but this month, I did pretty good!

Now, onto August’s pages.

I didn’t really have a theme this month, so I decorated the title page with school supplies, as seen at the top of the page.

I did end up changing the layout of my Monthly Log a little. Of course, first I have my calendar, which is on the top of the left page. The space under that is divided into three sections: Events, Goals, and Notes. I also did a quote underneath the Notes section.

On the right page, I have a section for Books (to write down the books I’ve read), Memories (to write down memories and fun times to remember), School (to write down the subjects I’ll be taking this year), Blogging (to write down my blog plan for this month), Bullet Journal Ideas, and Writing (to write down how much time I spent writing/editing each week and for the month).

I decided to go back to my original Habit Tracker layout. The one I used last month was too time-consuming and confusing.

This month, I had time to take a picture of my first weekly layout. This is not how I usually do my weekly layouts; I just did a simple layout last week since I knew I wouldn’t have a lot of time to work on it.

Blogging

This month I did not do as many posts as I would’ve liked to have done, but like I said before: it’s been a busy month.

These are the two other posts I did this month.

Goals

My goals for July were:

  1. Write for twenty minutes every day. I did miss a few days, but other than that, I did pretty well.
  2. Drink more water. Sadly, I didn’t do very well in this area.
  3. Bullet Journal every day. Yay! I did do this almost every day!
  4. Be on phone less. Oops . . . I did ok the first part of the month, but the second part is another story.

My goals for August are:

  1. Be on your phone less.
  2. Don’t stress about school too much.
  3. Drink more water.
  4. Write every day.
  5. Bullet Journal every day.
  6. Pre-plan blog posts and work on them in advance.
  7. Practice piano every day.

Life

July was a pretty busy month, and I have enjoyed my last month of summer. I filled the time with binge-watching Netflix, taking morning walks, writing/editing, bullet journaling, and reading. I spent a lot of time at home this month, but I also stayed at my grandmother’s house last week. That was definitely awesome, because she has a pool!

Just a few days ago, my mom and dad presented me with a new laptop! I’ll mostly use it for school this year, but I can also use it for my writing and blogging.

I start school next week, so this week I’ll be getting school supplies ready, setting up my new laptop (yay!), and watching orientation videos (I do online school). That means I probably won’t get posts out until Saturdays or Sundays during this first month of school- but I promise I’ll try to work ahead.

That’s the end of today’s post! If you have any questions, please let me know in the comments. Also tell me: how was your July? Are you looking forward to school starting? Also, if you have any topics you would like me to do a post on, please let me know!

Thank you so much for reading! Have a wonderful week! Happy writing!

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 ESV